Safety of Fast Food Restaurants to Children

Fast food restaurants have gained much traction in the hospitality industry over the years. They are depicted as a quick and reliable meal services. However, they pose risks to health and safety. In this regard, this outline presents a pre-amble of aspects that make fast food restaurants unsafe for children from both a social and a governance perspective.

1. Health Concerns
2. Food safety
3. Fast foods are cooked in haste. The possibility of consuming undercooked food is a major concern for children who are yet to have fully developed digestive systems.
4. Children are highly sensitive, especially with food. In this regard, children stand a higher chance of succumbing to contaminated food than adults.
5. The haste in which fast food is prepared presents a major challenge to the maintenance of food hygiene.
6. Obesity

The American Society is currently grappling with a major health concern; this is the obesity             menace that is becoming evident in not only adults but also children.

1. The continuous consumption of foods full of cholesterol and other bad fats heighten the      likelihood of a child turning out to be obese.
2. The health crisis can be solved by:

• Early life diagnosis of diabetes and heart-related complications
• A legal framework that imposes upon fast food restaurants to offer healthy                      foods especially to children is plausible.

1. Ethical Concerns

1. Fast food restaurants present major ethical issues, especially when dealing with children.

1. Fast food restaurant raises high level of awareness through advertising on media sources. In the end, the children pick up an interest in products that are potentially harmful to their health.
2. The issue of safety regulations in the immediate environment within the fast foods arises. The fact that there is the movement of hot drinks such as coffee, and the presence of cutlery presents a potentially hazardous situation for children.

III. Rebuttal

Parents have busy schedules and they hardly have time to feed and maintain their families.

1. Merits of fast food restaurants

1. Provide adequate family time that would otherwise be consumed preparing home-based food.
2. Cost effective
3. Save time and energy.
4. Conclusion

In retrospect, while fast food restaurants present reliable and quick options for a many Americans, the facilities pose several issues including grave safety and health concerns for children. The issues and risks include:

1. Health concerns related to the preparation of the food to the health aspect related to lifestyle diseases such as obesity and diabetes.
2. The ethical aspect of advertising potentially harmful products to children and the environmental friendliness of the restaurants to the children also emerge.