Topic > The Fast Food Problem - 718

Now, when you go to a fast food restaurant, nutritional guidance for menu items is readily available in-store and online. While the fact remains that calorie counts are very specific to individual items and that sauce packages will still only list 3/4 of the calories in the package, the information is there and it is up to the consumer to make use of it. . Additionally, many schools require a minimum health course that will at a minimum cover the topic of healthy eating and will inevitably discuss the dietary horrors of fast food. Health education is becoming more and more important and the fast food diet is the first taboo. The course of the food industry and its consumption have changed over the past decade, which makes Zinczenko's book Don't Blame the Eater now obsolete, and many of the concerns expressed in his essay are no longer an issue to the same degree in which it was published. Information about food is now readily available and current food expenditure, from cheap groceries to fast food, is negligible. Companies can no longer be accused of an unhealthy diet