Shirley Lozano Prof. Fonts ENC 1101-1 16 March 2011 Fast Food and Obesity Obesity is an excess proportion of total body fat. A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more above normal weight. What causes obesity is when a person consumes more calories than he or she burns. For many people this boils down to eating too much and exercising too little. On the other hand‚ there are many factors that play a role in obesity such as age‚ gender‚ genetics‚ physical activity
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Cooking dinner is the last thing on your agenda after a long day at work. There are eight fast food restaurants to your left and right‚ you pull in get yourself and the kids food for under five dollars and under five minutes: simply convenient. So many Americans today find themselves driving through a drive through picking up dinner for the family rather than cooking a home cooked meal. The outrageous amount of fast food that people consume in a week is becoming unbelievable. When getting off of a long
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Cause and Effect: Fast Food This is a cause-and-effect essay about fast food – how it become so popular and what its effects have been. It uses 4 paragraphs and a 3-7-7-3 layout (three sentences in the introduction‚ seven in the causes paragraph‚ seven in the effects paragraph‚ and three in the conclusion). Show or Hide Explanations In the past people in the United Arab Emirates used to eat healthy‚ freshly prepared food with their families in the home.Today however‚ many people‚ particularly
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177–198 The Causes and Consequences of Wal-Mart’s Growth Emek Basker W al-Mart plays a large and ever-growing role in the U.S. economy. As of January 31‚ 2007‚ Wal-Mart operated more than 3‚400 U.S. Wal-Mart stores along with more than 550 Sam’s Club locations. Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the United States‚ with 1.3 million employees‚ and the largest retailer in the United States. In 2004‚ Wal-Mart handled 6.5 percent of U.S. retail sales (8.8 percent if automobile sales are excluded);
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English 1101 March 4‚ 2013 The Causes for the Popularity of Fast Food Restaurants Brainstorming ~Modernization has come a long way. Many things evolve with it. This evolutionary process causes people to remain busy all through the rest part of the day. ~ The busy schedule leaves not time for making food either for breakfast‚ lunch‚ or dinner. ~ Restaurants offering fast foods. ~This problem triggered the popularity and rise of fast food restaurants. ~Fast food has never been an issue in the
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Causes of the Popularity of Fast food Restaurants In the United States‚ the popularity of fast food restaurants is growing every day. Nowadays people can buy a whole meal in those restaurants for just three dollars. The fast food restaurants have been considered to have poor health benefits on the people who consume it regularly. American people consider that fast food restaurants make their life easy and uncomplicated. The popularity of this type of restaurants is increasing because
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customer’s preferences to better tasting‚ fresher food. This trend led to new sub markets emerging for tastier‚ fresher and fast food perceived as healthier. A few of the smaller/privately owned competitors (Cosi and Quizno’s) were able to operate in niche markets selling gourmet sandwiches and salads. The emergence of smaller restaurants offering easy access to exotic foods such as sushi and burritos created a more specialized niche market. 2) Size and Growth; With the emergence of these sub-markets
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themselves. Fast food restaurants are expanding throughout America very rapidly and that is not a good sign due to all the overweight and obese individuals.
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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
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All such food is categorized as fast food which can be prepared and served quickly. Restaurants and kiosks provide fast food with precooked or preheated ingredients and usually served at a packaged form (Pollan‚ 2009). In the beginning‚ American hamburger and fries was considered as the traditional fast food but now the field has been widely diversified and food like pizzas‚ fish and chips‚ burgers from McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chicken etc. are all considered fast food. Fast food market has
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