Fast food
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Cheeseburger, Soft drink, French fries, Pizza Margherita, Hot dog, Fried chicken, Submarine sandwich, and Donuts.
Fast food is the term for a kind of food that people eat from a restaurant, cafe or take-out where food is prepared and served quickly.
It is mass-produced food. It is often western pattern and pre-prepared and delivered to the shop ready for frying or boiling. There is a strong priority on "speed of service".
The restaurants that sell fast food are called "fast food shops" or "fast-food restaurants". Some of the more common fast food restaurants are McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, Culver's, Pizza Hut, and KFC. All these chains have a limited short menu and serve the same kind of food in all their outlets. The shops are subcontracted by the supplying company and tied absolutely by contract to that single supplier. However, the same kind of criticism could be (and is) directed at some other kinds of restaurants. The problem is seen by many critics as being one of over-eating, rather than one of the specific food types.
Criticism
Fast food is often considered unhealthy due to it being loaded with calories, sodium, and unhealthy fat—often enough in one meal for an entire day. It also tends to be low in nutrients and almost totally lacking in fruit, vegetables, and fiber. Eating too much fast food can cause a human to have poor quality health which is linked to a higher risk of obesity, depression, digestive issues, heart disease, and stroke, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and early death.
Fast Food Media
Pulling wheat dough into thin strands to form lamian
Blue plaque in Oldham, England commemorating the 1860s origins of fish and chip shops and the fast food industry
Fish and chips in a wrapper
Neighboring fast food restaurant advertisement signs in Bowling Green, Kentucky for Wendy's, KFC, Krystal and Taco Bell. A McDonald's sign can be seen in the very far background.
McDonald's first two-lane drive-thru was at the Rock N Roll McDonald's in Chicago.
Street vendor serving fast food in Nepal
Fastfood restaurant in Eastern Europe: The Pajdaš (in Prekmurje Slovene Buddy), Murska Sobota Slovenia.
Fastfood in Ilorin, Kwara
Many types of sushi ready to eat
Lamb shish kebab, Pleasanton, California, 2008-050-6. *Photograph made by Michael C. Berch User:MCB on 2008-05-06 and released under free license CC-BY 3.0.
