Do you find fast food culture taking root in your country?

Yes, it has taken root in my country. Practically everywhere you go and in every shopping mall, you will be able to find at least one fast food outlet. I am not sure if fast food restaurants like to target children but I don't think it's surprising. My family prefers homecooked food and in fact, my sis cooks dinner almost everyday. Incidentally, she is a really good cook.:)

There's nothing inherently wrong with 'fast food'. I have a salad from a fast food joint every day. It's very healthy.

Hi scheng! The fast food culture has already taken roots here. When you say fast food, it's all about fast food restaurants like Mcdonald's, Wendy's and all. Here we have our own fast food restaurant, it's Jollibee. Ever since Mcdo became popular, it has taken over the heart of many people and this was seen by businessmen as a good opportunity to take so they built Jollibee. And that popularized even more the fast food culture here. People always flock there for breakfast, lunch, and dinner because it's fast food. You order and you get it instantly, you can even take it out. During Sundays after mass, children will ask their parents to take them to Jollibee or Mcdo because they want to eat burgers and fries. These have changed the taste preferences of people from local food to foreign food. And it's not very healthy. Although people is now realizing the dangers of always eating this kind of food, a lot of people have become dependent and used to it so it will be hard to change it. I myself, even though I know the high cholesterol it contains, I still crave for fries sometimes because I have been cultured to enjoy this food since I was a kid.

Yes, i see that happening. Not only fast foods but with packaged foods,etc. So many young people dont know its so easy to make things from scartch. For example; augraten potatoes or scallop potatoes or mashed pottaoes. It take just about the same amout of time as the junk they stuff into boxes. It cost less then the boxed stuff and is way more healthy. Many conditions such as IBS and ADHD are directly related to eating the chemical additives they put in that stuff. Its sad really.

I live in the USA where most fast food companies began. Some of them are now beginning to be more nutrition and calorie conscious.

Not only that it's taking roots in my country an that it's not healthy, but it's becoming an everyday habit. I see people eating fast food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And here in my country, most of the people preparing the food are really, really not good with the hygiene habits, if you know what I mean.

It is the hectic lifestyle of the modern family that plays a large part in increase of the fast food consumption as the normal family meal. Usually at least 1 parent is working full-time, the kids are in sports or other extra-curricular activities, and all the rushing around to get here and there leaves little time to cook. Or the parents are just too worn out to cook. I know my family eats more fast food meals than we should - both for health reasons and financial, but it tends to be the fastest and most convenient way to feed everyone before they have to do their next activity. Plus everyone can get what they want and are satisfied.

People becomes lazy and would not want to prepare foods at home anymore. This is because fast-food chain is proliferating so they could just pick one and they'd eat without much effort. Why would they tire themselves up in preparing at the kitchen? That has been the common reason of many who frequent fast-food. They don't know that their laziness harms their health. They've been addicted to fast-foods that offer junks. As for me I never would allow myself to be part of the fast-food culture. I know how to cook and I know how to spend effort if only for the health of my entire family.

I think that fast food is making more of an impact in our culture these days, but there are also healthy things as well. In my town, there are several burger bars, but now there are also places that do very nice smoothies and salads which are much healthier than most of the other things that are available in most cities in the modern day. I think that fast food will be more and more common as time goes on, because of the simple fact that most people don't have the time to cook for themselves, but things need to get healthier or people will just become more and more overweight.

I do agree with your concern but this is just another way of doing business and fast food is expanding, be it their business or customers. Today, you may see lots of different fast food chain keep on opening. While the oldest one keep on conquering to the nearest possible. Control is name of the game. You always have the options what you prefer to eat. Targeting children is not new to our country, as long we don't let them eat everyday and this will not cause any harm. Otherwise, your country should have banned it... Right?

Well, not all fast food really offers junk food, some had a variety of healthy meals; on the other note, yes, I believe fast food restaurants are becoming widely accepted here in our country. Good thing though, we are not embracing that notion.

It's a fact that fast food culture has already taken root in my country for a long time. The chain stores such as McDonald and KFC are quite popular in the group of children and young people. In my vew, there are mainly two reasons. One is that in the modern society the pace of life becomes faster and faster, so young people who go to work are so busy that they have less time to enjoy meals than before. Fast food properly caters for such feed so that it is welcomed by those people. The other reason is that fast food companies have spent a lot of money in researching the flavor of children. They realize that if they could win a potential market if they could catch the appetite of children. Now it seems that to a large extent they succeed in doing it.

I would agree that fast food culture has taken root everywhere. I've lived in Asia and it's the same here in North America. Everybody is always in a rush, and always crunched for time that fast food does offer a lot of convenience. I'm just hoping that like some fast food chains, they would soon offer some healthier choices.

Hello scheng1, It's crazy how much fast good restaurants are build nowadays around the states. My cousin whom is from France came to New York to visit the family she wanted a nice meal like a vegetable soup with chopped meat and while driving her there it was shocking how many fast food restaurants we past through and trying to find a restaurant.

Before, when i was very busy and unable to cook, i am also fond of fast food. I remembered that at that time, i usually will go and order some burgers, fried chicken and potato chips for our dinner. After eating a few days, i felt sick of it because eating too much fried and oily food makes me feels bloating. And another thing that is, i feels that i am spending more money by buying fast food. I discovered that, by cooking my own food, i can save more money as well. Besides that, eating own cook food is much healthier, too...

There are quite plenty of fast food restaurants here in my country and it's taking over. It's worrying me because it might increase the obese people here.

Yes i agree with you. Junk food and fast food is becoming increasingly popular. In my opinion the main reason is that people are working a lot and so many feel that it is best to go for a quick meal. I myself prefer to eat such a meal. I do not like cooking that much. I am not much of a fanatic of healthy food either since i do not like meat and veggies a lot. I know that is not that good, and I am in no way recommending that you do like me. However I think that with the increase in work and duties, people are not able to spend much time thinkning about cooking healthy food. Furthermore it is worth noting that many food sellers, restaurants and take aways are in more competition and so they lower their prices. As a result it becomes even more atractive to buy from them rather than cook yourself.

I agree with you. Nowadays you can find fast food joints everywhere. Not only kids but even people who work in the corporate world substituent fast food for their lunch or dinner just to save time. Fried food is not good for health. I do enjoy an occasional fast food but my daily diet still includes traditional food.

Indeed i found some fast food industry is taking root in my country,there are lots of chain stores in our country.But i do not think that it will replace our traditional food.Traditional food has such a great meaning for our people.Anyway,people like to eat fast food maybe because of convenience and fast.

I will say yes. My cousins, 7 and 3 years of age, prefers to eat food from fast food chains. Home cooked meals are rarely touched. They do eat some but when you feed them fast food, all is eaten. I feel really bad because they tend to get sick easily. It is no surprise. Their eating habits are unhealthy. :c And I believe there are more children like them out there.