It is no surprise Americans have tipped the scales, literally, in a bad direction. The desire for good tasting food, especially if it is salty and/or sweet, appeals to people's taste buds. Americans have acquired a sense of taste, smell, and the texture of foods from an early age. The sensory responses are influenced by a number of variables, such as the metabolic and genetic traits handed to them when they are born. As these infants get older, many more factors will draw them in to the fast food frenzy, which will soon become an almost impossible habit to break. …
