Obesity is a leading health complication resulting from long term consumption of fast food. Our bodies need several essential nutrients such as carbohydrates, protein, and vitamins to thrive. Fast food meal options contain detrimental ingredients that are harmful to your health. When you take a closer look you will find that most fast food options greatly exceed the recommended levels of fat and sugar intake. Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past thirty years. It seems as the rate of obesity increase, so does the number of fast food restaurants. With the increase of weight a person has a greater possibility of placing other health issues on their…
The need for instant gratification, imbedded in our American culture, has paved the way for fast food corporations and their convenient style of food production. The McDonald’s brothers, who developed the Speedee Service System in 1948, made all this possible (Schlosser 19). This system began the industrialization of the food industry; which essentially gave birth to a new industry, fast food. Now one person grills the burgers, another person “dresses” them, and another prepares the milkshakes (20). This system rapidly increases the rate of food production. According to the McDonald’s corporation website, McDonald’s operates more than 30,000 restaurants world-wide and serves more than 47,000,000 people every single day. The key behind all this success is the American ideology of convenience. When people feel a craving for food, a uniformly made burger, fries, and drink will materialize in minutes. The concept of fast food is exceptional because it creates a quick way to produce a sit-down meal. One could argue that…
The term “Fast food” is given to any type of food provider that, naturally, can be prepared and served quickly to accommodate the consumer. While sounding like a great facet to a fast paced life style it comes with many compromises; unfortunately that all comes at the consumer’s expense. In order to achieve quick service nearly all of the food served at fast food joints is…
People blame fast food restaurants that they are offering unhealthy foods to the public. However, this is not the case since fast foods are healthy, but when taken in large quantities and on a regular basis, they may have adverse effects on one’s body. In turn, this makes it the people’s responsibility to watch the amount of fast foods they ingest. Moreover, one is not forced to eat from their vast menu of fast foods in the various restaurants. Hence, people have a choice on whether to take in fast foods or neglect the temptation and eat home cooked meals (Rose web).…
Most people would expect Fast Food chain restaurants to be a happy, convenient, inexpensive, and quick place to pick up a meal. The decision to stop for fast food, is made on spur of the moment, without much thought. The vast majority of customers do not set out to eat at a Burger King, Wendy’s, or McDonalds. Often, they’re not even planning to stop for food until they see a big sign, a familiar building, and set of golden arches. Fast food, like the tabloids at a supermarket or a drug store is an impulse buy.…
The outcome of eating a lot of fast food is harmful. All the unnecessary sugars and fats it…
This year Americans will spend over $110 billion on fast food alone. Fast food is most definitely not good for you. Fast food is usually high in fat, calories, cholesterol and sodium. Fast food restaurants add lots of salt and other additives to make their food taste good. Eating fast food for long periods of time can cause high blood pressure, heart disease and obesity. Fast food is not good for you because it is highly addictive, it costs too much and it is very unhealthy.…
How many of you eat fast food more than three times a week? Do you eat it because it tastes good? Do you eat it because it’s cheap or because it’s fast and convenient? Do you know where they get it from, or how they cook it or what they use to cook it? On the other hand, not all fast food joints are bad for you; the most important thing to keep in mind is to know what you are eating and making smart decisions. Do you ever wonder how clean the kitchen is or the cooking conditions that take place? There are three types of fast food dangers; Illness, obesity and fast food financial danger.…
According to the article, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, author Mark Pereira, states quote" its extremely difficult to eat in a healthy way at a fast food restaurant. Despite some of their recent healthful offerings, the menus still tend to include foods high in fat, sugar, sodium and low in fiber and nutrients" unquote.…
Most foods served in fast food restaurants today are loaded with calories and fat. Today, it is now a little easier to find out the calorie and nutrition content of food due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 that was signed by President Obama on March 23, 2010. (Food, 2011) This law requires restaurants with 20 or more food locations to list the nutrition and calorie content of their food items. If common sense is used, you can find some healthy choices to eat at fast food restaurants. To make a burger healthy, get it nude. No mayonnaise or special sauce allowed. For chicken, go for the grilled option instead of the deep fat fried option. Have a garden salad with a low fat dressing. Instead of selecting fried chicken get the skinless breast without breading. Try a soft shell chicken taco in instead of the crispy shell. Limit sour cream and cheese. Go for a vegetable and bean burrito instead of nachos with refried beans. Get the six inch sub with lean meats or lots of vegetables instead of the high fat meats such as tuna salad, meatballs or ham. In addition, opt for mustard or a low fat dressing instead of mayonnaise or a high fat dressing. When it comes to pizza, order the thin crust with one-half the regular amount of cheese and pile on extra vegetables. There are several ways that you can eat…
The only positive of fast food restaurants is their convenience. The fast food industry benefits from the lifestyles of the extremely busy people: those people who just don’t have time to “stop”, sit down, and eat a meal at home. According to Jekanowski, fast food restaurants are working to make drive throughs even more convenient than they already are: “Consumers can combine meal-time with time in engaged in other activities, such as shopping, work, or travel “(11). To do this, you just you just simply pull in, order your food and pick it up ready to eat at the next window two to three minutes later. Fast food restaurants are almost everywhere you look today, and the convenience of them is hard not to recognize. When driving from one place to the next you pass numerous fast food restaurants, and with the variety of food offered in just a couple of miles it’s tempting to just stop and pick something up.…
The popularity of fast food production today is a direct result of busy families. In today’s society both husband and wife usually obtain full-time careers. These careers take up much of the family’s time and energy. Children of these families are usually very active in many extracurricular activities such as, Boy Scouts, football, baseball, and basketball. With all of the practice, games, and outings, these activities consume a great amount of the family’s time. In this fast paced life people find it more and more convenient to grab some food on the way home than to prepare a full meal for their family. Families find it more convenient to have someone else do the cooking and cleaning than to take more time away from each other and do it themselves. Single people find it easier to pick-up some fast food than cook a big meal for one person. It is also a result of the most obvious, people these days are just lazier than people in our past were. A person who forgot their lunch at home is more likely to choose fast food over a restaurant because of the cost difference. They could go to a fast foodrestaurant for fewer tk. than they could go to a restaurant where they would spend for one meal.Actually, it is the result of time and convenience and sometimes it is a result of the low cost.…
Fastfood differs from a restaurant in terms of service and food. When ordering food from a fastfood establishment, an individual has to fall in line at a counter to order, which is the beginning of the process. On the other hand, when diners go to a restaurant, they are seated and a server is present to take the order of the customer. In terms of food, fastfood offers food which doesn’t usually take a lot of time to prepare and is significantly of lower cost compared to the food served in a restaurant.…
With modern society everyone is always on the go. Fast food caters to this as well. Look at Burger King for example; they created a fry holder to fit inside the cup holder in your car! They have made food and what the food comes in easier to eat on the move. Most fast food places have even started to put out nutrition facts about their products to make them seem as healthy as they can. Even with convenience that fast food restaurants create in our lives and their effort to try and seem healthy; it is also creating bad habits on society as well.…
Fast-food restaurants are convenient for anyone at any moment. People can find a fast-food restaurant in almost every corner; where there is one, there are usually others as well, which gives them different options. This is very convenient for people because they do not have to go so far to get food. Furthermore, many of today’s fast-food chains offer delivery service, and people do not need to leave their house to have something to eat. In the same way, almost every fast-food restaurant has the option of drive-thru, so people with little time to eat do not have to leave the car to buy food; and this service does not have any extra costs. With the drive-thru many fast-food chains add the 24/7 service too, so the restaurant is close but people can get the food at every time on the drive-thru.…