The Influence Of Fast Food In Local Restaurants

Sillimanians patronize local restaurants over fast food restaurants due to healthier food, cost difference and local economic growth promotion.

Local restaurants have captured the interest of a number of Sillimanian students. Our research is all about promoting local restaurant foods over fast food restaurants. One thing that caught our attention is that we noticed that people nowadays, especially Sillimanians go to restaurants, most of the time to eat their meals as visibly shown in the social media since they are posting pictures of what they eat. Most of what we 're seeing are from fast food restaurants and we are concerned about it. So we pursue this topic to bring awareness and as management students, we will show you how local

It is very safe for students to eat in a local restaurant than fast food restaurants. Given the fact that today’s student is always busy, some of them consider fast food as a convenient source of food but this can have an adverse effect on student’s health. According to Mc Night (2002), Fast food ingredients are artificial, high in sugar or fat are not meant to be eaten on a regular basis. Consuming these ingredients regularly can lead to health issues including heart disease, diabetes and cancers. Being aware of these effects is essential to determining whether fast food is safe to include in your diet, particularly if you suffer from heart or digestive issues already. Fast food may have higher amounts of salt and fat as well as artificial chemicals which make it less healthy than a local restaurant meal. Frying also destroys the essential ingredients that were once contained in the food

Studies have shown that people who eat fast food more than twice a week drastically increase their chances of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and a host of other chronic problems. Fast food’s bad reputation stems from a number of factors, but the primary issue is that fast foods are abundant in a handful of unsavory substances: sodium and trans-fats. These compounds wreak havoc in your body, and the more of them you eat, the more damage they do. Good nutrition is important for students to live a healthy life now and in the future. Students overall poor nutrition habits are linked to negative future health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, iron deficiency anemia, and certain cancers. The use of MSG and sodium as a seasoning of a dish can result chronic diseases. Exposure to phthalates, a chemical use in plastics that can leach into foods might result to cancer. According to Currie (2009), fast food is one of the leading causes of obesity in children, a condition which can be very dangerous and lead to a lifetime of health complications. This is the result of excessive calorie intake and an emphasis on foods that have high levels of fat, sugar and sodium. This is especially true of children who regularly consume fast food near their schools. While it is clear that fast food is often unhealthy, it is