Fast food advantages and disadvantages

                               Fast food is not main criminal for children fat

Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly, first popularized in the 1950s in the United States. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered fast food                                                                                                                             

Most people eat fast food. Some eat it more often than others and some like it more than others. Our taste buds tend to be different, so our opinions will vary from person to person. The following advantages and disadvantages are pretty standard and we have tried to be as unbiased as possible.

Fast food is not main thing for being CHILDREN fat.

Advantages of Fast Food

There are three main advantages to fast food.

·         You can save money because fast food tends to be cheaper than the alternatives.

·         You can save time as there is very low or no waiting time for food to be served.

·         There are many healthy fast food options now so no need to eat fat-filled burgers and fries.

Disadvantages of Fast Food

Fast food had many more disadvantages in the past couple of decades. Today, the industry is expanding into offering types of foods that cater to virtually anyone.

There are two main disadvantages we’ll take a look at:

·         Lower quality foods that are usually caused by a large-scale production process.

·         More fattening foods that are mainly caused by the lower quality food sources.

A new study has found that fast food consumption may not be the major factor in the rapid increase in childhood obesity. This research was completed by researchers at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. From that research they was able to confirm that  fast food is only a small part of a much more pervasive dietary pattern that is fostered at an early age by children’s parents and caregivers.

This research was started collecting data from 2007-2010 and 4466 children were joined who were 2 years to 18 years age. They were further categorized as being noconsumers of fast food (50 percent of the children), low consumers (less than or equal to 30 percent of calories from fast foods; 40 percent of the children), or high consumers (more than30 percent of calories from fast foods; 10 percent of the children). The researchers then determined which factors were most related to dietary adequacy and risk for obesity.

Popkin said  "This is really what driving children’s obesity is and what needs to be addressed in any solution."  Popkin personally don’t like fast food. But suggests taking fast food not any sugar drink and he also said to take vegetables and fruit without fast food or cool drink.

The study presented strong evidence that the children's diet beyond fast- food consumption is more strongly linked to poor nutrition and obesity," said Jennifer Poti, doctoral candidate in UNC's Department of Nutrition and co-author of the study.