Why do people eat fast food?

Fast food means foods that are prepared quickly and can be eaten really fast. People buy fast food because it’s cheap, quick, and delicious. There are a lot of varieties of fast food that people can choose from. For example, hamburgers/cheeseburgers, fries, pizza, hot dog, fry chicken, tacos, and etc. Also people choose to eat fast food because they are too lazy to cook for themselves. Eating fast food is fast and easy, people don’t even have to do the dishes no more. Americans today are always in a hurry and on the go; they don’t have the time to sit down and relax to eat no more. People choose to eat fast food because you can eat fast food anywhere you go to. For example, on the train, in a car, while you’re walking, even in meetings, restaurants and etc. Also there are a lot of different fast food restaurants around us everyday. Such as McDonalds, Wendys, Burger King, KFC, Taco Bell, Dominoe's and etc.

In a poll of Americans who were asked the top 5 reasons why people eat so much junk food:
73% said convenience
44% said it's what people like to eat
37% said it's because of heavy advertising
24% said it's more affordable
14% said it's because people don't know which foods are healthy

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