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PROMOTING UNHEALTHY FOOD McDonald’s promote their food as ‘nutritious’, but the reality is that it is junk food high in fat, sugar and salt, and low in fibre and vitamins. A diet of this type is linked with a greater risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes... More

PROMOTING UNHEALTHY FOOD McDonald’s promote their food as ‘nutritious’, but the reality is that it is junk food high in fat, sugar and salt, and low in fibre and vitamins. A diet of this type is linked with a greater risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other diseases. Their food also contains many chemical additives, some of which may cause illhealth, and hyperactivity in children. Don’t forget too that meat is the cause of the majority of food poisoning incidents. In 1991 McDonald’s were responsible for an outbreak of food poisoning in the UK, in which people suffered serious kidney failure. With modern intensive farming methods, other diseases - linked to chemical residues or unnatural practices have become a danger to people too (such as BSE). EXPLOITING WORKERS Workers in the fast food industry are paid low wages. McDonald’s do not pay overtime rates even when employees work very long hours. Pressure to keep profits high and wage costs low results in understaffing, Less