When you have no time to cook your own food, what do you do? The answer is obvious, of course. You go out to your local fast food outlet (in deference to your kids preferences), you go out to the food strip at the mall, or you order take out. It is convenient and you can eat your fill at these joints. Whats not so obvious, however, is what such a practice is doing to you and your childrens health.
Healthy eating habits are crucial to achieving a healthy mind and body. Healthy eating habits refer to eating meals regularly, eating well-balanced meals, and eating only whats necessary. Healthy eating habits do not involve eating burgers and fries for lunch.
The Fast Food Culture
Unfortunately, some people do think that it is healthy to have burgers and fries for lunch. Advertising spiels have a lot to answer for this. In a world filled with fast food and restaurants, it is but natural that the companies serving up this food have to undermine peoples preference for home-cooked meals or they will become redundant and not make any profit.
As such, big food corporations put millions of dollars into TV commercials that assert in not so many words that a meal...