When someone is hungry and on the run, the first choice that comes to this someone’s mind is to go and have a fast food meal. Having a fast food meal is way easier than cooking your own meal and waiting for it to be ready. Fast food is so popular all over the world. Today, fast food restaurants are everywhere. Many people depend on these fast food restaurants twice or thrice a week. This confirms why most of the children today suffer from obesity and most of them are over weight. Dr. Alanya Angel, (n.d.) writes, Studies have shown that over the past four decades, consumption of food eaten away from home has also risen alarmingly. It is well known that eating out may lead to excess calorie intake and increases the risk of obesity because of large portion sizes and increased energy density of…show more content….
Today you can’t see someone hungry other than poor people that don’t have money because restaurants are everywhere. Especially fast food restaurants, you can easily find one on the corners of streets, airports, malls, schools, gas stations, shopping center, and even in hospitals. Fast food restaurants are fast and that’s what attracts consumers. They are also known as quick service restaurants. Despite the fact that they serve quickly, these restaurants can deliver food to consumers at a very low cost. It can be reassuring to a hungry person in a hurry or far from home. In the United States, consumers spent about US$110 billion on fast food in 2000 (which increased from $6 billion in 1970). The National Restaurant Association forecasts that fast food restaurants can deliver food to consumers at a very low cost. It can be reassuring to a hungry person in a hurry or far from home. “In the United States, consumers spent about US$110 billion on fast food in 2000 (which increased from $6 billion in 1970). The National Restaurant Association forecasts that fast food restaurants in the US will reach $142 billion in sales in 2006, a 5% increase over 2005. In comparison, the full-service restaurant segment of the food industry is expected to generate $173 billion in sales. Fast food has been losing market share to so-called fast casual restaurants, which offer more robust and expensive cuisines.”
Despite its merits to human life, fast food poses several health hazards to people. Fast food is rich in fats, salts, artificial substances and oils which increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Well, obesity is also on the rise as a result of growing popularity of fast food. Although the human body definitely requires these ingredients, the amount of such substances in fast food is too high. Further, the cooking method of most fast meals involves frying, which destroys most of important nutrients to human health.The adverse effects of the sugars, chemicals, salts and fats in fast food are further enhanced by the people’s sedentary lifestyle. Despite consuming many calories, from fast food, people do not do enough exercises to burn these calories which make them more obese. Obesity increases the risk of heart attack and other related diseases
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