survey is regarding fast food. I wanted to know why people eat fast food and if nutritional choices have an affect on people’s mental and physical health. My hypothesis is that those who eat fast food do so due to time restrictions‚ convenience‚ and low cost. In addition‚ I believe that there is a correlation between eating fast food and low self-esteem‚ body image issues‚ and physical inactivity. This is important to me because I have learned through experience how food choices can have a
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in order to stay healthy. That one step in regulating the ingredients‚ the awareness of health risks by consumers‚ and the type advertising used is believed to be invading the freedom of America. Some also believe that though fast food is a main cause of obesity‚ fast food is not the only cause of obesity so therefore our American public should not have to deal with a change by regulation of the government. “What has changed is the nation’s way of eating and living”(Schlosser 240). Our public today
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Throughout the best selling non-fiction novel‚ Fast Food Nation‚ Eric Schlosser dissects McDonald’s and the food industry that supplies these corporations. He explains how the company came about and the influences it has on us socially and economically. His book was published in 2001‚ and gain critical acclaim for being “excellently researched… peppered with acerbic commentary and telling interviews… Highly recommended - Liberty Journal”. Schlosser himself visited a meat packing facility‚ interviewed
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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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The impact to health from fast food is quite staggering when it is consumed on a regular basis. Unfortunately‚ an ever growing number of households are doing exactly that‚ as fewer and fewer families rely on someone doing any conventional cooking using fresh food ingredients. Far too many households feed themselves on a constant‚ daily diet of microwaved ready meals with very little or zero fresh fruit or vegetables. Then they "treat" themselves to a meal out‚ by visiting a burger or pizza restaurant
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and contrasting Omnivores Dilemma and Fast Food Nation Both Omnivores Dilemma and Fast Food Nation are rare books that can make you feel‚ as the expression goes‚ like the scales have fallen from your eye’s‚ and its an even greater treat to discover two great books that can dramatically change your view of food and the world. The first chapter in each of these books talks about different things and one would think that the books only related topics would be food. However‚ the Omnivores dilemma simply
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Title: “Fast food” General Purpose: To persuade. Specific Purpose: After listening to our speech‚ the mass will have enough information to take a stand about fast food. Thesis: The influence of fast food. INTRODUCTION: I. Attention-Getter: How many of you would substitute Nasi Lemak with a Big Mac and French fries? II. Thesis statement: Fast food leads to death and a substitution is necessary. III. Preview of main points: How is fast food beneficial?
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Introduction: Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food‚ typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with low quality preparation and served to the customer in a packaged form for take-out/take-away. History: The concept of ready-cooked food for sale is closely connected with urban development. In ancient Rome cities had street
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blaming the fast food industry. Teenagers have filed lawsuits blaming McDonald’s for their health problems‚ and a public health group in California has asked the governor to declare childhood obesity a state of emergency. But parents—not the fast food companies‚ not the government--are in the best position to fight the epidemic of overweight children. Parents are responsible for teaching kids healthy eating and exercise habits. Parents are to blame if they let kids eat unhealthy foods and sit in
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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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