Disadvantages Of Fast Food

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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen and respected guest of honor. It is great to see you all here, thank you for coming. Before moving any further, allow me to introduce myself, my name is Raymond Ragunath. I am a dietician by profession and working with Mead Johnson. It is an honour for me to be here with you to share my expertise as a dietician. And I am here today to provide you some exciting facts and information regarding the advantages and disadvantages of fast growing trend of consuming fast food as daily meals to human in this era of modern life. Firstly, we will talk about what is fast food, next we will discuss the statistics of fast food in Malaysian citizens, finally we will learn what are the advantages and disadvantages of fast food consumption regularly. …show more content…

The quotes mentioned above is very related and important to be focused on to maintain a good health. As we know fast food eating trend is increasing day to days, before looking at the impacts of this trend, let us first define what fast food is. Fast foods can be defined as convenience food or prepared foods such as hamburger, sausage, cheese, burgers, hot dogs, rusk fish, rusk poultry, French fries and pizza (Rouhani et al., 2012). In short, fast food is actually an empty calorie food, a high calorie or calories rich food which lacks in micronutrients such vitamins, minerals or amino acids, and fiber but has high energy or calories (Article, 2012). In addition, fast food is any food that is quick, convenient, and usually inexpensive (Fast Food Facts, 2011). Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. The term "fast food" refers to precooked foods such as fries or pizza that typically must be used within a few hours, or they become dried out and unpalatable (Ali & Sam,