Fast Food and the Problems with Fast Food
Derek Tyler Hannah
Fast Food and the Effect it has On Our Health The fast food industry has severely changed over the years, how these restaurants started, what are the health factors, and what has caused them to have such great success
I. Fast food is introduced
A. What brought about the idea of a fast food restaurant
B. How quickly they flourished
C. Advertising Methods
II. Health factors
A. Disadvantages
B. Advantages
III. Major chains
A. How they began
B. What makes them so successful
1. McDonald’s
2. Burger King
3. Sonic
IV. Secrets to success
A. Process to create the food
B. How cheap and quick it is to make the products
Derek Tyler Hannah
Fast Food Having an Effect on U.S Health Fast food chains are anywhere and everywhere. You cannot drive to town without passing at least two or three of these “restaurants.” The concept behind fast food was a good idea, but the results were catastrophic in the health aspect. Now that fast food has become one of the top industries in the world, everything has gone awry. The fast food industry has drastically changed the way people view food, how convenience is rising and the cost for products. Fast food restaurants first started as drive-ins with car hops, but in the 1980’s began with drive-thru windows. McDonald’s was one of the first ones to convert from car hops to drive-thru windows. The idea of fast food service brought about a whole new concept to how we view food. Without proper education in the health field typical Americans would not know what their body needs and what they consume. Maybe if that was the case the obesity rate and rates of chronic heart disease would plummet and we could focus on more important problems.
When these restaurants began to spring up, it spread like wildfire. Sonic, McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy’s and etc. all became multi-million dollar companies. They discovered they could mass-produce products that were cheap and that could make them money faster than
Fast Food and the Effect it has On Our Health The fast food industry has severely changed over the years, how these restaurants started, what are the health factors, and what has caused them to have such great success
I. Fast food is introduced
A. What brought about the idea of a fast food restaurant
B. How quickly they flourished
C. Advertising Methods
II. Health factors
A. Disadvantages
B. Advantages
III. Major chains
A. How they began
B. What makes them so successful
1. McDonald’s
2. Burger King
3. Sonic
IV. Secrets to success
A. Process to create the food
B. How cheap and quick it is to make the products
Derek Tyler Hannah
Fast Food Having an Effect on U.S Health Fast food chains are anywhere and everywhere. You cannot drive to town without passing at least two or three of these “restaurants.” The concept behind fast food was a good idea, but the results were catastrophic in the health aspect. Now that fast food has become one of the top industries in the world, everything has gone awry. The fast food industry has drastically changed the way people view food, how convenience is rising and the cost for products. Fast food restaurants first started as drive-ins with car hops, but in the 1980’s began with drive-thru windows. McDonald’s was one of the first ones to convert from car hops to drive-thru windows. The idea of fast food service brought about a whole new concept to how we view food. Without proper education in the health field typical Americans would not know what their body needs and what they consume. Maybe if that was the case the obesity rate and rates of chronic heart disease would plummet and we could focus on more important problems.
When these restaurants began to spring up, it spread like wildfire. Sonic, McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy’s and etc. all became multi-million dollar companies. They discovered they could mass-produce products that were cheap and that could make them money faster than
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