Why do people eat unhealthy foods when they know is not good for them?

I think it is for the same reason people smoke. Because they can and they want to.

Also junk food is fast and easy.

I hope you can unlock this mystery, because I sure don't know why people eat unhealthy foods. It could be because they think they'll be immune to heart disease, stroke, diabetes and the multitude of other problems. I try to eat the right things and exercise by walking. The fast food restaurant posters make the food (like hamburgers) appear so full of bright colored lettuce and tomato, and then when the order comes, there is a scrap of lettuce STEM, and a thin sliver of green tomato. Just another reason to forgo those places.

There are so many reasons for eating what we eat:
1. I grew up eating this or that.
2. It smells good.
3. It tastes good.
4. That commercial makes me want to go and get some of that food!
5. I don't have time to eat healthy.
6. What is healthy, anyway?
7. Healthy food tastes awful.
8. Everyone will laugh at me if I start eating that way.
9. I don't know how to cook, so I eat at the fast food place down the street.
10.I don't know how to cook, so I buy meals that I can microwave.
11.I hate vegetables.
12.I hate fruit.
13.I love sugar!
14.Fat makes the dish more tasty.
15.Mom and dad never ate healthy, so why should I?
16.Healthy foods taste like cardboard.
17.There are so many philosophies on what is healthy to eat, how do I know who is telling the truth?

i like to eat fast food because it is good and if you don't eat it all time i don't believe it will hurt you i don't eat it all time.

Most of these unhealthy foods are cheap and very delicious that it puts a cost between healthy foods& unhealthy foods..its very expensive to be vegeterian& people opt for cash saving ways thus the fast foods that are unhealthy comes into place..avoid them.

hello there, i really don t like the fast food, i prefear a good salad, with cheese and bakon, maybe with eggs, but i don t like hamburgers and hot dogs...and sandwiches, i like simple foods, with original teste.

Hi icesmile, I think probably because they were introduced to unhealty foods as a child and then developed a taste and eating like that becomes a lifestyle. Many people are not aware of the healthy action. Sometimes i am intrigued by the contents of someone elses trolley which may be laden with pop drinks, frozen pizza and biscuits, but not a fruit or vegetable in sight. Many people say they don't like veg as they have never been introduced to them cooked properly. Personally I'm lucky enough to hate fast food and enjoy fresh tasty food.

Yes I know what you mean, I use to do that, go to the fast food place all the time, now I just cook at home, I like to cook now, I didn't use to like cooking now I put meals together, that is good for me, I think it is better to cook at home then to go out plus it is cheaper, and it saves you money.

Maybe, because this food is more easy to get, a lot people can't cook about their jobs

i love most fast foods and i do sometimes treat myself to a kebab, burger or a pizza. i said treat as i regard fast foods to be a treat, not a staple diet.

i think a lot of people eat fast food and microwave meals a lot because they're either lazy or they can't cook. a lot are possibly oblivious to the harm that they're doing to themselves. apart from the high calorific content they also contain lot's of unhealthy fats and salt. salt is as big a killer as obesity.

i've tried various American foods and the salt content in some was unbearable, we have strict laws here in the UK that allow only a certain amount of salt to be included in pre prepared foods so any food that contains a lot of salt is immediately noticeable.

i do enjoy fast food though, it's harmless if only eaten occasionally and the smell of fast food always makes me feel hungry.