. The solution is simply don’t eat fast food in front of your kids or encourage them to eat healthier things that you’ve prepared. Or limit the amount of TV they watch because every other commercial is probably going to be a fast food commercial. Probiotic Smart is a website were people can ask questions regarding health topics and get answers from experts who also share the latest health articles and solutions to health problems the article was written by Emily Bill who is a SEM specialist. The website New Scientist talks about why fast food is bad even in moderation in their article called "Why Fast Foods Are Bad". In the article it says, “Eating a diet consisting largely of fast food could cause your waistline to bulge more than eating the same amount of fat from healthier sources” (Gosline). It also talks about how most fast food items contain trans fat which can cause an increase risk of heart disease compared to saturated fats. And studies have shown that most of the weight gained from fast food mainly effects your stomach area. New Scientist is a magazine that’s been around since 1956 and reaches nearly one million readers every week it provides information on science and technology. An article by The New York Times, which talks about fast food from every corner. States that the reason why fast food is so popular is because its inexpensive and widely available. Making something less healthy is almost impossible because we have no control over how the food is cooked therefore if the fast food place wants to cook the food in plenty of butter they have that right. And since fast food is filled with fat, sodium, and sugar people with diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease have to be extra careful when it comes to eating fast food. Some solutions for healthier eating is to eat at fast food places that offer vegetables, or make better decisions when ordering like ordering something with fewer calories. The New York Times is a newspaper that has been published ever since 1851 and has won 112 Pulitzer prizes, which is more than any other news organization. The main reasons why now more than ever fast food is becoming a health issue has to do with more people eating it. According to the book Fast Food Nation, “A generation ago, three-quarters of the money used to buy food in the United States was spent to prepare meals at home. Today about half of the money used to buy food is spent at restaurants--mainly at fast food restaurants” (Schlosser 4). And that has to do with the way its marketed, availability, and price. You can’t watch TV without seeing some sort of fast food commercial which advertises their latest cool invention or drive and not see a fast food billboard. And one of the main targets of fast food, is children who can convince their parents to take them to get fast food because of what the happy meal comes with, or because they want to play in the playground. “Unfortunately many kids are introduced to fast food at a young age and continue to consume it as they grow up” (Bill). Because kids are introduced to fast food at such a young age they face the risk of becoming obese, due to the fact that the kids meals are far from healthy since they are basically just a smaller version of an unhealthy combo meal. Availability, fast food is everywhere from the U.S. to Asia to the Middle East. Because of how available fast food has become more people are able to consume it, therefore more people are being effected by the unhealthy food.