Fast food and college students

             In recent years the consumer attitudes in college students towards eating meals at fast food restaurants have changed. College students are less likely to eat at such establishments than they were in high school. The question is, why such a change in behavior? What has happened to initiate such a dramatic cut back in fast food consumption?
             Through recent questioning, we were able to determine that while high school students are likely to eat at fast food establishments in upwards to five times a week, college students are more apt to indulge once to two times weekly. These students do not have a preference as to which establishment they indulge at but a few mentioned included the biggest chains of McDonalds, Burger King, Arbys, and Wendys. Most are not picky but will choose whatever is around at the time they are hungry.
             College students today feel that eating healthy and staying in shape is an important aspect of life. College students are also more involved in daily exercise than they were in high school. Today's students do some sort of physical activity daily, from walking to weight lifting, they are concerned about their image and how others perceive them. They are overly concerned about becoming obese and many of these students believe that by staying healthy one does not eat at fast food establishments. A recent documentary, Super size It, supports these students thoughts by showing the health risks of gorging at a popular fast food restaurant chain.
             While they do not believe that fast food establishments are to blame for America's obesity problems, they do believe that they play some role. By making it convenient and fast to fulfill ones stomach, today there are over 500,000 fast food establishments through out the world. They can be found almost anywhere including in 13 percent of the nation's schools (Murphy). They believe that more people are apt to run out for fast food than to take the time to make an ...

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