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After reading this, you'll start to question why anyone thought to call it a "Happy Meal." Fast food. It's cheap, convenient, and predatory marketed to us when we're young in the hope that we'll be consumers for life. For many companies, that strategy has paid off: more than 1 in 3 American adults consume fast food on a given day, according to the CDC. But there is a wrinkle in this math. If we eat too much of it, then the life of the consumer can be much shorter if he eats more and more with clowns, colonels, kings and weird girls of red color. Studies have shown that the higher the ratio of fast food restaurants and convenience stores to grocery stores and near-home vendors, the higher the risk of obesity and diabetes, which is a risk factor for early death in these communities.   You see, in many cases, fast food is highly processed and contains large amounts of carbohydrates, added sugar, unhealthy fats and sodium. This nutrient is very high in calories wh...