The Controversy Of Fast Food Processing

Research shows that when such information is given, customers use it to limit the way they eat. This can consume an average loss of calories than they typically did before labeling. This trend poses increased risk, not just in terms of calories, but in terms of unhealthful ingredients such as fat and sodium. According to the passage, "the U.S. government agrees that restaurant meals should be labeled. It is part of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, which requires that standard menu items include information on nutrition 1". This poses that fast food places and restaurants should in fact label information, not only for ones own health but it is required.

Zinczencko complains that unlike many other hazardous items, fast food does not come with warnings on how terrible the food is for one’s health and its future effects. He emphasizes that even if the customers were able to obtain the nutritional facts, they are not palpable, but rather obscure. He points out that the fast-food companies make the nutrition labels vague and misleading; they calculate the calories for every separate part of the meal, and they make it so the consumer must pay attention to serving size as well. He observes that the fast-food industry can get away with confusing labels because there are not any Food and Drug Administration labeling requisites (Word Smart, p. 220) covering fast food. Zinczenko complains that there is not any sort of nutritional labeling on the menus at fast-food restaurants. Now, nine years later, there are some changes, but his point is still valid. McDonald’s menu now states the calories of each meal, but as Zinczenko points out, it is very difficult to

Some fast-food purveyors will provide calorie information on request, but even that can be hard to understand (Zinczenco, 2002.) The essence of Zinczenco’s s argument is that Americans are unable to be fully informed of the harm the food they consume completely inflicts their health. This backs of the writers claim, that you are unable to place the complete blame of obesity, completely on the consumer. If consumers are completely oblivious to the fact that there food labels are completely rigged, how is it even possible for the consumer to get the truth? The easy answer would be repeatedly placing the blame on the consumer, and saying they should do extensive research on the food which they eat. But in complete honesty, this is a ridiculous standard which most Americans won't bother putting time and effort into. This quote ties back into Zinczenco’s claim that the cooperation which serve such unhealthy food are at fault, for it is they who feed food that can lead to a life altering disease, without properly informing the consumer.

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According to the text in “Label the Meals”, when labels are available, research shows that about one-quarter of customers use it to limit what they decide to eat. This helps customers be more healthy and that is our purpose with labels. These customers that limit what they decide to eat usually end up eating 400 less calories than to when there are no labels. This is needed because over the past 30 years, Americans have nearly doubled the calories they recieve away from home. This is a risk for all of us and can promote sodium and fat consumption.

America has been faced with the growing obesity epidemic. This is becoming very wide spread among all races and class levels due in part to the abundance of inexpensive food available and how easily people are becoming persuaded to but things they do not need. David Zinczenko published article “Don’t Blame the Eater”, Zinczenko argues that fast-food industries are not doing their job to provide clear enough nutritional information for hazardous food.

Labeling the menu items at a restaurant could drive away customers who are conscious about how many calories they eat, or how much fat is in an item. This both drives down business and lowers economic growth because the businesses are losing customers instead of gaining them. if one particular item is high in calories on a businesses menu then it could make many people who want to eat "Healthier" go to another restaurant to eat, the restaurant that is not getting as much customers as before would have a drop in profit as well as a drop in overall growth of the restaurant over time. this is not good for places with many restaurants that have high calorie items on the menu because it would drive down many businesses at a time and lower the economic growth of the entire area. Having labels on a menu means bad business overall for restaurants or other places with high calorie food and should therefore not be included, this would help economic and business growth in the

Every year, more than 100,000 people die due to health problems such as diabetes, strokes, and/or heart disease caused by leftover calories that have been transmuted into fat. If people were aware of the number of calories that were in their food, I’m sure they would reconsider their options. I strongly recommend placing labels on serving meals at restaurants. Once in a while, my family and I would drive out to eat at a fancy restaurant; specifically Westin. It provided us with time to bond, laugh, and enjoy each other’s company. Over time, it became a Saturday thing for us. During this period, I started gaining weight dramatically, which was undesirable. This was very unjustifiable for an individual. Due to this event, I started to cut back on breakfast and unhealthy snacks. When that didn’t work, I stopped going to family dinners. It was only then, my weight began to diminish. If only I knew what exactly was in my T-Bone then, I would have eaten something much healthier. Calorie labeling on

The usage of trans-fats in the preparation of many foods that we have consumed in this country, especially the “meals” from fast-food establishments hopefully is on the decline. With many of the large chain venues either totally or to some degree eliminating trans-fat in the cooking process (McGreevy, 2008), the trend is set to do so elsewhere, and hopefully, the FDA will see to it that trans-fats are completely banned.

On December 1, 2014 the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established two new rules requiring menu labeling and vending machine labeling. What does this mean exactly, well when it comes to menu labeling any establishment that has 20 or more chains are now required to list the calorie information on their menus or menu boards. This not only includes sit-down restaurants but also drive-through windows and takeout foods. They also established another rule for vending machines which requires all owners or operators with 20 or more vending machines to display calorie information as well. According to the FDA “Americans eat and drink about one-third of their calories away from home. Making calorie information available will help consumers make informed choices for themselves and their families”.

The FDA provides answers to questions about new menu labeling requirements for menus and vending machines for both consumers and food industries. Consumer questions cover the convenience and availability of nutritional facts for food that can be found at a food truck to fast food chains as well as how calories will be presented on nutritional labels. Industries ask for clarification on new requirements such as expectations for food representation and how specific nutritional labels are to be upheld. These questions reveal the differences in consumer and industrial views on changes to menu labeling providing two viewpoints that can compare and contrast with each other. Vending machine questions are answered afterwards for vending machine operators,

Smelly , tasty something good to eat. I think we should have fast food every Friday in school. First of all we can do is save and spend money. Also the kids will enjoy it on Friday because Friday is a lucky day. It can be health food, or not health we should get Mcdonald,Subway,and Sonic those are so good places to get fast food because it’s good fast food.

Also, that labels are not the answer to stop obesity. Obesity is a big problem for Americans today in our society. Obesity can lead to multiple health issues as well, including heart attacks. Labeling can keep people from buying products with high levels of fat, sugar and salt.

One of the most controversial discussions in today's world is concerned with hobby issues. A variety of foods and drinks belong to indiscreet and fundamental parts of every ceremony and party. Without any doubt, all the people all around the world with the different cultures, at least, like and are interested in a certain kind of foods and drinks that most of them are local ones. Since I moved to Canada I have been into and tried fast foods like KFC, white spot and of course McDonalds. They sound pretty good, but homemade Persian foods are something else. In Iran, there aren’t many people eating fast food, although there are few popular fast food places in Tehbhhran, but they are not often very crowded. In Iran, there are 31 provinces and each

America’s struggles with fast food and its subsequent health consequences have given raise to a number of macro interventions (Harnack et al., 2008). Point of purchase calorie labeling at fast food restaurants has been proposed as an option of improving consumer food choices. However, Harnack et al. (2008) evaluated the effectiveness of calorie labeling amongst 594 fast food consumers and determined that calorie labelling resulted in no significant differences in the calorie count of meals ordered. Increasing the price of fast food through tax has also been proposed as an intervention to decrease fast food consumption. Powell et al.’s (2006) research among adolescents revealed that a 10% increase in the price of fast food resulted in a 3% increase