IMPLICATIONS OF THE FAST FOOD IN THE COMPANY

IMPLICATIONS OF THE FAST FOOD IN THE COMPANY


Summary:
Fast food is, today, a very consumed meal thanks to its
intense flavors, its palatability, and its ease to acquire it, although this type of
Food carries a number of nutritional characteristics, which make it not
Its usual consumption is advisable. Among these characteristics, its abundance stands out in
saturated fats and cholesterol. In this article we can see through various
documents because this food is so accepted and consumed in our society
and why it should be taken very moderately.
Keywords: fast food, health, eating behavior.
Summary:
Nowadays, fast food is very consumed because of its intense flavors, its nice
palate and its easy acquisition. However, this kind of food has got a series of nutritional
characteristics which advice us not to consume it as an habit. Among all of these
characteristics, its abundance in saturated fatty acids and cholesterol stands out. In this
article, we can see through several documents why this pattern of feeding is so accepted
and consumed in our society and the reason why it should be taken in a very moderate
way.
Keywords: fast food, health, eating behavior.
M.D. Moliní Eating Disorders 6 (2007) 635-659
637 - -
Fast food is a kind of cheap food, widely
consumed today, based on easy-to-prepare menus and, as the same name
indicates, quick preparation and ingestion. Characteristics that in our society are
they become authentic virtues for a broad stereotype of consumers; since
teenagers of
precarious economy to workers who lack time to have lunch for their demanding
Labor journeys.
Currently, according to the Spanish Federation of Hotels and Restaurants (FEHR),
There are about 3000 fast food stores in our country, a figure that is increasing
thanks to the ease that exists to open these establishments through franchises,
succeeding assured above all in the younger population, what we will see
later it helps the proliferation of childhood obesity, one of the main
diseases of the world, always focusing on the most developed countries.
All these establishments have a series of characteristics such as more schedules
wide, fast service, cheap prices, and ample comfort in the
choice and request of the menu, in the payment of the account and in the same consumption of the
foods. This comfort is being considered according to the latest studies and surveys
as fundamental for the prosperity of fast food in our society.
But why is fast food consumed? Actually, we have already explained. Today
day, our lifestyle, there is no time to eat at home or, if we have it,
be scarce; thus, eating daily outside is an economic expense, and, the premises of
Fast food have low prices. To this it is added that they serve in short spaces of
time and food is fast consumption, which, for an individual with little
Time to eat is perfect.
If the consumption of fast food in workers is quite wide, in the
Children's population is much larger. According to a study by the School of Public Health of
the University of Minnesota, families with children have a higher consumption of
Fast food than other population groups. This adds to the large number of
adolescents who abuse this food due to the low cost of it and because,
In addition, it is very attractive in terms of texture, color, flavor and appearance.
M.D. Moliní Eating Disorders 6 (2007) 635-659
638 - -
It has also been observed that fast food is of choice in certain
individuals with anxiety or depression problems, which due to their disorders, especially
those who suffer from anxiety usually go to food as an escape formula, and,
specifically, they consume very caloric foods, such as the so-called fast
food.
All these groups of consumers, together with the commented factors regarding
to the lifestyle and sedentary lifestyle that is reigning more and more in our society,
especially in the younger ones, they make a relationship between fast food exist
and obesity. Although there are many socio-economic factors that influence the
Obesity, eating habits are one of the most relevant.
The current excessive consumption of these foods has resulted in multiple
studies, articles, documentaries and, recently, a well-known film, which addresses
the consequences of excess fast food (basically food from a
hamburger) about health and fitness. The movie is more general, though
it also tries to express the most negative side and the negative consequences of the
food

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