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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Food preservation Men have preserved their foods from ancient times in order to keep the results of harvesting for winter months‚ for resale‚ for storage‚ and for transporting from sea to inland‚ overseas‚ or cross-country. To do so‚ they generally used nature’s methods‚ which are drying‚ parching and fermenting. Parching is the most natural method‚ but for many thousands of years‚ others have also been used. Direct fermentation of liquids‚ usually by the introduction of yeast‚ has not only
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Food is a basic need and food service industry will always remain in demand. These industry includes restaurants‚ fast foods‚ cafeterias‚ catering opportunities‚ food carts‚ food trunks and the like. Filipinos love to eat. This love for food and eating is the main reason why the food industry has flourished well in the Philippines and why you will see a lot of restaurants and fast foods scattered all over the country. These fast foods and restaurants can be local or international. Filipino
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There are all kinds of dog food ratings‚ comparisons‚ and reviews you can find that will help you look for the best commercial dog food brand. The information out there will evaluate crude protein content‚ ingredient sources‚ calorie values‚ and much more. One aspect of food rating that is rarely mentioned‚ though‚ is the definitions of ingredients and comparisons between commercial and homemade dog food. One reason for this is because commercial brands are very difficult to compare to homemade
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Fresh Foods & Canned Foods As we grow up we learn that we are suppose to eat two to three well balanced meals a day. We live in a society that has an immense variety of foods to choose from and we are responsible for what we eat. We decide what we are about to eat and how it will affect our bodies. Although fresh foods and canned foods are both highly eaten foods‚ they are really very different in flavor‚ health benefits‚ and cost. The most notable difference between these two kinds of foods is
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Reasons Typical food is eaten: Brazilian cuisine is heavily influenced by the huge range of harvest available‚ agriculture in Brazil produces a wide variety of beans‚ root‚ vegetables and tropical fruit. Meals are very much social occasions and part of the culture in Brazil‚ rather than a process of fuelling the body. Given that one of Brazil’s major exports is coffee it is no surprise that coffee is a very popular beverage. Likewise‚ the huge range of tropical fruits results in a large variety
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Nowadays people tend to choose food in fast food restaurant rather than to cook a meal themselves. Despite the fact that fast food such as hamburger‚ fried chicken…contains high amount of fats and salt which are not good for our health‚ people still go to fast food restaurant frequently and the fast food industry is still getting more and more powerful. There are several explanations for this situation. In today’s fast paced life‚ 10 minutes is an ideal amount of time to get a ready meal. How
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English 101 “The Meaning of Food” Throughout my childhood I grew up with my mother preparing all my meals‚ to what I thought was normal eating habits. My mother is southern and was working full time. We usually ate fried or fast food; we would have traditions that would not only feed our bellies but our souls. It all started when I was in the fourth grade the pounds piled up like the pancakes my mother would make on Sunday morning. I started to use food as comfort and think I needed to
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The Role of Food in Religion We as a people eat every day‚ several times throughout the day because it is something we need to do in order to survive. What many people do not realize is that food has a hand in shaping who you are as individuals. The more obvious‚ like religion also has a great deal in shaping us as individuals and when you put the two together you will be surprised with the outcome. Food and religion have a play in community‚ tradition‚ and issues of purity and cleanliness. I
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The 1930’s Food! The 1930’s cuisine was very simple and extremely rationed. The people in the 30’s just didn’t have the money to afford for themselves and kids all the time. The food was mostly given to men and children in soup/ bread lines for those who couldn’t afford food. The food was simple and inexpensive; the goal was to produce a lot of food with as little ingredients as possible. I’m sure the bread was bland and the chowders and soups were plain but it’s what the people of this struggling
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