1/3/14 International Journal of Obesity - Fast food: unfriendly and unhealthy Debate I nternational Journal of Obesity (2 007 ) 31‚ 887 –89 0; doi:1 0.1 03 8/sj.ijo.0803 6 1 6 ; published online 2 4 April 2 007 Fast food: unfriendly and unhealthy S Stender1‚ J Dyerberg1 and A Astrup2 1 Departm ent of Clinical Biochem istry ‚ Gentofte Hospital Univ ersity of Copenhagen‚ Copenhagen‚ Denm ark of Hum an Nutrition‚ Centre for Adv anced Food Studies‚ Faculty of Life Sciences‚ Univ ersity
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Morgan Gaines February 24‚ 2013 Essay #3 Stop Playing the Blame Game Growing up children love to eat at McDonalds‚ Burger King‚ or their local pizza place. The fast food industry offers prepackaged‚ unhealthy foods that are marketed through advertisements and media as a kid friendly quick breakfast‚ lunch or dinner. Many blame obesity in children and young adults in the easy access to fast food. Is it fair to suggest that the numerous fast food places that are available are the leading factor
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me you probably have had more fast food than you would like to admit. Fast food is an idea that has taken the world by storm‚ being able to travel from home to Chicago‚ to Boise‚ to Atlanta or now even China and get the same food made you way! Some people blame fast food for America’s obesity and laziness problems while others could not live a day with out a Big Mac or Whopper. Fast food was originally intended to serve working class citizens at a fair price for food when they were hungry. Today
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12/13/12 Fast Food Advertisement Target Children “The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that’s what’s happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.” Michelle Obama stated this quote to inform America that fast food is becoming a problem in the U.S. Fast food had been making business since the 1960’s and proudly serving all across America (Schlosser. 4). It hasn’t been until the 1980’s‚ referred to “the decade of child consumer”‚ where fast food didn’t
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In this nation‚ fast food is filling up every ounce of our daily lives. An industry that started with a small innocent number of hamburger and hot dog stands has spread to every corner of the nation and the world. When we are to tired or have no time to make dinner after a long and extremely busy day‚ fast food restaurants is where we go to get our meals. Not only that‚ but fast food is now sold at airports‚ cruise ships‚ universities‚ high schools‚ elementary schools‚ and even hospitals. With the
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Life in the Fast Food Lane The growth of the fast food industry over the past few decades into what it is today is an undeniable phenomenon that has occurred in an alarmingly rapid pace. The fact of the matter is it seems that a person has a very realistic chance of finding a McDonalds within a 4 mile radius of any household in the country‚ it is also arguable that this is already the case for the world as well‚ and if not now then very soon indeed. According to an article “Good Home Cooking--Right
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Fast Foods Effects on Us Before the mid 1900’s‚ when people were hungry they would cook at home or sit down at a local restaurant. However‚ the restaurants back then would not be a part of a huge chain‚ but more like a mom and pop business. Now‚ present day‚ when you’re driving down the road and start to feel hungry‚ what do you do? You stop off at the closest fast food joint of course! With the explosion of the fast food industry‚ it has caused many: lifestyle‚ family‚ health and money conveniences
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DISADVANTAGES OF FAST FOOD Submitted by Duha on Wed‚ 2011-11-09 11:56 The greatest disadvantage of fast food is the adverse effect that it has on one’s health. It is a fact that fast food is more unhealthy than home-cooked meals‚ as they contain higher amounts of salt‚ fats and calories. Fast food is an important contributor to obesity in the American population. Obesity in children is on the rise and a direct link is being cited between fast food and obesity in children. Given the sedentary
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side of fast food Nowadays a problem of fast food is widespread all over the world. Fast food restaurants are situated almost in every country. The most popular of them are McDonald’s‚ Burger King’s‚ KFC restaurants. Even if it is easy to buy and cheap‚ the health risks outweigh the five minutes of satisfaction that fast food brings. One should carefully think before they eat fast food because there is disadvantages in the fast food. The health risks that come from eating so much fast food are life-threatening
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Brand-New Fast Food Trend Introduction Fast food is very common in Hong Kong. We can find at least one fast-food restaurant nearby. McDonald‚ KFC‚ Burger King‚ Triple O’s‚ Café de Carol can be found everywhere in Hong Kong. Fast food means that the food can be prepared and served very quickly. It can save us time and is convenient. [pic][pic][pic] The aim of this report is to investigate fast food culture in Hong Kong nowadays. Firstly‚ trend of fast food culture
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