Food Abbreviations

What is Fast Food?

Fast food means “fast food” in English. It is a type of food, usually snacks, for people who do not have much time to make their meals, and who choose fast-food foods, as they are prepared and served quickly.

Fast food or ready-to-eat food is the name given to the consumption of meals that can be prepared and served in a short period of time.

Some examples of fast food foods are sandwiches, pizzas, fries, pastries, etc. Fast-food foods are considered high in calories, for the most part.

A form of fast food is also food served on the streets (hot dogs, for example) by street vendors. This is a very old practice and is present in practically every region of the modern world.

Street fast-foods are called food-truck or fast-truck (“food truck”, in free translation into Portuguese).

Many people are against fast food restaurants because much of the food sold is unhealthy.

However, over the years, franchises have created a more balanced menu, with diversified and caloric foods. However, even so, they continue to have a lot of opposition.

In 2004, the American documentary Super Size Me was released (titled in Brazil as “The Clown’s Diet”), in which Morgan Spurlock (author, director and producer) decides to have all his meals for 30 days at McDonald’s, one of the biggest fast food chains in the world.

The documentary reveals the disastrous effects that excessive consumption of fast food can have on health.

Fast food franchises

Often, each country has its own fast-food chains, but there are some that are present all over the world, such as McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, Subway, Pizza Hut and others.

In Brazil, there are some successful examples, such as Bob’s, Habib’s, Giraffa’s and others.

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