Fast Food Restaurants in America are Contributing to Obesity Fast Food Restaurants in America are contributing to Obesity In 2009‚ 34% of Americans are overweight or obese; at this rate‚ 43% of Americans will be considered overweight or obese by the year 2018. (Hellmich‚ 2009) By definition‚ a person is considered to be overweight if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) in excess of 25 or more‚ while a person is considered to be obese if their BMI is over 30. What is contributing to this epidemic
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children are considered overweight or obese‚ and childhood obesity has more than tripled since 1980. Today‚ more than twelve million children and teens are obese and more than twenty-three million are either obese or overweight. Health officials say childhood obesity has now reached an epidemic proportion and is the biggest threat to children’s health since polio in the 1950s” (Introduction to Childhood Obesity: At Issue). Childhood obesity has been greatly increased in the US for many reasons. Hundreds
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CHAPTER 1 The Problem Rationale Food is one of the basic necessities of man in order to stay alive. Whether he likes it or not‚ man needs sufficient amount of food to sustain his being. This need to meet the food intake parallel with the essential meals per day results to the materialization of the food service industry which deals with preparation and sale of food items or products. Therefore‚ the food service industry will always remain in high demand because of its category. This industry
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Healthy food vs. Fast food Many years ago‚ people ate food that do not contains‚ preservatives; moreover‚ people used to spend a lot of time cooking their own food. Therefore those people did not have problems by the food that they ate‚ because all the food that they ate was natural and healthy. However‚ nowadays many people‚ particularly young people prefer to eat fast food such as hamburger‚ pizza or fried chicken. As we can see there are two kind of food: healthy food and fast food. One way to
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Fast Food (1) Fast food‚ which is a very common concept in America today‚ has not always been so popular. (2) Because McDonald’s was the first restaurant to equip themselves with an assembly line people think that it was the beginning of fast food‚ but many consider White Castle to be how fast food chains began. (5) When founded in 1921‚ White Castle was an extremely important part of fast-food development. (3) Surprisingly‚ at the time‚ hamburgers were considered revolting. White Castle changed
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INDUSTRY OVERVIEW The term fast food relates to the food that can be prepared very quickly. Most of this popular type of food is availed in packaged forms called take away. The fast food industry has its roots in the food for sale stand that were part and parcel of ancient roman and East Indian societies. The fast food industry also known as quick service restaurants‚ has been serving up tasty morsels for as long as who lives in cities. The modern system of fast food franchising is believed to
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Review of a Health Topic Due Date: 16/09/13 Submitted Date: 16/09/13 Prevalence and Causes of Childhood Obesity in Australia Introduction Childhood obesity is a major health issue in Australia. World Health Organization (WHO)‚ 2009 has defined obesity as abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat in the body that may impair health. Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects the health and well-being of a child. The dietary intakes
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Dialectical Journal – Fast Food Nation 1. “Hundreds of millions of people buy fast food every day without giving it much thought‚ unaware of the subtle and not so subtle ramifications of their purchases. They rarely consider where this food came from‚ how it was made‚ what it is doing to the community around them. They just grab their tray off the counter‚ find a table‚ take a seat‚ unwrap the paper‚ and dig in” (Schlosser 10). In this passage from the introduction‚ Eric Schlosser directly states
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal‚ by Eric Schlosser. Perennial of HarperCollins Publishers‚ 2002. 383 pp.‚ $13.95. ³As American as a small‚ rectangular‚ hand-held‚ frozen‚ and reheated apple pie.² (p. 3) Far from being a run of the mill expose on calories and fat grams in fast food‚ Fast Food Nation is a hard-hitting critique of the industrialization of America¹s and‚ later‚ the world¹s food supply. The consequences of this industrialization have far-reaching effects
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customer in choosing the fast food outlets‚ entering into the market with new products‚ determining the buying pattern of the consumer and finding new ways or assessing the ways to promote the outlet. These are the objectives of the paper. This paper finds and analyses the important factors influencing the sponsorship of a new fast food outlet. These factors will be determined through the detailed survey methodology. Initially the factors for consideration of new fast food outlet will be highlighted
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