This document discusses fast food, including what constitutes fast food, common fast food menu items, a survey showing fast food consumption patterns, and the health effects of fast food like nutritional deficiencies, obesity, increased cholesterol levels, and cardiac problems. It notes that while fast food is convenient, it is also high in fat, salt, sugar, and calories. The conclusion recommends reducing fast food portion sizes and including more fruits and vegetables in one's diet.

2. • Introduction
• Food Chains
• Why Fast Foods ??
• Fast Food Consumption
• Effects of Fast Food
• Myths on Fast Foods
• Recent Issues
• Conclusion

3. Fast Food is the term Nearly from its
given to the food that can inception, fast food has
be prepared and served been designed to be eaten
quickly. “on the go”, often does not
require traditional cutlery.
While any meal with Common menu items at
low preparation time can fast food outlets include:
be considered to fast fried
food, typical it refers to chicken, chips, hamburger
the food sold in , french fries, chicken
restaurants. nuggets, pizza, hot dogs
and ice creams.

4. • Mc Donald’s
• Pizza Hut
• KFC
• Burger King
• Subway
• Domino’s
• Hardee's

6. How often in week do you
eat in a fast-food outlet ?? This is a study done by
Never Gulf News that shows
6%
the fast eating habits of
8% Once a survey group. This
28 %
result shows that 72 %
14 % Twice
of the survey group eat
More than
at fast-food restaurant
44 % once at least once a week.
Everyday

7. People are increasingly being
warned about the ill effects of
fast food and the potential
damage they pose to the human
health.The effects of fast food
includes :
• Nutritional deficiencies
• Obesity
• Increased cholestrol levels
• Cardiac problems

8. • Most of these quick and convenient meals contain high amount of
sodium, which increases and aggravates the risks of high blood
pressure.
• Although the body requires minimum quantities of sodium, too
much sodium contributes to high blood pressure.
• Sodium can also lead to building-up of fluids in case of people who
are suffering with congestive heart failure, cirrhosis, or kidney
disease.

9. • Cholesterol in meat-containing
fast food is very dangerous for the
health.
• Meat contains cholesterol and
hence leads to the accumulation of
bad cholesterol in the body, and
hence, these cholesterol molecules
can accumulate in the arteries and
lead to clogging of arteries or
thickening of arteries
• If the artery of the heart gets
blocked, it can result in heart attack
or even heart failure.

10. • Trans fats, which is infamous as the worst type of fat, is found
abundantly in various fast foods.
• It not only increase the bad cholesterol levels, but also
decrease the good cholesterol levels.

11. • Eating fast food and leading a sedentary lifestyle leads to
“Obesity”.
• Obesity leads to other complications like the increased risk of
coronary diseases, in addition to the general physical discomfort
posed by the extra weight.
• Fast food is also addictive and hence it is very difficult to give
up on their greasy and fatty foods and carbonated drinks and
switch to healthier options..

13. • Fast food is becoming more and more acceptable and convenient in our society.
• With our daily busy schedules, many just don’t have time to prepare the food at
home or go out to eat at a restaurant.
• Fast Food restaurants also offer low price, variety and predictability.
However, they tend to be very high in fat, salt, sugar and, therefore, in calories.
• So it’s better, one reduce the portion size of unhealthy fast foods and also don’t
forget to include large amounts of fruitsnand vegetables in your diet.