What is fast food and why is it so popular? Fast food refers to food that can be prepared and served quickly. Fast food restaurants usually have a walk up counter or drive-thru window where you order and pick up your food. Fast food restaurants are popular because they serve filling foods that taste good and don ’t cost a lot of money. However‚ fast food is usually cheap because it ’s often made with cheaper ingredients such as high fat meat‚ refined grains‚ and added sugar and fats‚ instead
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Obesity is a problem that needs to be fixed. It’s a hard task to accomplish‚ but it’s possible we just need to get started. The main reason obesity is rising is because of the cheaply sold restaurant foods. My idea is to shut down unhealthy fast food restaurants‚ but that is obviously not possible. If unhealthy restaurants were eliminated‚ the economy would be in chaos. These businesses affect people horribly health wise‚ but economically it provides 3.7 million people jobs. Many people will be losing
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and Composition 2 March 2012 Can Fast Food be Healthy? Fast food has become a huge part of American culture and can affect us in our daily lives. Fast food is consumed by millions of American each and every day‚ which makes it important to determine whether the food is actually healthy. Almost everyone in America has had fast food at one point in their life making the knowledge of whether fast food is healthy or not relevant to everyone. While fast food has been prevalent in America for quite
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08 May 2012 “Fast Food Nation”: A Critique The essay‚ “Fast Food Nation‚” is effective in persuading audiences to think before you eat. Eric Schlosser‚ a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly‚ clearly has a point he wants to get across‚ but allows readers to make up their own minds. He provides many facts to back his point and has a willingness to present both sides of the issues. Schlosser is straightforward and clear in his writing. He also tries at times to make facts
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animal foods that they consume. Second‚ people need to increase several plant-based foods that they consume. Finally‚ government subsidies need to be adjusted to lower the cost of plant-based foods. More than one-third of U.S. adults are obese (“Adult Obesity Facts”). This high rate leads to the increase of diseases such as heart failure and cancer‚ and today we are seeing staggering rates of those diseases. Current efforts to reduce obesity are not effective. Illnesses related to obesity affect
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The impact to health from fast food is quite staggering when it is consumed on a regular basis. Unfortunately‚ an ever growing number of households are doing exactly that‚ as fewer and fewer families rely on someone doing any conventional cooking using fresh food ingredients. Far too many households feed themselves on a constant‚ daily diet of microwaved ready meals with very little or zero fresh fruit or vegetables. Then they "treat" themselves to a meal out‚ by visiting a burger or pizza restaurant
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Assignment: Info Bank Fast Food: Is it a Smart Choice? 1. Andrews‚ J. (2007) Surprise Ingredients In Fast Food Retrieved September 3‚ 2011‚ from http://www.naturalnews.com/022194_sodium_ingredients_food.html Source : World Wide Web What is it about? The article explains on the disadvantages of fast food. It also talks about all dangerous fast food ingredients which can harm our health. In this article we can found separated fast food restaurants and their “special” recipes (McDonald’s
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Organizational behaviour in fast food industry is an important area to analyze as fast food sector is growing rapidly. It has direct positive relation with organizational productivity. Around the globe‚ the penetration of fast food sector is enormous. A field study was conducted in order to evaluate the employees’ perception of various dynamics of organizational behaviour. The context selected was the fast food restaurants of Pakistan. A sample of 100 fast food restaurants’ employee was selected
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conveniences of fast food restaurants are a great help to many people on the go‚ but the consequences of having fast food as a lifestyle can first cause obesity‚ secondly fast food is more expensive‚ and lastly it takes away the unity of the family at the table. Obesity from fast food is on the brink of becoming an epidemic. The conveniences of fast food restaurants are a great help to many people on the go‚ but the consequences of having fast food as a lifestyle can first cause obesity‚ secondly
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4-1-13 Childhood Obesity 1. Introduction a. Attention Getter: Why do people still think it is OK to give candy as reward even with all the childhood obesity? b. Reason to listen/specific purpose: i. To know facts on Obesity 2. Credibility Statement c. Friend-High school- insecure with weight d. Got motivated- loss weight- happy with herself 3. Body e. Central Idea ii. Cause of obesity‚ the prevention of obesity and risk factors
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