Fast Food and Obesity: Where is the line crossed between individual responsibility and placing blame? Abstract Context: In the United States‚ the increase in the rate of obesity has the potential to reverse the long-term efforts to increase the life expectancy of Americans. There are many factors that influence obesity including growing food portions‚ changing lifestyles‚ and the existence of food deserts throughout our country. There is a question whether obesity should be seen as individual
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1. The fast-food management Our goal is to put the restaurant 100 percent customer satisfaction. That is‚ customers can get fast food services to more than his original expectations for the service. This requires staff to have professionalism and customer services to be nuanced. High-quality products (Q)‚ fast friendly service (S)‚ sanitation (C) dining environment and excellent value for money (V) is a fast-food management of the four elements. Q. S. C. V. The quality of products‚ namely QSCV
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The existence of fast food establishments is not new. According to Parsa and Kahn‚ quick food service dates back to Constantinople in 1500 A.D.‚ with the creation of the coffee shop. However‚ in the past half century‚ there has been a surge in what we now think of as quick service restaurants (QSR)‚ serving a growing number of people who are eating more and more of their meals outside of the home. Every day in the United States‚ 25% of the population will visit a fast food restaurant‚ and worldwide
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Shirley Lozano Prof. Fonts ENC 1101-1 16 March 2011 Fast Food and Obesity Obesity is an excess proportion of total body fat. A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more above normal weight. What causes obesity is when a person consumes more calories than he or she burns. For many people this boils down to eating too much and exercising too little. On the other hand‚ there are many factors that play a role in obesity such as age‚ gender‚ genetics‚ physical activity
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Fast Food Globalization Some people get confused when they hear the word‚ globalization. What is it? Globalization is a modern term used to describe the changes in societies and the world economy that result from dramatically increased international trade and cultural exchange. That means the world is slowly becoming one by producing goods and services in one part of the world‚ only to share it on an international level. This is a deeply controversial issue‚ however. Proponents of globalization
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Book Report # 1 Fast Food Nation 1. Fast Food Nation‚ by Eric Schlosser. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. There are 270 pages including the epilogue. 2. Fast Food Nation is about unleashing the unsettling truths of the fast food industry. Eric Schlosser wanted to inform the American people about the reality of the fast food industry‚ in hopes to change people’s behaviors and awareness on what probably has had the biggest impact on American society. Our countries landscapes‚ the gap
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The Health-butchering Reality of Americas Meat Industry As the sun shines down on the rolling‚ grassy‚ green California hills‚ the carefree cows contently chew the luscious grass‚ while enjoying an abundance of the joys of life – welcome to a typical dairy commercial. As the cows eat‚ talk and laugh and the camera rolls‚ a voice narrates‚ “great cheese comes from happy cows; happy cows come from California”– the foundational slogan for Real California Cheese commercials that ensures the dairy
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Fast food has become a major phenomenon here in America. According to Eric Schlosser‚ he writes in the New York Times‚ on average $301‚369‚863 is spent a day on fast food. As Schlosser shows‚ American people are abusing fast food. In accordance with fast food binging‚ obesity has become a widespread epidemic. According to Joseph Mercola M.D.‚ on a personal website states obesity is‚ "A chronic condition that develops as a result of an interaction between a person ’s genetic makeup and their environment
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Fast food Many people nowadays depend on fast food restaurants in their daily life. Most of them particularly young people prefer to eat fast food such as hamburgers‚ hot dogs‚ French fries and pizza. There are many this restaurants are popular. The main ones are that the fast food is easy to get‚ cheaper‚ tastes delicious‚ and it is always ready. The main reason why fast food is so popular is because it is easy to get. Many people work long hours‚ so they do not have time to prepare their own
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people eat fast food instead of home made food. The reason is that fast food is fast‚ cheap and convenient. However‚ at the same time‚ fast food is contributing to a big social problem in the U.S.‚ which is obesity‚ and recently some people are beginning to sue the fast food companies for causing their obesity. Should the fast food companies have responsibility for American’s obesity? My answer for this argument is "No". I think that whether people eat fast food or not is an individual choice. There
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