SCHOOLS AND FASTFOOD

Should Schools Offer Fast Food options like McDonald's or Taco Bell?



Should Schools Offer Fast Food options like McDonald's or Taco Bell?

Introduction

Fast foods are prepared foods, which are produced for the rapid consumption. The time between ordering and receiving the product is usually less than ten minutes. The term is referred to Junk food negative connotation. Suppliers of fast food are both large multinational corporations as well as smaller chains and independent family farms and individual entrepreneurs, for example McDonalds and Taco Bell. Fast food is mainly sold at food stalls and fast food restaurants or offered by delivery service. Fast food has become an essential part of the diet of the American Teenager. Often there is no choice but to grab fast food on the way to school, before work, or for a lunch flown. This paper argues whether schools should offer fast food or not.

Hook

Fast Food products often have high levels of fat and are highly salty or sweet, which enhances their flavor and food appear particularly attractive.

Thesis Statement

Frequent fast food consumption is the cause of a number of health problems, especially obesity in children.

Argument 1: Process of flavoring/preparing/preserving fast food reduces its nutritional value

Fast food is frequently prepared with ingredients formulated to preserve freshness and for achieving a certain consistency or flavor. This call fors a high degree of food engineering, the use of processing techniques and additives, which alter food substantially its original shape and decreases its nutritional value. These processes to enhance their taste also cause an increase in the calorie levels of the food (Margel, 2011).

Argument 2: Fast food causes obesity in school aged children

The doctors concluded that this type of high-energy foods deceive people by making them consume more calories than you need, and fast food being full of calories and particularly ...