Understanding the Global Issue of Fast Food as a Common Good

Running Head: ASSESSMENT 3
ASSESSMENT 3

2ASSESSMENT 3
Understanding the global issue of fast food as a common good
The global issue discussed in the Assessment 2 was the global fast food market as a
common good affecting the younger generation. The growth of fast food as a common good has
been enormous over the last few years which have posed as a global issue since it brings many
adverse effects over health. There are local fast food chains and international fast food brands
those who has enormous stature and wealth, as a result, it is nearly impossible to ban these
brands such as Mc Donald's, Wendy's, KFC, etc (Finke and Huston, 2017). However, the effects
of these fast foods are having a very negative impact on the health of the consumers. Mainly the
younger generation is mostly attracted to these fast foods and it is evident why the majority of
them are suffering from obesity, heart problems as well as diabetes. Researchers have found out
that the majority of the fast food products have very low or no nutritive values and has got high
quality of fat or sugar (Mann and Truswell, 2017). In today’s world chronic diseases have
become the main cause of death around the world. As a result, it can be easily guessed that the
quality of fast food and eating habits are slowly pushing them towards the illness. It’s is high
time now to understand the consequences of these fast foods in our diet and take proper
precautions in order to save the next generation from the tyranny of fast food organizations. In
order to achieve the common good of the people, it is very important either to eliminate the
consumption of fast food from the diet or the fast food companies need to add nutritive values to
the foods so that the consumers of the food can at least get some nutrients from them. This will
also help to maintain the dignity of human beings by providing them food that will actually help
them rather than harm.

3ASSESSMENT 3
Ways to address the challenges
Just like any other service industry fast food industry also depends on the needs and
demands of the customers. So in recent times, customers have understood the importance of
taking care of their health and what are the negative effects these fast food industries are causing
them. Fast food restaurants are one of the leading business trends of the 21st century and the
department of commerce and accounting have a huge role to play in addressing the
aforementioned challenges (Lee and Slocum, 2015). It is the job of the accounts department of
these fast food organizations to make plans and sell the products in such a way that they can
bring down the adverse effects of these foods. Some of the significant changes that are
immediately needed in order to change the scenario of the fast food industry are mentioned in the
following points:
Choosing healthy fare: The conventional fast food restaurants generally do not offer any
food that has got high nutritive values, instead, it can be seen the majority of their products
contain huge amounts of sugar and fat. As the younger generation has realized that eating too
much of these fast foods are resulting in making them obese and resulting in various cardio-
vascular problems at a very young age they are choosing for healthier options. One such fast-
food brand Subway has gained its reputation for serving customers with healthy and fresh foods
(Whitney and Rolfes, 2018). Whereas fast food joints such as Mc Donald’s and Burger King has
got their reputation for serving food that is very high in fat contents. However, in the current
days, even these fast food restaurants are trying to include healthier options in their menus such
as adding different types of salads and baked products instead of their regular burgers (Willett,
2017). The people belonging to commence background should be taking initiatives in order to
curb down the about of fats and sugar from their meals and instead of providing them with
options such as oatmeal, salads and fresh fruit juices in case of aerated beverages.
Pressure of the government: It's not the common people who are pushing these fast food
industries but the government needs to act on it. The government should mention the fast food
restaurants to plan their menu in such a way that they should have choices of healthier food
options. In the present days if we see the menu of some of the famous fast food chains then it is
very prominent that the number of fried items or items that have huge amounts of sugar is more
in number as compared to salads or other fresh items. Finke and Huston (2003) opined that it