Dr. Lee Eng-102 04/10/2014 Fast Foods Fast foods are not new phenomena; these are foods that are quickly prepared and served. It traced its origin in the US in the 1950s. In a typical setup‚ these foods are served in restaurants‚ and other food outlets close to the people. The ever growing popularity of such foods has been to blame on the laziness of the people (especially college students) who seem to prefer precooked meals to well cooked meals. These types of food are common among the children
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Extra tax on fast food Nowadays people always are overweight or obese. A big reason of this is unhealthy food like a Big Mac‚ Hamburger etc. Too much of any of those can cause serious health problems which a lot of people of the world today suffer from. The real problem is why are people making these choices? It’s simple‚ unhealthy food is cheaper than healthy food in many cases. Is it a good idea to introduce a fast food tax‚ or do unhealthy food observe to remain cheap and free of extra tax
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Fast Food Nation The first half of the book Fast Food Nation written by Eric Schlosser expresses the profound outcomes of fast food in America starting from its creation to today. Some of these examples include: more employment opportunities for teenagers‚ the creation of successful franchise owners‚ and a new revolutionary way to buy food. Schlosser talks about the major effect that fast food companies have made in the life of teenagers. According to Schlosser‚ “Teenagers have long provided the
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Zachary Buerkle November 12‚ 2012 Is fast food the new tobacco? Should government further regulate fast food advertisements as done with tobacco advertisements? On June 22 of 2010‚ over ten years of intensive planning from the FDA would finally result in the extensive regulation of the $89 billion tobacco industry. Although the newly created laws could not illegalize nicotine or tobacco‚ the FDA was given vast authority to regulate the ingredients in tobacco products as well as the way they
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Causes of the Popularity of Fast food Restaurants In the United States‚ the popularity of fast food restaurants is growing every day. Nowadays people can buy a whole meal in those restaurants for just three dollars. The fast food restaurants have been considered to have poor health benefits on the people who consume it regularly. American people consider that fast food restaurants make their life easy and uncomplicated. The popularity of this type of restaurants is increasing because
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Fast Food – A Silent Killer It’s recognized that fast food isn’t healthy or nutritious at all and as a matter of fact‚ it’s completely harmful to you. Therefore it is crucial for you to know about fast food nutrition details that will help you become more conscious of the unknown dangers of eating fast foods which can be even worse than you may ever have thought possible. Americans have for ages been familiar with consuming fast foods and recently‚ this problem has also spread to the rest of the
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Fast Food Nation Analysis Essay The non-fiction book “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser writes about how the fast food industry works from different viewpoints. Throughout the book it can be very disturbing and very real about the fast food industry. Changing American society and causing many great problems. The author established well credibility by providing well facts and supporting it. He talks about the success and failures of what happened in the fast food nation. Many failures happened
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blaming fast food restaurants for obesity? When is it individual responsibility and when is it appropriate to place blame? Can we really classify obesity as an epidemic? We speak of it as though it ’s a new viral strain sweeping the country. Obesity in America has risen over 15 percent in the last 20 years‚ but it ’s been on the rise many years prior. Let’s just focus on fast food restaurants for a moment. Fast foods can benefit you in any way that you need it to. It is affordable‚ fast‚ appetizing
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organic foods that we have available‚ that we would slowly be getting better with our weight as a country. Unfortunately the reality of the situation is organic food are expensive and with the way the economy is today many people are working on a budget and simply cannot afford to splurge on the organic items. So now that we know that lets look at the second half of that equation‚ Fast Food! Now as much as people criticize the fast food industry it’s convenient and like the name says fast. Now
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Jessica Brandon Fast Food Driven Society In a recent documentary film I’ve seen called‚ “Super-Size Me‚” it was stated that in the past 20-25 years‚ obesity levels in America have doubled. Why you may wonder? Many factors contribute to the way we live in our society today‚ but the main reason for obesity levels being so high is the fast food industry and its effects on everyone it comes in contact with. Anyone who has ever had junk food in their life know its addicting features. Seeing it everywhere
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