"Fast foods and obesity" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 4 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    Fast Food

    • 667 Words
    • 3 Pages

    A fast food restaurant is on every corner‚ but is actually good for you? Fast food became popular in the early 1900’s but it didn’t just take off. Fast food has made quite a journey in its development opening opportunities along the way. It has its advantages and disadvantages but being aware of them is very important. Fast food has made a huge impact on our nation’s health and economy. How was fast food developed? Burgers made at fairs‚ carnivals‚ and events were known as low quality. It

    Premium Nutrition Fast food restaurant Hamburger

    • 667 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Best Essays

    Fast Food

    • 4593 Words
    • 19 Pages

    International Journal of Obesity (2011) 35‚ 1325–1330 & 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved 0307-0565/11 www.nature.com/ijo PEDIATRIC ORIGINAL ARTICLE Fast food‚ other food choices and body mass index in teenagers in the United Kingdom (ALSPAC): a structural equation modelling approach LK Fraser1‚ KL Edwards2‚ JE Cade3 and GP Clarke1 1 School of Geography‚ University of Leeds‚ Leeds‚ UK; 2Division of Biostatistics‚ University of Leeds‚ Leeds‚ UK and 3Nutritional Epidemiology

    Premium Nutrition Obesity Fast food

    • 4593 Words
    • 19 Pages
    Best Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Fast Food

    • 770 Words
    • 4 Pages

    blaming the fast food industry. Teenagers have filed lawsuits blaming McDonald’s for their health problems‚ and a public health group in California has asked the governor to declare childhood obesity a state of emergency. But parents—not the fast food companies‚ not the government--are in the best position to fight the epidemic of overweight children. Parents are responsible for teaching kids healthy eating and exercise habits. Parents are to blame if they let kids eat unhealthy foods and sit in

    Premium Nutrition Obesity

    • 770 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Fast Food

    • 633 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Title: “Fast food” General Purpose: To persuade. Specific Purpose: After listening to our speech‚ the mass will have enough information to take a stand about fast food. Thesis: The influence of fast food. INTRODUCTION: I. Attention-Getter: How many of you would substitute Nasi Lemak with a Big Mac and French fries? II. Thesis statement: Fast food leads to death and a substitution is necessary. III. Preview of main points: How is fast food beneficial?

    Premium

    • 633 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    U4A1A4 | Position Paper Date: July 24th‚ 2012 Is illness and obesity related to fast food consumption an individual responsibility or a corporate responsibility? I think illness and obesity related to fast food consumption is both by individual responsibility and corporate responsibility. The corporate can have a carelessly prepared burger‚ fires‚ or anything else on the menu‚ and get the customer sick but even if they don’t if an individual continues to eat an unreasonable amount of burgers

    Premium Nutrition

    • 388 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    of obesity in children. I believe along with many credible sources that a lot of the reoccurring obesity problems we face with children have to do with fast food. You could almost say that fast food is kind of like a drug for kids. It is always fun to go out to eat as well as take in food that is high in calories and saturated fat. Although fast food may be a large factor in childhood obesity‚ it is also safe to say that it’s not the only factor. Are we placing too much blame on the fast food industry

    Premium Nutrition Obesity

    • 1272 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Review………………………………………………………………………. 1- 4 3.0 Impact of obesity issue toward fast food chain 3.1 Poor brand image…………………………………………………………………….. 4-6 3.2 Decline in sales………………………………………………………………………. 6 3.3 Pressure from activist and non-profit organisation…………………………………... 6-7 3.4 Increase of legal restriction on business activities………………………………….... 7-8 4.0 Response of fast food chain toward obesity issue 4.1 Provide nutrition information……………………………………………………….. 9-10 4.2 Provide new food choices and healthier ordering

    Premium Nutrition Obesity

    • 5188 Words
    • 21 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Better Essays

    Derek Tyler Hannah Fast Food and the Effect it has On Our Health The fast food industry has severely changed over the years‚ how these restaurants started‚ what are the health factors‚ and what has caused them to have such great success I. Fast food is introduced A. What brought about the idea of a fast food restaurant B. How quickly they flourished C. Advertising Methods II. Health factors A. Disadvantages B. Advantages III. Major chains A. How they began B. What makes them so successful

    Premium Fast food Fast food restaurant Nutrition

    • 1609 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Better Essays

    Advertisement and Childhood Obesity ENGL/101-B25 Would you feed your children lard? The answer for most all of us is “No Way”. Most parents can safely say that they want healthy choices for their children and would never want to give them something that is bad for them. However‚ with many of the foods on fast food menus this is not far from the truth. We have all heard the statement that childhood obesity is on the rise‚ and has been for quite some time now. We have seen the heartbreaking stories

    Premium

    • 1352 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    11/10/12 Research Paper Final Draft 1‚604 Fast Food Companies Inducing Obesity In America America is known to be the most overweight country in the world. Early this year‚ the centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported‚ “… 35.7 percent of adults and 16.9 percent of children age 2 to 19 are obese” (Begley‚ news.yahoo.com). The main cause for this obesity epidemic is the fast food Americans on a weekly basis. The fats and sugars put into the food during processing are causing people to gain

    Premium Nutrition Obesity

    • 1606 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50