3. FAST FOOD NATION
• Today, fast food has become synonymous to “A Regular Meal”
• A paradigm shift in the cultural diversity
• Propelling factors including the changing economic and demographic profiles of
consumers
• Freedom of choice to kids leading to high exposure
• Not only in food, overall independence is being given to kids now-a-days
• Associate more with changing lifestyle, eating patterns, working parents, nuclear
families
Source: The Economic Times
4. “To understand that how today the eating habits of kids
(9-16yrs of age) are evolving in such a diverse environment where the fashion of
nuclear families, working parents and a paradigm shift in the societal behavior is
taking place and affecting them both physically and emotionally.”
OBJECTIVE
5. • Design of my research- Close ended questions
• The primary research includes a questionnaire meant for specific research group:
Parents & Kids (9-16yrs.)
• Sample Size- 100 respondents
• Geography- New Delhi, Lucknow, Uttarakhand, Mumbai
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
18. BUYING BEHAVIOUR
Maintain their bond with kids and
family Want their kids to explore more
and even better
They themselves want to know
things and teach their kids the
same
Maybe, they want to maintain or uplift
their social status by doing so
25. School Based Intervention Programs
Healthy Lifestyle And
Eating Habits
Encouraging healthy food habits
through competitions
A BETTER
COUNSELOR
26. u
SUGGESTIONS
Special awareness programs to be
held in schools
Mrs. Shilpy (Bombay, Housewife)
Fast Food advertisement
should provide proper info
Mrs. Alka (Lucknow,
Housewife)
Family plays an important role in
controlling the food habits
Mr. Anil (New Delhi, Service)
Discuss such food issues with
kids in a friendly manner
Mr. Jeet (Jharkhand, Teacher)
Time is the biggest factor. Its
hard for parents to manage
things so easily
Mrs. Liju Eapen (New York,
Pharmicist)
Road side stalls should be banned to the
maximum extent and if possible their
license to be reviewed regularly
Mr A.K Miglani ( Faridabad, Businessman)
27. FINDINGS
UPBRINGING
• Parents are becoming more health conscious and taking suggestions from doctors, teachers
etc.
• They want that school should play an important role in teaching healthy food habits
HAPPINESS INDEX
• Taste is the one thing that kids look for while in the selection of fast food
• They feel good and behave properly after consuming fast food
INDEPENDENCE
• Kids have become more particular about their choices
• Today most parents want to give freedom of choice to their kids
MARKETERS APPROACH
• Exposure of kids to various mediums
• Product development has taken a new phase
BUYING POWER
• There’s a shift in buying pattern which is leading to more and easy choices for parents
28. • Certain Edutainment shows should be encouraged in local languages through General
Entertainment Channels (GEC)
• Parents should try new innovations in the home cooked food .
• In parties, fast food should be replaced by new innovative dishes involving veggies and
healthy ingredients
• Proper monitoring should be done with respect to their visit to birthday parties or taking
them to kitty parties
• Knowledge should be given to the unorganized “Thela-Walas” regarding hygiene factor and
government should support towards such step
• Habit of tiffin should be encouraged instead of giving freedom to kids for buying junk food
from canteens
29. Prof. Ramola Kumar
Prof. Sundarmoy Sen
Mrs. Ivy Dutta
Ms. Rupanjali Lahiri
Ms. Shree Lahiri
Ms. Faiza Khan
Mrs. Mandavi Bisht
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT