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Most students at Bowling Green State University say they want to eat a diet full of variety and nutrition, but eating healthy food seems to be easier said than done.
Fast-food restaurants are popular choices for students because of their inexpensive food, convenient locations and fast services. Instead of thinking about what is healthy, students usually make decisions based on impulse. That impulse is what leads many of them towards fast food restaurants.
Even though fast food restaurants provide some healthier choices, many customers choose burgers and fries instead, according to an article in The News-Herald .
Many students find it difficult to eat healthy both on and off campus because there is everything from McDonalds to Dunkin Donuts.
“Eating healthy is not always convenient when I am busy with school work,” said geography major Adam Couture, 24, from Fort Wayne, Ind. “There is no time to organize a decent meal.”
Between classes, homework and exams students said they are struggling to find the time and place to eat a healthy meal.
“Everyone is in a crunch and grabs the fastest items available,” said sports management major Zane Langdon, 19, from Akron, Ohio.
Some students eat fast food one to three times a week, while some said they don’t eat fast food at all. Fast food can be an easy fix since it seems to be less expensive, according to an article in The News-Herald. Many students said fast food is cheaper than making a healthy home cooked meal. A few said that it was just the opposite.
Most students considered almost all of fast food restaurants to be unhealthy. Students selected Subway, Pita Pit and Chipotle as the only relatively healthy fast food places around.
A few students said that there are no solutions for fast food menus to become healthier; on the other hand, most students said there was. “It would help if the calories were written on the menu,” said graphic design major Kallie Stuckey, 20, from Fremont, Ind. Other students suggested more high quality food, organic ingredients and better food preparations.
Some students said that there are so many fast food restaurants close to campus that are easily available to them. This becomes a problem when students are in a hurry to grab something to eat because for most of them fast food is the answer.
“Fast food restaurants are convenient money-wise. It just fits,” said psychology major Angel Williams, 20, from Detroit, Mich.
Most students don’t see fast food restaurants as being a negative aspect of college life. They see fast food as a more positive and convenient part of campus.
“The town is built on food, and college and food go hand in hand,” said special education major Alayna Webb, 19, from Ashland, Ohio.
I can agree that fast food is a lot easier to get a hold of than healthy food. I know from experience that eating healthy on a small budget isn’t easy. I think even if fast food put the amount of calories in foods on their menu most people would still order their favorite versus the most healthy.
Yeah that is probably true. I think it is harder to try to start eating healthier after you have been eating fast food, for whatever reason – like cost or convenience.
To eat healthy does really go so much easier on saying than on practice and I am the living example for that. I am always determined to get something healthy, but as soon as see the next fast food place, I found myself already in there buying the next unhealthy meal and that is so frequent, that sometimes I just do not pay attention in it. It is just so much easier to get something from Tacco Bell( my favourite spot) or Macdonalds. But I do try to keep on check the calories intake, so Im sure if the calories of every meal were written down, it would be so much easier to stay away of bad choices.
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Fast Food chains are the culinary paradise for the students not only due to the delicious burgers and fries but also due the low costs of the food there. Helathy menus are being surpassed as if they do not exist.
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