...Fast Food Vs. Home Cooked Meals Monica Hill COM/155 February 9, 2013 Joseph Powell In today’s society most Americans prefer fast food to home cooked meals. Everyone needs food to survive, however eating fast food rather than a home cooked meal may not be the ideal choice. The difference between fast food and home cooked meals has several differences like preparation time, convenience, and quality. Health problems seem to be linked to the types of foods we eat. Obesity one of the number one issue in the United States alone. Fast foods are blamed for causing the majority of the obesity problems here in America today. Fast food is a convenient food that is usually faster to get and sometimes ready at the time it is wanted. Ultimately fast food slows the metabolism down with all the calories and unhealthy ingredients that can cause people to be overweight which can lead to obesity if we continue to consume as much as we do on a daily basis. An alternative to fast food is a good home cooked meal. Home cooked meals can help fight the war against obesity. Home cooked meals may take time, that most American’s don’t have these days, however they are much healthier for everyone. Cardiovascular health is affected by the foods put into our bodies. Fast food causes a much higher risk of heart disease because of the extra saturated and trans fats in the foods. Trans fats are found in french fries, fried chicken, fried fish sandwiches, biscuits, fried apples, and other...
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...Kate Finch English 12 Mrs. Preston 2 November 2012 Home Cooked Meals are Healthier Then Fast Food. Over the years people have become very lazy. Instead of making the nutritional homemade meals, they have been getting fast food. That is fine every now and then but, not every day. Eating fast food every day is very bad the body. Fast food may be cheaper but, a home cooked meal is healthier for you. Too much fast food can lead to health problems, a higher calorie intake, and weight gain. Eating fast food every single day is not a good thing. There are many reasons to not eat fast food every day. One is too much fast food will lead to health problems. It is very bad for your body secondly. Fast food as of now is all over the world in most of the countries in the world. With so many fast food chains and restaurants it is no wonder why people are having so many health problems and becoming obese. If you have time to go through a drive thru window, than you can make a home cooked meal. When you go to a fast food place you are not just paying for the food. If you think about it, you are paying for the supplies and the employees working there too. Fast food meal prices are absolutely ridiculous. It would be better for you and your wallet to eat a healthy, home cooked meal at home. With eating too much fast food there are a lot of health problems. The health problems that go along with eating too much fast food are endless. You can get diabetes, cancer, arthritis, reproductive...
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...list, as evidenced by the substantial consumption of fast food in this country. Work and other obligations can make cooking seem like just another chore, but trading in some of those fast food meals for home-cooked dishes will pay off in the long run. Lack of Nutritional Variety One key advantage that home-cooked meals have over fast food is nutritional variety. When you prepare meals at home, you're more likely to include foods from different groups, such as a protein source, vegetable and carb source. While fast food restaurants have improved their offerings to include veggies, fruits and dairy, many people still choose burgers, fried chicken and fries, providing little nutritional benefits. A 2004 study in the "Journal of the American College of Nutrition" found that survey respondents who ate fast food had lower consumptions of healthy picks, including milk and fruits. Getting Have Healthy Hair? New Clear Men With Active Charchol For Deep Clean Zero Dandruff msn.lockeroom.com.my/Clear Sponsored Links Sodium Intake You are in control of what goes into your food when you cook meals from scratch -- and watching your salt intake is important. Meals from fast food restaurants, however, are often loaded with sodium. In fact, 57 percent of meals contain more than 1,500 mg of salt, according to a study of major fast food chains published in 2010 in the "Archives of Internal Medicine." In addition, 20 percent of these meals surpassed 2,300 mg, which is the recommended maximum...
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...prepare and cook meals at home. And most of the people prefers to eat fast-food to save their time. But at my point of view, I still prefer to eat at home as it contains high nutritional value which is good for our body health. Firstly, high nutritional value is the main reason why I prefer the home- cooked food. Home-cooked food with high nutritional value is good for our health. It contains uniform nutrient and high vitamin value or healthy diet which can prevent many common health problems. On the other hand, fast food contains too many calories, salt and artery-clogging cholesterol as compare to home-cooked meals. Eating too many food that contain fat and cholesterol will cause one to suffer heart attack, high blood pressure, stroke and other serious disease. Secondly, eating home-cooked food is the quality of time for us to spent together. Preparing home-cooked food allows you to spend valued time with family. Each of the family members can take part in food preparation to improve the family relationship. However, eating fast food may not be a good method to spend the time with family members. It is because some of them may refuse to go to eat at fast food restaurant. Thirdly, home-cooked food can prevent us from food allergies. When you eat at home, you can be more deliberate in preparing foods, especially if you or a family member has a food allergy. As we know, food allergies in many situations can be serious and possibly even fatal. In fast food restaurant, they...
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...A Summary of “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?” In Mark Bittman’s article, “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?” he states that contrary to what many people believe, it is a common misconception that junk food is cheaper than real food. He goes on to compare the high cost of feeding a family of four at McDonald’s to that of a home cooked, nutritious meal that costs substantially less. Bittman addresses the argument that the cost for junk food is cheaper when measured by calories, but states that they are not “healthy” calories, and may contribute to many Americans being overweight. In a supermarket comparison, he found that “in almost every case, foods cooked at home were a far superior alternative” to junk food (par. 6). Bittman opines that the real problem is people see cooking as work, therefore it is a more convenient option to go for something that has already been prepared than it is to go home after working all day and cook a meal. He further claims that there is an addiction to processed food, and in order to change the way people view junk food, we must begin by making changes. Bittman believes that by making cultural changes, “raising our children in homes that don’t program for fast-produced, eaten-on-the-run, high-calorie, low-nutrition junk” (par. 22) as well as political changes such as “limiting the marketing of junk” and “making certain that real food is affordable and available to everyone” we can educate our children that “the real way is the better way”. (par. 23) As...
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...STRATEGIC MARKET PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION Sugar & Spice : Healthy HomeCooked Meals Delivery EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Sugar and Spice is a catering and food delivery company that focuses on healthy, home cooked meals with lots of delicious choices on its menu to tantalize our customers' taste buds. With Sugar and Spice, customers will enjoy a rich variety of delicious meal that is different everyday. The daily selection of dishes includes fresh seafood, meat and vegetable, which will be prepared and served in hygienic condition. Our target customers are mainly working professionals from government offices and private offices as well as students in Putrajaya and Cyberjaya areas. In line with our 'green' effort, we will pack all the food in high quality disposable and microwavable container. Strategic Market Planning & Implementation Page 2 Sugar & Spice : Healthy Home-Cooked Meals Delivery TABLE OF CONTENTS I SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 COMPANY PROFILE ……………………………………………….. 4 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION ………………………………………. 6 MARKET ANALYSIS ………………………………………………. 11 SWOT ANALYSIS ……………………………………………………. 14 COMPETITION ANALYSIS …………………………………………17 II MARKETING STRATEGY 6.0 7.0 8.0 MARKETING OBJECTIVES ………………………………………. 18 FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES ………………………………………… 19 SEGMENTING, TARGETING & POSITIONING (STP) ANALYSIS …………………………………………………………… 20 9.0 MARKETING STRATEGY ………………………………………… 22 III FINANCIAL STATEMENTS & FORECASTS 10.0 11.0 BREAK EVEN ANALYSIS …………………………………………...
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...Problems of our Times More than 2/3 of all adults and 1/3 of all children are overweight. Children and youth have learned worse eating habits and are less physically active than they were 25 years ago. If America continues to have this negative lifestyle, more and more people are going to become overweight and life an unhealthy life. The problems in today’s society concerning diet and exercise are the movement around electronic culture and the growth of the fast food industry. Fast food consumption has increased dramatically over the last 25 years. Causes of this increase are due to the fact that there are less home cooked meals and more meals that involve going to get fast food. More and more families rely on fast food because families don’t have a lot of time for sit down meals anymore. Also fast food is a lot cheaper route than going to the grocery store. Another factor concerning an unhealthy diet, in our youth, is that snacking on junk food and sugary soft drinks is becoming more common. Along with fast food consumption, the social aspects of today’s society revolve around electronics and other forms of entertainment. Electronics and television are making a big dent in having a healthy lifestyle. Today’s generation is very attracted towards television, video games, cell phones, the Internet, and etc. instead of going outside. The creation of online gaming through Xbox-Live, Playstation Network, online PC gaming, and many more, are taking a lot of time away from physical...
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...ambition to cook there’s always a variety of options to quickly resolve your trouble. Fast food restaurants have been rapidly growing since the 1900’s and are now a food source we highly depend on as a society. It wasn’t long ago that the standard was for a family to sit down to a home cooked meal. This standard has severally changed over the years. While having the option to pick up dinner on the way home or have it delivered to our door is convenient, at what point do we stop to consider the dangers of consuming a heart-attack in a sack? What once was considered a treat has now become the norm carrying more than just health concerns. Fast food restaurants have become very beneficial over the years by offering us convenience, agricultural stimulus, and slowing increasing their nutritional values, it’s time to consider other ways they effect our society. Eric Schlosser describes fast food best in his book Fast Food Nation The Dark Side of the All-American Meal when he says “It has become a social custom as American as a small, rectangular, hand-held, frozen, and reheated apple pie” (Eric Schlosser, 2002). Fast food has become more then just convenient for us, it has become a dependent. We no longer use fast food as an alternative when time is cut short but rather as a daily regimen. According to Statistic Brain, “50 million people are served fast food daily” (Statistic Brain, n.d). Fast food has several adverse effects that consumers are unaware of such as depression and addiction...
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...stomachs pleading their cause. ”Smt’ I hungry bui.” Yes, that’s right it is lunchtime. Sad is the cry of those students who have class during the hours of 12-2p.m; especially when you are so tempted with the thought of food on your mind. Such sweet aromas kiss your nose as you pass the independence cafeteria. Succulent honey barbeque wings with French fries or you can have a full meal of scrumptious curry chicken and rice with macaroni or coleslaw. Even if you are trying to achieve that dream body Wendy’s has many salad choices. Lunchtime near the campus is fit for all. Don’t have enough money? “No worries” McDonalds caters to the public with their ‘tings tuff’ special only $4.59 and you get a drink. You don’t have to be an alcoholic to experience happy hour; Dunkin Doughnuts happily provides it between the hours of 3-6p.m. With all of this, still some persons tend to be undecided about their food choices. Some persons do not eat unless their meal is home cooked. Some have a really big breakfast and hold out for the rest of the day. Others make up fast food schedules and follow by them. It is assumed that Bahamians rarely eat healthy. Can you blame them, especially the regular students of COB. In my belief it is cheaper to eat greasy fatty foods than to pay for healthy foods. Back in the day, especially on the islands, Bahamians used to grow and harvest crops and meats. This was their way of feeding their families. Today however, long lines are towed and gas is burned on the drive...
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...Bittman’s “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?” “Economically, the lack of grocery stores, local gardens, and healthy food options in general, has revealed a major flaw in the food industry as a system by forcing fast food alternatives and cheaper food production. It has been suggested that those with lower socioeconomic characteristics would be more likely to seek food options such as fast food because of cheaper prices. Data suggests that living in an area with greater levels of disadvantage increases an individual’s odds of more frequent fast food purchasing. ” Because of the economic context like what someone says just now, Mark starts to think about the real price of fast food. When he reads like “when a bag of chips is cheaper than a head of broccoli…” or “it’s more affordable to feed a family of four at McDonald’s than to cook a healthy meal for them at home”, he considers that is not cheap to buy it but you just have little thing to eat. “Hyper processed food remains more expensive than food cooked at home.” Mark still suggests people to cook at home. Then, he also mentions another argument which is “Junk food is cheaper when measured by the calorie, and the poor need cheap calorie”. Mark consists that “if people need to gain weight, a meal cooked at home can easily gain more calories because most of them are ‘healthy’ variety”. Mark thinks that soda can be replaced by water, and health food instead of fast food. Mark persuades people try to cook at home by what Marion...
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...changed a lot. Your kid can probably tell the menu of the nearest food joint faster than he can spell the alphabet. It’s not just about the kids. The entire concept of eating out has gone to whole different level because of our busy lives. Most families prefer to eat out as it saves a lot of work. But, in that process they forget the health risks they might be facing. So, you need to understand why a home cooked meal does more good than the quick meal at a restaurant nearby. The things that go in The reason a home cooked meal wins over the one from an eat-out is because of the good quality ingredients that go in. Firstly, you know where your produce comes from and you also can make sure that it’s completely clean and fresh. At restaurants, the emphasis is on the taste and to make food taste better lot of other ingredients that go in. At home, the nutrition in your meal comes from using less oil, balancing spices and using moderate quantities of sugar thereby ensuring that what you eat not just tastes good but is good for your health as well. Cooking at home also lets you experiment. Instead of going out to an Italian joint, you could try your hand out at making pasta or lasagna at home. That way you can enjoy a different cuisine cooked with nutritive ingredients instead. The add-ons While eating at home you don’t feel the urge to overeat or add a soda or shake with every meal. Nowadays, fast food joints not only offer you a greasy burger but also suggest soda...
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...Home Cooked meals Vs Fast Food Home cooked meals are generally considered healthier than fast food, this is because fast food typically contain high levels of calories, saturated fats, sugar and salt. As you all know, we need to eat food to survive in this world. In the past time, the only way to eat was by hunting and searching for our food. Now in the modern day, just driving your car through a drive thru window or even just picking up the phone and ordering your food and it will be delivered to you. In the old days it was survival of the fittest motto that was lived by. Today you are faced with endless decisions of what you want to eat. The only real dilemma you are faced with today is how much money you want to spend or not to spend. To break it down you have two main choices to pick from. The first choice being home cooking, which is simply self prepared meals. The second choice is fast food, which is designed for ready availability, use, or consumption and with little consideration given to quality or significance. Home cooking is a positive choice for the entire family. Home cooking is a healthy meal choice. When you cook your own meals you have the options choose what food to prepare. You can also choose what ingredients to add to your food. You have the ability to prepare the food just the way you want it. You have a sense of ownership when cooking your own meals and an ease mind knowing what all is going into the food you are about to consume. Home cooking is...
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...UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES CAVE HILL CAMPUS Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology PSYC3022: RESEARCH PROJECT IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY Parental Influence: Implications for the Prevention Of Early Childhood Obesity Abstract The overall purpose of this study was to investigate whether parents serve as role models in influencing their children’s weight-related behaviours. Participants were 60 random parents of children from Barbados. Unlike previous research studies, the correlation analyses of this study indicated that the junk food or fast foods children consumed was negatively associated with the amount of income made by the parents or their education level. Although it was found that some children do model their parents’ behaviour when it comes to healthy food choices, the findings show that parents do not enforce the healthy eating practices unto their children. This study did not support the theory that children model adult eating behaviours on their own. Parental Influence: Implications for the Prevention Of Early Childhood Obesity Some researchers in public health have concluded that the problem of early childhood obesity has reached near-epidemic proportions (Deckelbaum & Williams 2001; Puhl & Latner 2007). The problem of early childhood obesity and overweight appears to be on-going without implementation of early detection and prevention...
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...Fast food joints are also being seen as a factor that is making a number of families spend less and less time together. Family meal time is something that is considered as an opportunity for all the members to come together and share their experiences. However, the fast food centers are quickly eating into this quality time. This is especially true about youngsters for whom a fast food center is a good place to hangout with friends and peers. Read more at Buzzle: httFast food saves time in today's fast-paced society. People can order fast food on their way to or from work, without ever leaving their car. Fast food is also designed to come in small packaging so that people can consume it while traveling. Sponsored Links Fast food saves time in today's fast-paced society. People can order fast food on their way to or from work, without ever leaving their car. Fast food is also designed to come in small packaging so that people can consume it while traveling. Sponsored Links Read more: http://www.ehow.com/facts_5476756_advantages-fast-foods.html#ixzz2fX6SrRHC Read more: http://www.ehow.com/facts_5476756_advantages-fast-foods.html#ixzz2fX6SrRHC p://www.buIn my point of view, the first and foremost benefit fast food brings to customers is time and speed saving. Modern society with piles of work pushes people to be busy at any time, especially businessmen and officials. Even students are also up to ears with exercises and examination. Fast food...
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... June 7th 2015 Growing up my siblings and I were always so thin. Mainly because we always had home cooked meals and never really could afford fast food or restaurant prices. It wasn’t till after we all moved out I noticed all 4 of us gained weight rapidly. I gained 40lbs in one year. All I was doing was ordering out because I really had no time to make any meals at home with work and school. I wasn’t the only one who noticed, family and friends were very concerned about my quick weight gain. I’ve never had such low self-esteem before. I was declining offers to go out with friends every weekend because I was so uncomfortable in my own skin. It wasn’t until my mom and I had a discussion about my possible health issues I could come across because of the diabetes that run in my family. That’s all it took for me to change my ways. There are so many contributing factors to childhood and adult obesity but the main factor in my opinion is fast food and restaurants. I’ve worked in the restaurant business for years and witnessed people order ridiculous portion sizes and finish it all just because it was a good deal. Most restaurants don’t even have nutritional facts or calorie intake so many people are unaware about what they are consuming, and the sad part is that no one really seems to care. Fast food establishments are also so convent to the everyday American. We’re always in a rush to get somewhere so all we have time for is to pull up...
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