Primary Worksheets: Fast Food
What are your favourite foods? Fast food are from
restaurants that are for take-out and to eat
elsewhere quickly. Usually the food is preheated or
has precooked chemicals added to it.
There are many different kinds of fast food restaurants
that are across the world. The most popular,
McDonalds, has over 38000 restaurants and
continues to grow. When a lot of fast food is eaten, it
can cause many health problems.
Primary Worksheets: Fast Food
The fast food market is worth over 600 billion dollars in
the world. McDonalds serves over 40 million
customers everyday, making them the largest
purchaser of beef, pork and potatoes!
Fast food is often highly processed and produced in
massive amounts to lower costs. There are many
concerns as fast food is causing many weight gain
problems across the world.
But how bad can fast food be?
Primary Worksheets: Fast Food
A 2004 film called Super Size Me followed a man
named Morgan Spurlock, who only ate McDonalds’
food for 30 days.
The purpose of the film was to show the effects of
eating too much fast food. Spurlock ate McDonalds
three times every day. If he was asked to make his
meal a large, he must take it.
During his challenge, he developed many health
problems. He had heart problems along with
headaches. He had mood swings and gained over
10kg in a month. It took him 14 months to get back to
normal.
Primary Worksheets: Fast Food
Having fast food is unhealthy if eaten in large
amounts. Depending on what the food is, it can
actually be healthy!
A man named Jared Fogle gained a lot of attention
after losing 111kg from only eating Subway
sandiwches.
Fast food is cheap and quick, but we should make
the effort to cook our own foods so we know what is
in them. Cooking at home can actually be cheaper
and also healthier!
Watch what you eat!
Primary Worksheets: Fast Food
Answer the questions.
What is fast food?
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Why is fast food bad?
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Why do many people buy fast food?
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Primary Worksheets: Fast Food
Answer the questions.
Write about a fast food you like.
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What should we do instead of eating fast food?
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