KEY POINTS

1. The Advantages:

Fast Foods provides a way to save time, gives a great taste to food, and provides a person living a cheaper alternative, then cooking at home.

2. The Disadvantages:

Although there are some advantages of fast foods, there are also many disadvantages. As you may have know fast foods has many unhealthy attributes, within the content of the food. The contents within fast foods contains higher in fats, oils, salts, cheeses, and calories. Due to these factors, obesity has become a epidemic today. The problem with obesity is that it leads to complications to the heart, such as cardiovascular disease and other heart diseases. Research has shown that "people who live within walking distance of a fast food restaurant are at 13% higher risk of suffering from strokes than those who live a considerable distance away"( Debopriya, 2012). Although eating as a one person may save you a considerable amount money. Eating as family will outweigh the cost and thus cost more in the long run. Last but not least it reduces the amount of time spent with family.

3. The Conclusion / My Opinion: The disadvantages of fast foods activities outweigh its advantages. Although there are benefits to fast foods, the disadvantages as stated seems to have more of a impact.

Discussion Questions:

1. In your opinion should fast foods restaurants exists?

2. In your opinion does taste of the fast foods override, the health factors involved?

3. Does time play a huge factor in ordering fast foods?

SOURCE:
Debopriya, B. (2012, 9 3). Intelligent life on the web. Retrieved from