McDonalds Project- Lang and Lit by Colin Dunbar

Human Impacts

cd44358 — 2024-04-22 17:43:37 UTC

McDonald’s has lots of different human impacts. Food has an impact on people for example, all of their food can cause type 2 diabetes if you eat it excessively and too much. Another impact on the body is obesity which revolves around the topic of diabetes. This is because most of the time when you see someone with diabetes they are in the obesity category, size-based. Eating McDonald’s food can cause/raise high blood pressure. The maximum sodium intake for a 4-8-year-old is 1500mg, the maximum for a 13-year-old is 1800mg, and the maximum for a teen at the age of 14 and older is 2300 mg. The point is that McDonald’s comes close to these numbers with sometimes only single meals.

Environmental Impacts

cd44358 — 2024-04-22 17:44:14 UTC

McDonald's is a risk to the environment. This is because it causes animal waste, which creates dead zones in coastal areas and smothers coral reefs. McDonald’s also is a risk and problem to the environment because they are causing deforestation with their boxes and bags (happy meals, and bags) 602 thousand happy meals are sold every day. McDonald’s causes lots of pollution each day/week. Which causes more living things to die. Lots of things die and go wrong/bad with lots of pollution

Problem Solution

cd44358 — 2024-04-22 17:45:48 UTC

One way to reduce food waste is to eat everything that you are buying unless the food is bad, which means molding or something around that. Another problem is, that greenhouse gas gives off smoke and other pollution from beef production (an example, this could be reduced by improving the efficiency of operations with beef. If you reduce methane emissions through feed additives, and better-managing manure) Something you can do to fix this is to apply the manure to the land consistently during periods of good weather and soil conditions. Reduce pressure on land and water resources. This will help the environment majorly.

Timeline

cd44358 — 2024-04-22 17:46:39 UTC

May 15th, 1940, first mcdonalds.
January 24th, 1975, first drive-thru. This was in Arizona.
1963, introduced a mascot, a clown, named Ronald Mcdonalds.
In 1968, McDonald’s added the Big Mac to its menu.
During the 1960s the company changed its logo. Eventually debuting the famous double-arch M design.
They became more popular between 1980-1990.
In the 1970s the first mcD was opened outside of the U.S. and Canada. It opened in Europe.
In the early 2000s, McDonald's was faced with criticism because of the unhealthy food they were giving to people.
In 2021 there will be over 40,000 McDonald's spread out between 119 countries.

Generalization

cd44358 — 2024-04-22 17:48:42 UTC

Basically what these paragraphs are saying is that McDonald’s is not only bad for the environment but it is also bad for you and your health. This is mostly why you should not eat Mcdonalds often.

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Citations

cd44358 — 2024-04-22 18:55:33 UTC

Jensen, Sarah. “McDonald’s Launches a €215 Wedding Package, to Marry While Eating Nuggets and Big Macs.” WECB, 19 Apr. 2024, www.wecb.fm/mcdonalds-launches-a-e215-wedding-package-to-marry-while-eating-nuggets-and-big-macs/#google_vignette.

“McDonald’s.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Apr. 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s?scrlybrkr=bbfc146f.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., www.britannica.com/search?query=mcdonalds. Accessed 22 Apr. 2024.

McDonald’s Menu: Our Full McDonald’s Food Menu | McDonald’s, www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/full-menu.html. Accessed 22 Apr. 2024.