Fast food does not provide us any food that’s tasty and healthy for you, making us doubt that processed foods should have ever been invented. Fast food was originally created in the 1920s, but it was not popular until the 1950s. From the 1920s through 1930s, new foods that were packed, frozen and processed in factories were being discovered. These foods were created to make ready-to-eat meals that were quick and easy. Trans fats, which are in these foods, were found in the 1980s . Products like Kool-aid, Wonder Bread and popsicles were all processed foods that were introduced in the 1920s.
As processed foods were growing more popular and more common, the market of these goods went to the next level. New dining establishments, such as Dairy Queen and McDonalds, were being created. This started the spike of fast food in the 1950s. In these fast food restaurants, these processed foods were cooked quickly to be served to the public. Frozen beef patties and processed potato fries were all the foods that were used in creating the meals used at fast food establishments. Not only were these foods quick to prepare and seemingly tasty to the public, they were unhealthy. Products like TV dinners, spray cheese and Diet Rite, which was the
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The amount of people eating at all the fast food chains in the 1980s spiked. Not much had gotten better for humanity at this time. Restaurants came up with new ideas to get people obese. The worst possible thing they did was create the evil spawns known as chicken nuggets. These pieces of processed chicken are basically a heart attack waiting to happen with double the fat of a cheeseburger. To make matters worse, hundreds of commercials were being made to advertise new ideas of restaurants. The FDA made no effort to stop what was happening, and nothing was done to stop this