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 Does fast food income rates increase obesity growth (in Canada and America)?

McDonald's Wendy's and A&W's income rate Vs. Obesity growth (in Canada and America between1990 to 2008)

Hypothesis: I predict that the higher income of fast food companies will raise the obesity rates in Canada and America. If you think about it, the more fast food resturaunts are selling, the more people care consuming. Therefore unless activitie levels have increases drastically, the average person is bound to gain weight. Eventually reaching obesity. If fast food resturant incomes decreased, then obesity rates would lower. I have taken into concideration that people could be obese from eatting unhealthy food that is bough in the grocery store. Looking at the facts however shows us that 25% of adults and 30% of children consumes fast foods on a daily basis, and 75% of adolesents consume it once per week. That means that many people do have fast foods in there regular diets. Therefore we know that fast foods do play a large role in obesity and it is not just from unhealthy grocery store choices. Background Information: I chose this topic because it seem that obesity is a growing problem in Canada and America. More and more people seem to have health related problems because of bad food choics, and less people seem to be fit. This topic seemed to be interesting to me because i want to know if there is a link between this problem and the fast food companies growthing incomes. It seemed to me that over the years fast food companies get more buisness and people also got have a higher chance of struggling with obesity. People cant expect to eat fast food and still be healthy in my opinion.

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"The liklihood that an individual will be obese is influenced by interaction between genetic predispositions and enviroment." This piece of data shows that there is indeed evidence showing that the enviroment around someone does affect there weight. Therefore if an individual lives in the city, and has to drive by ten different fast food resturants just to get home, then they have a greater liklihood of having a crave and actually giving in, rather then a person who lives in the contry and drives by no temptations. This supports my question because if fast food resturants have more business then they have more money to expand on locations. If there are more locations because income is rising, then more people will have easier acess to these places and will therefore gain weight, eventually causeing obesity.

"Adult obesity in Canada has increased from 5.6% in 1985 to 14.9% in 2003." This peice of data is showing us that yes obesity rates in Canada are rising. "In 2007 Canadian fast food industries doubled what they earned in 2005." This peice of data is showing us that yes income rates have increased since previous years.

Putting these peices of data together we can see that we do have evidence that both areas of income and obesity are rising over time. The more people buy the higher the income. The higher the income, the larger number of obese Canadians.

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​ **__SURVEY__** - Over the last week, i have done two survey's. (5 boys & 5 girls where asked in grades 9-12: these teens are just a sample of the whole population. A total of 40 students were asked). People were asked to fill out an anonymous question and answer. The questions are as followed:

(fast food includes drinks*)(survey is an average per week*) A.How much fast food do you eat per week? 0 times 1-3 times 4-6 times 7-9 times above 10 B.How much money do you spend on fast food per week? $0.00 $5.00-$10.00 $20.00-30.00 $40.00-60 $70.00-80.00 above $90.00 C.What is your favourite fast food place if you have one?

__ D. On a scale of 1 (obese) to 10 (skinny), circle where you think your body fits. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

The Results__ are as followed: (40 students in total were asked) A. 1. 0 times per week- 1 student 2.1-3 times per week- 5 students 3.4-6 times per week- 9 students 4.7-9 times per week- 21 students 5.Above 10 times per week- 4 students Median: 4-6 times per week. Mean:8 student Mode:7-9 times per week.

B. $0.00- 1 student $1.00-3.00 - 3 student $4.00-6.00 - 8 students $7.00-9.00 - 9 students $10.00-12.00 - 10 students above $13.00 - 9 students Median:$6.00-7.00 Mean: 7 students Mode:$10.00-12.00

C. 19 students answered McDonalds, 2 students answered Taco Bell, 1 student answered Tim Hortons, 3 students answered Harveys, 4 students answered A&W, 11 students answered Wendey's ( not one person answered "none") Median: McDonalds Mean:McDonalds Mode:McDonals

D. 1- none 2- 2 students 3- 1 students 4- 8 students 5- 12 students 6- 9 students 7- 4 students 8- 2 students 9- 2 students 10- none Median:5.5 Mean:4 Mode: 5

**O** veral from looking at this survey you can see that on the most part the more people that are over weight, the more people will buy food. And the more people that buy fast food, the higher amout they spend of on this industry each month. Therefore, this survey does support my theory that the higher obestiy is, the more money fast food companies will make. (i understand that this survey is only from a teen sample, but for further resurch i should survey people from every age.)

Next i surveyed parents of my friends. Twenty mothers and twenty fathers were asked to take the same survey as above. The results were as followed: (40 parents were surveyed altogether)

A. 1)0 times per week-2 parents 2)1-3 times per week-4 parent 3)4-6 times per week-16 parents 4)7-9 times per week- 18 parents 5)above 10 times per week- 0 parents Median:4-6 Mean:8 Mode:7-9

B .1.$0.00- 2 parents 2.$1.00-3.00- 2parents 3.$4.00-6.00- 4 parents 4.$7.00- 9.00- 11 parents 5.$10.00- 12.00-20 parents 6.Above $13.00- 1 parent Median:$7.00-9.00 Mean:7 Mode:$10.00-12.00

C. 1)1 parent answered Mc Donals, 2)5 parents answered Wendy's, 3)34 parents answered Tim Horton's, 4)0 said none. Median:Tim Horton's Mean:10 Mode:Tim Hortons

D. 1-2 parents 2-4 parents 3- 0 parents 4-10 parents 5- 10 parents 6- 6 parents 7-1 parent 8- 6 parents 9- 1 parent 10- 0 parents Median:5 parents Mean:4 Mode:5

Overal from this data i can see that parents lifestyles are alittle different. Parents seem to prefer Tim Hortons over other fast food places.( The same Bias and Sampling techniques apply to this survey). From the data and research that i have done i feel the obesity rate and the incomes of resturants do indeed have a connection.

SAMPLING TECHNIQUE - Stratified Sample: The data for this survey was collected from students at Ancaster High School. Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 were all included. The other half of the data was collected by parents of friends. Both parents were surveyed.

Sampling Bias : This survey does not reflets all of Canada and America's population. It is simply just a small group. To make this survey 100% i would have to get every person in Canada and America to fill out one of my questionaires. This would be hard because of voluntary resposnse bias. Asking more people would be nessesary because the sample size of my survey is very small.

Response Bias : The survey results need to be looked at carfully because people may have altered there answers due to peers seeing what they have put down. For a teen, weight can be a touchy subject. Weight can even be a touchy topic for adults these days. To fix this i would have these students and parents go into individual rooms and answer with no one else around.

(increased risk of health problems) ||~ Obese (high to extremely high risk of health problems) || Consumer Price Index, food, by province (monthly) (Canada) ||~ ||~ October 2008 ||~ September 2009 ||~ October 2009 ||~ September 2009 to October 2009 ||~ October 2008 to October 2009 || Last modified: 2009-11-18. ||
 * ~ Height ||~ Overweight
 * 5’4” (1.63 m) || 145.3 lbs (66.1 kg) or more || 174.4 lbs (79.3 kg) or more ||
 * 5’8” (1.73 m) || 164.1 lbs (74.6 kg) or more || 196.9 lbs ( 89.5 kg) or more ||
 * 6’0” (1.83 m) || 184.0 lbs (83.6 kg) or more || 220.7 lbs (100.3 kg) or more ||
 * ~  ||||||~ 2002=100 ||||~ % change ||
 * **Canada** ||||||||||  ||
 * **All-items** || **114.5** || **114.7** || **114.6** || **-0.1** || **0.1** ||
 * Food || 117.4 || 120.4 || **120.1** || -0.2 || 2.3 ||
 * Food purchased from stores || 116.8 || 119.7 || **119.3** || -0.3 || 2.1 ||
 * Meat || 114.6 || 118.6 || **117.0** || -1.3 || 2.1 ||
 * Fresh or frozen meat (excluding poultry) || 111.7 || 115.4 || **113.6** || -1.6 || 1.7 ||
 * Fresh or frozen poultry meat || 127.2 || 131.3 || **129.9** || -1.1 || 2.1 ||
 * Processed meat || 108.7 || 113.3 || **111.9** || -1.2 || 2.9 ||
 * Fish and other seafood || 101.7 || 109.4 || **109.7** || 0.3 || 7.9 ||
 * Fish || 106.9 || 114.6 || **116.4** || 1.6 || 8.9 ||
 * Other seafood || 88.5 || 96.2 || **92.6** || -3.7 || 4.6 ||
 * Dairy products and eggs || 126.2 || 128.9 || **128.3** || -0.5 || 1.7 ||
 * Dairy products || 126.2 || 129.2 || **128.5** || -0.5 || 1.8 ||
 * Eggs || 125.3 || 124.8 || **124.4** || -0.3 || -0.7 ||
 * Bakery and other cereal products || 136.7 || 136.9 || **138.5** || 1.2 || 1.3 ||
 * Bakery products || 141.2 || 142.5 || **144.2** || 1.2 || 2.1 ||
 * Other cereal grains and cereal products || 128.7 || 126.8 || **128.2** || 1.1 || -0.4 ||
 * Fruit, fruit preparations and nuts || 110.2 || 109.4 || **110.0** || 0.5 || -0.2 ||
 * Fresh fruit || 106.1 || 101.6 || **103.0** || 1.4 || -2.9 ||
 * Preserved fruit and fruit preparations || 116.6 || 121.0 || **120.4** || -0.5 || 3.3 ||
 * Nuts || 114.4 || 118.4 || **118.2** || -0.2 || 3.3 ||
 * Vegetables and vegetable preparations || 95.4 || 97.7 || **95.7** || -2.0 || 0.3 ||
 * Fresh vegetables || 89.5 || 89.1 || **86.9** || -2.5 || -2.9 ||
 * Preserved vegetables and vegetable preparations || 116.4 || 128.6 || **127.2** || -1.1 || 9.3 ||
 * Other food products || 115.7 || 120.8 || **120.3** || -0.4 || 4.0 ||
 * Sugar and confectionery || 118.3 || 127.1 || **125.2** || -1.5 || 5.8 ||
 * Fats and oils || 136.1 || 139.9 || **140.5** || 0.4 || 3.2 ||
 * Coffee and tea || 115.1 || 118.4 || **118.6** || 0.2 || 3.0 ||
 * Condiments, spices and vinegars || 110.3 || 116.3 || **115.6** || -0.6 || 4.8 ||
 * Other food preparations || 116.6 || 121.5 || **121.3** || -0.2 || 4.0 ||
 * Non-alcoholic beverages || 109.4 || 113.3 || **112.5** || -0.7 || 2.8 ||
 * Food purchased from restaurants || 118.8 || 121.8 || ** 122.0 ** || 0.2 || 2.7 ||
 * Food purchased from table-service restaurants || 119.6 || 122.7 || ** 122.7 ** || 0.0 || 2.6 ||
 * Food purchased from fast food and take-out restaurants || 116.8 || 119.8 || ** 120.3 ** || 0.4 || 3.0 ||
 * Food purchased from cafeterias and other restaurants || 118.8 || 121.8 || ** 122.0 ** || 0.2 || 2.7 ||
 * **Source:** Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table (for fee) [|326-0020] and Catalogue nos. [|62-001-X] and [|62-010-X].



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