How many days a week do you have fast food? Once? Twice maybe? In the world we live in today it’s common to have fast foods three to five times a week. In school cafeterias, children are exposed to these kinds of meals everyday, increasing the chances for health consequences and cutting off space for their true performance. According to Oxford dictionaries, fast foods are defined as “easily prepared processed foods served in snack bars and restaurants as a quick meals or to be taken away.” This meaning may sound harmless but the truth is that everyday more and more kids are living the consequences of our poor nutritional system. Following, you’ll be presented a series of evidences that will expand your understanding of why fast foods should not be sold in school cafeterias.
Globally considered the #1 reason to ban fast food from schools stands serious health damages. On kids, junk food causes signs of sleepiness, aches and general malaise. But as time goes by and the habit only increases, their health is noticeably affected. With high fat, sodium and calorie content, as well as low nutritional value, it is impossible for a majority of the student population not to develop future health problems. Obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, liver diseases, asthma, cancer and risk of death are what statistics have showed to be the effects of consuming fast foods. There is 0% chance that a meal containing previously presented nutritional value and possible health damage can be beneficial for humans, especially not kids, because the body can’t extract any nutrient from it. What is a person without health? A person suffering from severe damages do to garbage camouflaged as food? This reason by itself could be enough to ban fast...
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...ers freedom of choice for the student and let’s them eat the way they choose. The flaw in this argument is that if students and their parents want their child to eat unhealthy foods, they can pack them in their lunch and bypass the schools health rules completely. By banning fast food at school, students have the right to eat in whichever manner they please, and may bring whatever they hunger for themselves. So basically if banned, students will bring their own fast foods anyways. If that were to be the case then the school would have to let them eat what they bring from home, but the school can’t afford to be an incorrect example in nutrition to the majority of the student population. As educational entity a school is, it should always work towards what benefits the most of its students and pupils; they should point to what really is beneficial for the majority.
We must do something about fast food products, to stop from affecting children and leading them to obesity. Is what reflect David Barboza’s article “If You Pitch It, They Will Eat.” School’s, Parent’s, Policy Makers, etc… Should take the lead in this action, by reducing many unhealthy food products from school’s, store’s, and place’s close to home.
Fast food has infiltrated every nook and cranny of American society. Everywhere you turn you can see a fast food restaurant. An industry that modestly began with very few hot dog and hamburger vendors now has become a multi-international industry selling its products to paying customers. Fast food can be found anywhere imaginable. Fast food is now served at restaurants and drive-through, at stadiums, airports, schools all over the nation. Surprisingly fast food can even be found at hospital cafeterias. In the past, people in the United States used to eat healthier and prepared food with their families. Today, many young people prefer to eat fast food such as high fat hamburgers, French-fries, fried chicken, or pizza in fast
“Children's current levels of fast-food consumption probably are even higher because of an increase in the number of fast-food restaurants and in fast-food marketing since the late 1990s (Holguin),” stated Ludwig at CBS. Ludwig is right, and this is outside of schools. Most students eat breakfast and lunch during school hours.Therefore, these fast-foods are their main meals… unhealthy meals. Also, where is the money from that allows franchises such as McDonalds to be in high school cafeterias?
However, when creating fast food restaurants, the industries were not thinking about the negative effects such as obesity. Other than obesity, other harmful effects exist as well. Fast food restaurants serve unhealthy products such as greasy foods and artificial meat that lead to dietary health issues in many adults and children. A recent study showed that “Young children who are fed processed, nutrient-poor foods are likely to become unhealthy teenagers, and eventually unhealthy adults. Now twenty-three percent of teens in the U.S. are pre-diabetic or diabetic, 22% have high or borderline high LDL cholesterol levels, and 14% have hypertension or prehypertension”
...e should take lightly. The rates of obesity in America’s children and youth have almost tripled in the last quarter century (opposing viewpoints). I know schools are picking healthier options for their students, but is that really enough? Personally, I think parents should be the ones who make sure their children don’t eat to much fast food. If you let your child eat whatever they want and you don’t question it, there probably will be problems of unhealthy weight gain later on. Parents should lead by example. If mom and dad aren’t eating a lot of fast food they’ll copycat your actions.
Nevertheless, some people insist that fast foods, such as chips, hamburgers and fizzy drinks, that are so cheap and tasty, are not a consequence of the health problems. However, I strongly disagree that fast food has no bad impact on people’s health. I believe that fast food has a negative impact on society and, therefore, people must take care of themselves and lead a healthy lifestyle if they do not want to face serious problems with their
Fast food is popular in America. In fact, one of America’s nicknames is “fast food nation,” (“Healthy” par. 1). It is quick and only takes a short amount of time to get the food. There are so many fast food restaurants in the world. Every corner people turn, there is another McDonald’s or a popular fast food restaurant. What people do not know about this easy way of eating is how unhealthy fast food really is. Quick food does not mean nutritious food. However, many Americans debate whether fast food restaurants should be required to show the nutrition in their food.
That leads to the children adopting the lifestyle to their adulthood stage of life, making the world to be full of obese and overweight unhealthy individuals prone to many diseases (FamilyDoctor.org). The schools should have healthy diet menus to have mentally alert students who are excellent in their academic work without depression and anxiety to avoid cases of school strikes and dropouts which are in association with the poor eating habits. For the students to participate in sports fully and to determine their talents, there should be no junk foods in schools for them to be strong without complications related to severe eating such as weak bones which can hinder them from taking part in sports. Lastly for the parents not to spend so much money on their children’s food, the schools should provide the healthy diet which is cheaper and its consumption is not frequent, unlike the junk whose serving is at any time leading to
Through Eric Schlosser’s book Fast Food Nation he examines the effects that fast food has impacted the world and the way it is affecting the people that are consuming it. As the fast food industry continues to grow throughout not only the United States but the whole world, marketing companies are always looking for ways to broaden the group of people that are interested in buying their product over another company’s. As a marketer for a fast food company it is essential to have a group of people that you can rely on to always buy the company’s product, to many fast food companies they found this group of people to be adolescents and children. Marketing groups specifically market their products to entice this group of people to lure them in. Food is an object that is needed for the survival of a human, but the type of food that humans chose to eat is also not always the best. Because fast food is so cheap and easily accessible just about everywhere you turn your head, many people resort to eating it even though it is very unhealthy. With these factors present, many adults have exposed their children to fast food at a young age, these parents do not always think about the long term effects of feeding their children fast food because they are so caught up in the moment of feeding their kids right then and there; they do not think about the health risks that can occur later as a result from eating fast food now.
Fast food in the past 50-60 years has had a major impact on American Culture, and it still has that same impact in present America. It is safe to say that fast food has become an outlet as far as Americans diets are concerned. It, in some cases, has taken over some lives, as some Americans eat fast food on a daily basis. Since the fast food industry has been growing dramatically in the past couple of decades, America as a whole has suffered some setbacks as it pertains to Health and a stable lifestyle. One of those fatty foods that is popular in American Culture is Hamburgers. The first hamburger that was made came in the early 20th century. Hamburgers started to become popular in the 1950s-1960s, due to the fact that as American lifestyles were changing rapidly, and Americans did not have the time to make meals at their home. Hamburger has become one of the most popular foods today in America.
Three in ten teens eat four to six meals a week, at fast food restaurants. Most parents don’t pay attention to how unhealthy this is for their children, which is why I am writing this essay. To explain the dangers of fast food and eating unhealthy, also talk about ways to prevent obesity, diabetes, and many other potential threats to your body. (Kolodziejski)
With the rising population of Nepal, they are now having highly time-constrained lifestyles; the option to choose fast food outlets for dining is becoming a trend. Fast food is becoming a prominent consumer food service category in Nepal. With prices comparatively cheaper than other full-service restaurants and easy accessibility with wide range and number of outlets available, fast food plays a big role for being convenient, quick food source for busy individuals, especially students and working adults. As a result, local fast food restaurants like Dragon, NPP, Everest momo etc. are using this opportunity to spread, which has in many ways changed the daily dining culture of many Nepalese who find it difficult
There are over 160,000 fast food restaurant in America, according to statistic brain. Fast food is food that is prepared and served quickly, typically in a store or a restaurant with precook or preheated ingredients, then served to the customer in a carryout packaging. Everyone should think twice before consuming fast food, it’s unhealthy and bad for you. Even if it’s easy and cheap, the food isn’t prepared or taken care of properly, plus the health risk prevail over the five minutes of gratification. The global influences of the fast food industry are the causes of today’s health problems. Everywhere you go, it doesn’t matter what country you’re in there are fast food restaurants. “Fast food is now served at stadiums, airports, zoos, high schools, elementary schools, and universities, on cruise ships, trains, and airplanes, at K-marts, Walmart’s, gas stations, and even at hospital cafeterias.”(Schlosser) Fast food companies advertise their product with flashy commercials and catchy slogans to make the public aware of their product by stating that the product is healthy and nutritious, but they don’t display how animals are kept and the chemicals that are placed into making the food. These animals compromise of calorie filled, unhealthy, chemically conditioned substances. “Over the last three decades, fast food has infiltrated every nook and canny of American society. An industry that began with a handful of modest hot dog and hamburger stands in southern California has spread to every corner of the nation, selling a board range of foods wherever paying customers may be found.”(Schlosser) The fast food industry is one of the fastest growing ones in the United States, contributing to the rise in obesity as well as in other di...
Fast food use to be something people would treat themselves to on occasions. Nowadays it is a daily meal for people who make it their main source of nutrition which fast foods are generally unhealthy and unfit for humans. Fast food is viewed differently by different consumers. Some view fast food as they are unable to prepare proper foods at their houses so they resort to something quick and easy. Then there are the people that dread these kinds of foods, because of the health effects. It may taste good but it is not good for our health.
Imagine a lunch room serving pizza for breakfast, processed nuggets for lunch, and vending machines serving calorie packed pop, crunchy cookies, and gooey brownies. Although this may sound delicious, these foods are extraordinarily unhealthy. Eating high-calorie, low-nutrient dense foods leads to obesity, disease, and addiction to sugar. The people affected by this issue are children who go to schools that serve empty calorie lunches and breakfasts. Many health professionals are for banning junk food from schools, while others are begging to keep the tasty treats. Junk food is anything that has high amounts of fat or sugar without supplying vitamins, and is usually low in protein. Healthy food is low in calories, with low amounts