In Diane Martindale's article "Burgers on the brain," Martindale (2003) states that eating fast food is just as addictive as smoking tobacco. Martindale believes that unlike tobacco, people do not know that fast food is addictive. Martindale further states that people that consume fast food should conduct their own research about what is in thei food. The author proves her statement with statistics, research, and background knowledge of fast food.
According to Martindale, the first major problem with fast food is that it is not suppose to be eaten regularly because it can cause severe health issues. Martindale supports her thesis with several different stories of people who have sued fast food restaurants, one being a janitor named Caesar
