Kate: OK. This is my first slide. How does it look?

Female Coworker: Yeah, it's fine. So I'll time you, OK? Your section of the presentation should be about five minutes, right?

Male Coworker: More or less.

Female Coworker: OK, Kate. Ready when you are.

Kate: Eating fast food presents three problems in your diet. First, most fast foods have an excessive amount of salt. Even when you think you're making healthy choices, you may not. Have you ever looked at a fast food menu and thought, should I go for the deluxe burger with fries and a shake? Or should I choose something healthy, like chicken? You might think that chicken is a healthy choice. Even better if it's grilled instead of fried, right? But according to one popular fast food restaurants website, a grilled chicken sandwich has 1,770 milligrams of salt. Adding a large fry to your order bumps your salt intake by another 20%. That's a lot of salt to put into your body. And it's just lunch. In a 2010 article posted on webmd.com, medical writer, Daniel DeNoon claims that 9 out of 10 Americans consume too much salt in one day. Salt is found in everything, from soft drinks to baked goods, but why should we be concerned about eating too much salt? For this simple reason. High sodium intake is a contributing factor to hypertension or high blood pressure. This concerns me because hypertension runs in my family. I'm lucky so far. My blood pressure is normal. But according to the Center for Disease Control, one in three Americans have high blood pressure. That means nine of us in this class will have high blood pressure at some point in our lifetime. Once you get hypertension, you're at risk for heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease. Also, too much salt can cause dehydration and digestive problems.

Another dietary problem of fast foods is the higher sugar content. High fructose corn syrup--

Female Coworker: Hold it a sec.

Kate: Is something wrong?

Female Coworker: No. In fact, you're doing great. I just wondered if you could add a slide to mark the next section about high sugar content.

Kate: Oh, that's a great idea. OK. Back to it.