The Effects of Fast Food on Health There are so many restaurants around the world today that could severely harm your health. Fast food has so many bad side effects such as: obesity‚ high cholesterol levels‚ and food poisoning. You could say that there are way more bad side effects than good side effects from obtaining fast food. Obesity has been ranked the number one health threat to Americans and causes up to 400‚000 deaths a year. In fast foods‚ the levels of Trans fat and calories are very
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Battle Against Fast Food Begins in the Home”‚ wants his public to realize that ultimately parents need to take good responsibility for their children’s actions and I completely agree with his conclusions. Weintraub discusses many points‚ for example‚ parental faults‚ school issues‚ and societies fault‚ to prove that obesity in children is an issue that cannot be overlooked. Weintraub’s points along with my personal experiences led me to agree that responsibility and child obesity go hand in hand
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frozen French fries. Today Simplot’s Company is one of the three leading competing distributors. “French Fries‚” their unique taste does not stem from the type of potato that McDonalds buy‚ but by the technology that processes them‚ as well as‚ the restaurant equipment that fries them. The taste is determined by the cooking oil‚ which consists of‚ 7% cottonseed oil and 93%‚ Beef Tallow which contains more saturated beef fat per ounce than a McDonald’s hamburger. In 1990 McDonalds was ordered to switch
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Nicholas Leung May 2012 The Reality of Fast Food Consumption Introduction When was the last time you had fast food just because it was so easy‚ filling‚ convenient and inexpensive? Fast foods restaurants provide foods that are quick‚ cheap‚ and easy alternatives to home cooked meals‚ that do not provide table service‚ and tend to be high in saturated fat‚ salt‚ calories while containing little nutrients (Gaskell). Sometimes we eat food from restaurant chains such as McDonalds‚ Kentucky Fried
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omnipotence of fast food chains in America‚ when we feel the urge for an easy meal‚ Americans‚ in general‚ immediately look to the fast food nation for a quick suppression to their hunger. Because we live in a time-is-money society the most efficient means of hunger satisfaction is the almighty drive-through. Corporations spend billions of dollars advertising to enhance sales of their products. With American catching on to the lack of healthy food options in the fast food nation‚ fast food chains began
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Since the 20th century fast food has become extremely popular as an alternative to home-cooked meals. Year by year the number of restaurants specializing in fast food has been growing. What are the reasons of this sweeping popularity? What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating this type of food as opposed to normal foods or meals? Pros Firstly‚ fast food saves time allowing people to buy food from almost everywhere without long waiting time. Nowadays many people are in a hurry‚ which usually
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In my point of view‚ the first and foremost benefit fast food brings to customers is time and speed saving. Modern society with piles of work pushes people to be busy at any time‚ especially businessmen and officials. Even students are also up to ears with exercises and examination. Fast food‚ therefore‚ becomes a popular choice of many people. By coming to restaurants‚ which sell fastfood‚ the customers are quickly served; they can save a lot of time to do other things instead of cooking at
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The fast food industry is affecting our country and we can have things done about it. In 2006‚ Chew On This was written by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson to give the reader a piece of reality about what happens to food and where it comes from before being served. They wrote the book so that readers could have a better understanding of where processed foods come from and educate them about different methods of manipulation used by the fast food industry. What the fast food industry is doing
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and Composition 2 March 2012 Can Fast Food be Healthy? Fast food has become a huge part of American culture and can affect us in our daily lives. Fast food is consumed by millions of American each and every day‚ which makes it important to determine whether the food is actually healthy. Almost everyone in America has had fast food at one point in their life making the knowledge of whether fast food is healthy or not relevant to everyone. While fast food has been prevalent in America for quite
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Vladia Vician 3rd period I went to McDonalds that is located off of Royalton Road. Walking into the restaurant‚ I grabbed the smooth metal handle on the door. I walked in and I could hear chairs moving‚ people talking. The Air conditioning was blowing along with the fans. The fry - fryer was going off‚ screeching with a loud synchronized beep and a phone ring along with ice filling up a cup‚ and scrapes of grill. I hear scuffs from people walking and change dropping along with kids screaming
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