https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25 Class 2-5 en-us 2018-01-22 12:01:18 UTC 2018-01-30 23:25:41 UTC hello@padlet.com misslimlq https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/223281613 (Disadvantage)

Point: Firstly, one disadvantage of eating fast food is the unhealthy effects it can have on your body.

Evidence: According to scientists, a standard burger has ten grams of sugar, which is the equivalent of three sugar cubes.

Explanation: This shows that fast food items tend to contain high amounts of sugar, which can have damaging effects on the body. Sugar has a lot of calories and little nutritional value. When taken in excess, it can lead to diabetes, weight gain, tooth decay and liver damage.

Link: Hence, fast food can have a negative impact on our health.]]> 2018-01-22 12:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/223281613 https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925058 Point: Firstly, one disadvantage of eating fast food is the unhealthy results it will have on our body.

Evidence: According to the paper Ms Lim gave us, Singapore are spoilt for choices when it comes to dining.More than 70% young adults aged 18-21 eat at fast food restaurants every weekends.

Explanation:From this we can conclude,Singaporean are always choosing unhealthy food over healthy food.If this is continues, half of singapore will be consisted of fast food restaurants everywhere.

Link:Hence Fast food can have a not positive effect on our health.

Credits:https://www.sph.nus.edu.sg/news-events/news/consumers-convenience-and-affordability-food-outweigh-healthfulness-and-hygiene

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Point: Firstly, one disadvantage of eating fast food is the unhealthy effects it can have on your body

Evidence:  Morgan is found to be healthy with no medical concerns. By the end of the 30 days, eating fast food Morgan's health reached life threatening status.

Explanation: From this, we can conclude, that eating fast food (one macdonald meal) can contain more than 1500 calories and give diabetes. It can make you feel slugish can cause you to gain more weight as well. Other long term effects include overloading your liver, contributing to tooth decay and insulin resistance as well as type 2 diabetes.

Link: In conclusion, a small meal of fast food can easily cause a huge impact to your health.



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point:Firstly, an advantage of eating fast food is that it is convenient.

Evidence: An example would be, the vending machines placed all around Singapore that provide meals. According to cheers general manager Victor Cheong, lifestyles of students and busy professionals have less time for cooking and find convenience in obtaining precooked products.

Explanation: Eating fast food, such as from vending machines, is less time consuming compared to cooking at home.These quick meals help to satisfy customers hunger pangs quickly. This convenience will allow people to have more time to focus on their professions, studies and other forms of work.

Link: Hence, fast food makes peoples lives easier as it is more convenient and less time consuming.]]> 2018-01-26 03:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925380 https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925415 (Disadvantage)

 Point: One disadvantage of eating fast foods is that it is unhealthy.

Evidence: Fast foods tends to be more calorie-dense because of the amount of fat, sugar or salt to make it tastier.

Elaboration (Explanation, Prediction Method) :  This makes fast food unhealthy as consuming fast foods increases your intake of excess fat sugar and salt. This increases the risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity. This contributes to the rising obesity rates among children and adults and it also contributes largely to poor health.

Link: Therefore, consuming fast foods is not beneficial to your health.]]> 2018-01-26 03:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925415 https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925430 (Disadvantage)

Point: Firstly, one disadvantage of eating fast food is that it does not satisfy your hunger for a long period of time.

Evidence: For example, we can eat french fry after french fry and still not feel full. 

Explanation: This happens because even though fast food is high in calories, it provides little nutritional value. Few vitamin and minerals are found in fast food. Because of this, it does not satisfy you the way more natural foods do. So while your stomach may be full, your body is craving for more nutrients that it cannot get from fast food.

Link: Hence, consumption of fast food does not keep you full for a long period of time. :)]]> 2018-01-26 03:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925430 https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925491 (Advantage)
Point: Firstly, one advantage of fast food is that it is convenient and less time-consuming than making a full-fledged meal.

Evidence: Many studies all over the world show that 8 out of 10 people prefer to buy something instant or quick from stores. Also a study done in Singapore shows that a large majority of 70 percent of people out of a 100 percent widely agree that fast food is the way to go because of its convenience and accessibility. A survey done in America also states that many people of all ages prefer fast food as it quickly fulfills their growling stomachs/hunger pangs.

Explanation: Nowadays, complete meals can even be bought in vending machines all around Singapore! People prefer fast foods over cooking their own food as the economy in Singapore is rising and they need to work longer hours. Thus, a faster meal would be ideal for them. Although some of these convenient foods are not so tasty, people are willing to buy them so as to consume less time for eating and more time for working. 

Link: In conclusion, fast food is convenient and less time consuming.]]> 2018-01-26 03:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925491 https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925529 (advantage)

Point :Firstly, one advantage of fast food is that you can get high quality, fast food.

Evidence :Micheal Foo ordered a spaghetti carbonara and he was surprised that it was not full of preservatives. He also felt like he gain something from the meal instead of losingmsomething as the spaghetti carbonara was healthy. Now you can also get foods like seafood hor fun, salted egg yolk pasta and even popiah from a vending machine.

Explanation :Preservatives like salt, vinegar and sugar cause people to have IHD ,diabetes , kidney and liver failure.

Link: Hence,  Fast food is not entirely bad.]]> 2018-01-26 03:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925529 https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925555 (advantage)

Point: Firstly, fast food restaurants are conveniently located around Singapore. 

Evidence: There are 480 fast food restaurants around Singapore. 

Explanation: With 480 outlets located all around Singapore, it shows that the restaurants are conveniently located due to Singapore being a very small country. This allows students and working adults to quickly get their meals settled at one of the fast food chains near where they work or study. It also allows those who are in a rush to quickly and conveniently get their meals in order to get to the place needed. It also saves time as compared to cooking for oneself would take up much more time as the cooking and preparation of the food takes up much more time as to going to a fast food restaurant to get your meal in about ten minutes. 

Link: Therefore, eating at fast food restaurants is convenient. ]]> 2018-01-26 03:09:02 UTC https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925555 https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925587 (Advantage)
Point:
Firstly, one advantage of eating fast food is its convenience of being served directly.

Evidence:
'Many busy parents sees fast food as a solution rather than a problem'.

Explanation:
Therefore, people who are very busy and are running out of time can eat fast food and do not need to waste their time cooking their own food. Busy parents can also feed their children with fast food, which also saves time and the parents have more time doing their work.

Link:
Hence fast food can be very convenient in its own way.]]> 2018-01-26 03:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925587 https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925588 (Disadvantage)

Point: One disadvantage of eating fast food can lead to diseases such as obesity in children.

Evidence: Parents have busy schedules that causes them to have no time to make meals for their kids. Instead, they see fast food as a convenient way to feed their children as it is convenient  and fast.

Explanation: Since fast food is more convenient, more than 70 percent of the people eating at fast food restaurants at least every week are children and young adults due to the parents encouraging their children to eat fast foods. If this continues, children and young adults will gain excessive weight and would lead to health diseases such as hypertension and obesity.

Link: Thus, eating fast foods will cause health issues that can be dangerous.]]> 2018-01-26 03:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925588 https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925597 (Disadvantage)
Point: Firstly, people tend to eat less healthier food when they eat out.

Evidence: People are drawn convenience and affordability rather than the healthfulness and hygiene of food.

Explanation: For the past five years, fast food sales have increased by 13 per cent indicated by the study carried out by Associate Professor Rob van Dam and Dr Salome Rebello, along with NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Health Promotion Board. This is because more than 70 per cent of young adults tend to eat at fast food restaurants. This might be due to the fact that people are getting busier as the years go by. This may result in a rise in the obesity rate in Singapore. 

Link: Hence,this leads to people always choosing unhealthy foods when going out.]]> 2018-01-26 03:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925597 https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925599 ( disadvantage)
Point: One of the many disadvantages of eating fast food is that fast food contains many chemicals that can preserve the food for a long time

Evidence:  According to the worksheet Ms LIm gave us, There is a news video about a man that kept a Macdonalds Burger in his pocket for 14 years
and it looked EXACTLY the same as when he bought it

Explanation : There is a lot of chemicals added when added to the burger when it was being prepared. These chemicals prevent  old from growing on the  burger and keeps it fresh even for a thousand years. Many Singaporeans eat Macdonalds for many of our meals. This will cause many diseases like : Obesity, Diabetes and several heat diseases. Therefore , there will be more fat and overweight people in Singapore

Link : Hence , We shouldnt consume Macdonalds too much]]> 2018-01-26 03:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925599 https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925743 (disadvantage)
Point:  One of the disadvantages of eating fast food is that food consumers eat more unhealthy food with little nutriton value

Evidence: Food from fast food restaurants contain a lot of chemicals that preserve the food for a long time and make food taste delicious. They are also very over-processed thus nutrients used to fight against illnesses may be lost when the food is being processed.

Explanation: Due to the increasing amounts of children and young adults consuming fast food, at this rate, Singapore would have an increase in obesity and health cases. 

Link: Thus, eating fast food can lead to health issues due to the food that is served in fast food restaurants hat have little nutrition va]]> 2018-01-26 03:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224925743 https://padlet.com/misslimlq/peel25/wish/224926098 advantage
Points:On The Go
Evidence:professionals have lesser time for cooking and they find pre-cooked products in local super markets and convenience stores
explanitaion


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Point:Firstly,fast food may be life threatening.

Evidence: People with busy lifestyles tend to eat easily prepared processed food or even instant food.

Explanation: people who continue the unhealthy diet may get themselves in a bad situation.For example, they may be lead to obesity which can cause heart diseases and diabetes.This can cause the death rate in Singapore to increase, thus the population of Singapore will decrease.

Link:Hence,fast food is threatening.

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