Impact of Fast Food on Obesity Among Tertiary Students: A Critical Study

MBA RESEARCH PROJECT PROPOSAL

Contents
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH..................................................................................2
2. Literature Review..................................................................................................................3
Fast food types and nutritional value........................................................................................3
Image – Fast food nutritional facts............................................................................................4
Obesity and the various diseases related to it............................................................................4
Does obesity and fast food have any relation?..........................................................................5
Image – Number of people obese in Australia in ages..............................................................5
(Source – Apovian et al. 2013)..................................................................................................5
4 Image – Increasing amount of fast-food consumption in Australia......................................6
Theories related to the problem of obesity................................................................................6
Effects of obesity on the life of the tertiary students.................................................................7
Recommendations for the overcoming the obesity related issues.............................................8
3. Methodology 9
Research Design........................................................................................................................9
Research Method.......................................................................................................................9
Sampling Design.......................................................................................................................9
Sampling Size Calculation........................................................................................................9
Data Analysis............................................................................................................................9
Study Limitations......................................................................................................................9

Study Impact...........................................................................................................................10
Project Management Arrangements........................................................................................10
References...............................................................................................................................10
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH
Obesity is one of the major concerns of the modern time as all the people including the
students lead a very sedentary lifestyle in the time when outdoor games and peer pressure have
occupied a major portion in the part and parcel of the whole span. The research here is signifying
the effect of obesity of the life of the people involved in the sedentary lifestyle and also to the
fact that the effect of fast food on the life of the students who are there in the post school
department (Patel et al. 2018). The significance of the research is therefore many and contributes
to overall health of tertiary students.
2. Literature Review
Fast food types and nutritional value

Robertson and Williams, (2009) states that fast food is nothing but the junk food that is available
in the market which are made of all the unwanted and calorie content and bad for the health
substances that can affect the health of the people, especially of the modern world in a matter of
ways. The fast-food industry is booming at a rapid pace due to the vast popularity of the fast or
junk food among the youths of the nation and on the global sphere resulting in a number of
diseases including obesity at a preliminary stage of life (Robertson & Williams, 2009). The fast
food is a non-nutrient rich food item variation that contain more amount of calorie and sugar
content which is gross for the health. The content of fast food is either rich in fat or fatty acids
and cholesterol which is bad for the health in the longer span of time.
Though the taste of fast food is well which attracts a large number of people especially from the
youth genre, the overall analysis of the fast food in terms of nutritional value can be done which
reveals that the fast-food content is not needed by the health in any matter. Kurdaningsih,
Sudargo and Lusmilasari, (2017) states that the percentage of nutrition in fast is negligible and is
only full of calories and other bad materials.