Fast Food Has Become A Prominent Features Of Our Diet

Fast food has become a prominent feature of our diet. The fast food market in the United Kingdom compared to other countries such as India, is not growing that rapidly. In India it was calculated that the food market grows by 41% every year. In the United Kingdom the fast food market has grown by 4.8% in 2006. This means, that fast food purchases are increasing tremendously. The option of takeaway food has caused this increase in figures as it becomes a lot easier for people to purchase food without even leaving their home, thus becomes more attractive to consumers. The fast food market calculated that there had been as high as 80.3 billion transactions (Taylor, Our Life Policy Research, discusses notes on takeaways) Introducing†¦show more content†¦(Mccann, (2013) found that more men takeaway than women) Moreover, another study was conducted using participants from an introductory nutrition course at a university during week five of university in 2004. The study included individuals that were 19 years old and older. The same number of men and women participated in the study thus this was a control variable;113 women and 113 men took part in the study. Participants were given questionnaires concerning food choices. It was found that there were significant differences between the answers of men and women regarding eating at fast food restaurants at breakfast and lunch but not for dinner or snacks. It was found that 83% of men and 95% stated that they would not eat at fast food restaurants for snack and breakfast. Furthermore, it was found that there were significant differences between the responses of men and women when asked about eating at fast food restaurants at lunch at least one time every week. 58% of women and 84% of men stated that they eat fast food at least once a week. (Dr iskell, Meckna, Scales (2006) found that a larger percentage of men ate fast food for lunch at least one a week) A similar study was conducted in the year of 2005 where sex differences were found regarding dieting trends, eating habits and nutrition. It included the completion of a questionnaire by