In many nations, traditional meals superseded by fast food. This essay will first discuss the reasons for fast food’s popularity instead of traditional foods are convenience and trend among young generation, and then I argue that it has a negative effect on people’s health and it can be the reason for losing culture.
The first main reason why people often eat fast food is that it is more convenient. Nowadays, people are busier than people in the past who had time to prepare traditional foods that have many ingredients instead of buying food which can be prepared faster, so many people prefer fast food in the 21st century. For example, all people sometimes do not have time and conditions for making food or eating for a long time at work, so they often just order fast food. The trend among young people also can be one reason for that. In many malls there are fast food centres next to places for kids and in many cases children want to eat only fast food such as pizza or burger. For instance, in the United States of America there are many attractions where mini businesses sell fast food because they know that there are children and that they love this kind of food.
In my view, it negatively affects people’s health, especially if people eat fast food every day and can not quit. Because excessive eating of food with a lot of fat like fast food causes obese and heart disease. In addition, the popularity of fast food can be the main reason for forgetting nations’ own culture. Because from every nation’s food we can see their history and tradition, and if every person commences to eat the same thing that others eat, we will not define who is who in terms of nationality and people will begin to forget their own history.
In conclusion, fast food is convenient in many ways and it is popular in every country especially among young people. However, it has disadvantages such as loss of culture and negative affect to people’s health.