Fast Food Is Linked to Obesity and Other Serious Health Problems Fast Food ‚ 2009 Seth Stern is a staff writer at The Christian Science Monitor. Despite the fact that nutritional information about fast food is readily available‚ many fast food chains are taking the blame for the rise in obesity and other health problems across the nation. Some lawyers are considering the possibility that fast food chains could be held accountable for the health consequences of eating their food. The chains could
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Food Fights In “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper” Mark Bittman explains many arguments of why people choose junk food rather than the healthy alternative. One of the arguments being that junk food is cheaper when measured by calorie and price. Mark Bittman believes that “most people can afford real food”. Bittman defines the core problem is that cooking is defined as work and fast food is both a pleasure and a crutch. What he means by this is that people would rather eat unhealthy food choices rather
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students do not have much time to make their own meals on a regular basis because they are busy with work and school. In lieu of home cooked meals‚ fast food is the number one choice that comes to mind. Fast food is quick‚ taste pretty delicious‚ and is inexpensive for the average college student. In many cases‚ there is a wider variety of fast food places in radius of the school campus to choose from. Even college students can always find what they are searching for in reasonable situations. When
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of thousands of Chicagoans live in what’s known as a food desert. A food desert is in an area of focus that is short on access to fresh meat and produce. These areas are usually over populated with packaged and processed foods‚ which are not always healthy. They also have a significant amount junk that you can easily find in convenience stores and fast food restaurants. What exactly qualifies a neighborhood to be part of a food desert? Food deserts usually have a bunch of blocks without a corner
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eat unhealthy. Fast food is a quick‚ cheap‚ and tasteful meal made accessible to virtually anyone. When comparing prices at a grocery store‚ for the most part its clear junk foods are less expensive than healthy foods. If a tax was placed on unhealthy foods‚ it would make a substantial difference in the way consumers shopped. In 1938‚ the Agriculture Act was passed to allow the government to financially aid farmers that grow corn‚ cotton‚ and wheat due to the shortage of food production nationwide
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Healthy Food vs. Burger King Food The Arabic philosopher Ibn Khaldoun once said‚ “A man’s palate can‚ in time‚ become accustomed to anything.” While this French emperor may have had some plight in his battle of Waterloo against the British‚ Germans‚ Belgians‚ Dutch and Prussians‚ he certainly has hit the nail on the head this time. The food industry has progressed in ways that may not be different to the human palate‚ but hopefully remain different to the human conscience. With all the options
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EFFECT OF JUNK FOOD ON HEALTH * JUNK FOOD FACTS * ANALYSIS OF QUESTIONNAIRES * RESULT * QUESTIONNAIRES FILLED BY RESPONDANTS * BIBLIOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION Junk food is typically defined as foods with little nutritional value that are high in calories‚ fat‚ sugar‚ salt‚ or caffeine. It is widely believed that the term was coined by Michael Jacobson‚ director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest‚ in 1972. Common junk foods include salted snack foods‚ gum‚ candy
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A food system is a way to feed people‚ where the whole system is interconnected with the production‚ the processing‚ the distribution‚ the access‚ the utilization‚ the recycling‚ the composting and the disposal of food. I believe no one will deny that the current food system is totally inadequate. The American people have become so accustomed to eating pre-packaged‚ precooked food that to take a little extra time to prepare home-cooked‚ quality meals seems a waste of time and money. While this
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issues in our nation. One factor that deserves to be studied more is the phenomenon of food deserts. There are many ways to define a food desert‚ but a common way to define it is as a low-income census tract where a great portion of its residents have low-access to a supermarket or a large grocery store. This phenomenon occurs nationwide and is an issue that should be acknowledged and dealt with. Currently however‚ food deserts is a phenomenon that has yet to gain the proper acknowledge for the threatening
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speech outline (example) Topic: | Food and Health | Title: | Unhealthy food should not sell in school canteen. | General purpose: | To persuade | Specific purpose: | To persuade my audience that unhealthy food should not be sold in school canteen. | Central idea: | A speech about the factors students taken unhealthy food‚ how eating unhealthy food affects health and government should come up with strict rules and regulation selling of unhealthy food at the school canteen. | Organizational
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