Fast Food

By: Kelby Huang

4th period
 What is Fast Food?
We all had or heard Fast Food before, but what is it
exactly?
Fast food is the term given
to food that can be cooked
and served very fast.
Usually the food is sold in
the restaurant or store
with precooked and
preheated ingredients and
served in a packaged form
for takeout
Some famous fast food
industries are McDonald's,
Burger King, In-N-Out,
KFC, and Taco Bell.

What is Fast food?

 One of the great
pioneers of the fast
food industry was a man
named Carl Karcher. He
bought a hot dog cart,
and sold it on the
streets as people drove
up.
 The McDonalds brother
liked this whole idea of
fast food and made it
very popular.

History of Fast Food.

Burgers
Fries
Shakes
Soda
Chicken Nuggets
Chicken
Hot Dogs
Tacos
Pizza

What do Fast Food Serve?

Fast food Good or Bad?
Fast Food sounds great, but there are some bad effects
to it.
So Fast food is good Fast Food is…
right?  Delicious
 Filling
 Affordable
 Available and
accessible
almost
anywhere.
Fast Food is…
 High on Calories
 High on Fat
 High on cholesterol

 Poor Nutrition
 Clogs Arteries
 Increases Risks of
Heart Disease

BUT!
Fast Food Effects
Fast Food is the
number one cause to
Obesity
Fast Food leads to
Heart Disease and
Failure
Fast Food slows
down your
metabolism.
 America Fast Food
Fast Food is the main reason why America is number one
fattest nation in the world.
America Obesity
In the Chart
we are one
number for
most Obesity
in the World.
Roughly 12% of Americans have worked
at McDonalds
In one year Americans spend more money
on Fast Food than on Education
America spends billions on Fast Food

Fast Food in America

Everyday about one quarter of US
population eats fast food
Obesity in America Children has doubled
since the 1970’s
America has the largest fast food industry
There are about 2 million fast food
workers in America

Fast Food in America

 Why America?
Why is America the number one biggest fast food
industry.
Children

•One of the reasons

why fast food is so
popular in America is
because they target
children.
• People from they
eating habits at a
young age
•Children's often
recognize the
McDonald's logo before
they recognize their
own name
Cost

•Another reasons why

Fast food is so popular
in America is because
of the cost.
•Fast foods are usually
very cheap, and people
like that.
•Nowadays you can get
a burger just for one
dollar
Accessible

•Another reason why

fast food is so popular
in America is because
its Accessible anywhere
•Fast Food Stores are
everywhere, its so
accessible.
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