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Introduction
Lifestyle has been changed over time and eating habits could be looked upon as one of the most evident aspects of human life, when this advancement of life is concerned. People are becoming addict to the eatables that are readily available and can be prepared in lesser time than usual food. Fast food is the name given to those food items that are either pre-cooked or can be prepared in less time as compared to the regular food. Although fast food can be cooked or ordered within no time, its negative effects cannot be undermined. Fast food could only satisfy taste buds as it has no nutritional value and side effects of consuming such food are usually not revealed in menus. A list of negative effects of fast food products could be looked upon on human health. A parting line has been witnessed between two groups of people. One who believes that customers, should be blamed for unhealthy diets that lead them towards health issues like obesity, but other group claims that not people but the fast-food chains must be blamed for appealing customers towards such unhealthy food because of which they are facing many health issues i.e. obesity.
Discussion
Health issues are increasing in the 21st century like never before and obesity has become one of the major health issues of the world. According to the reports, 35.7% of adults, 16.9% kids and 30.4% of preschoolers are facing the issue of obesity in the U.S. A gradual rise has been witnessed in the rate of victims suffering from obesity and fast food chains must be blamed for dragging them towards various health crises so common at present. Fast food chains must be blamed for making fast food products so popular among people. It has become difficult for customers to resists the appealing and mouthwatering fast food items.
It is important to keep this fact in consideration that generally people make things trendy, but in the case of food fast, it is the restaurant and fast food chains that are influencing the choice of customers (Sturm & Deborah, pp. 1088-1097). Food fast has become the first choice of youngsters as they target them psychologically by dragging their attention towards the taste and appearance of the food fast items. Food fast chains never let the customers think of the nutritional factors of the food offered by them as they become so indulged in satisfying their taste buds.
A fast-food restaurant tries to appeal its customers by making them psychological victims. They pay attention to the taste and garnishing of the food items, and ignore the nutritional elements. Fast food restaurants offer junk food with minimum rates and people get attracted towards the low price food as it seems affordable to them. For example, McDonald's offers fast food at lesser rates and youngsters thought, they could only afford these unhealthy food items so they never think about the harmful effects of junk food on their health. Food fast catalyzes obesity and there is a need to educate people that they must look at the fact that how much nutrition a food is carrying that they may consume daily from different restaurants.
It has been witnessed that fast food restaurants are deviating from the ethical pathways as despite knowing the harmful effects of unhealthy junk food on people that are promoting it by all means. Ethical they must make people aware that fast food is becoming a cause of many diseases. Especially unhealthy food has increased population drastically that is fighting with obesity (Bagaric & Sharon, pp. 323-339). Fast food restaurants must be blamed for becoming ignorant of the fact that the food items that they are selling at their outlets are making people obese that leads to other serious diseases such as heart diseases. It is heart-drenching fact that fast-food chains are making fast food the main part of their menus as fast food items are rising their sales. Fast-food chains are just focusing on their revenues that have been raised because of junk food and they are purposely giving more fast food choices to their customers with cheap rates so that they would be attracted to those food products. Though this fact cannot be denied that customers must take a look at the food they are consumers but if the restaurants would not give them open offers of junk food they won’t be able to order fast food.
Conclusion
Taking into account the above-mentioned facts, it could be said that fast-food restaurants are not only changing people's way of living but at the same time are affecting eating habits that lead to obesity and other health issues. Restaurants must take it as a moral obligation to discourage excessive consumption of fast food and must label with the food products with exact calories and effects that customers may have in the future. Fast food chains must take the responsibility of making people aware of the health issues that they may have for excessive intake of junk food. They must educate people through the advertisement about the damaging effects and must increase the price of fast food items so that it could be taken away from the approach of youngsters (students). Fast food chains must take help from the nutritionist become finalizing their menus and must ask them to give suggestion so that unhealthy food could be replaced with healthy food options, that would bring back customers toward healthy food again.
Work Cited
Bagaric, Mirko, and Sharon Erbacher. "Fat and the law: who should take the blame?." Journal of law and medicine 12.3 (2005): 323-339.
Sturm, Roland, and Deborah A. Cohen. "Zoning For Health? The Year-Old Ban On New Fast-Food Restaurants In South LA: The ordinance isn't a promising approach to attacking obesity." Health Affairs 28.Suppl1 (2009): w1088-w1097.
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