One in Six Young People Eat Fast Food Twice a Day

Meal without meat is not a meal

As stated by the a survey of the nation’s habits on eating, one out of every six young individuals consume fast food two times a day. It was found by the  Good Food Nation Survey that on an average majority of the people ate fast food for two days out of seven.

However, in the category of people between the ages of 16 to 20 years, 1 in every 6 individual had fast food at least two times in a day and between 21 to 34 years old, one out of eight people consumed the same as often. A test was conducted in which more than five thousand people found that 50 per cent of them were under the apprehension that if a meal does not include meat, then it is not a meal.

Yet, the same amount of people were not aware as of how much meat would be a recommendable daily amount. No more than 70 grams a day which is the same as 2 and a half bacon rashers should be consumed as advised by the Department of Health. But almost 1 in every 4 individual believed that the amount of meat advised was at least two times of it. The study found that 21 per cent of men and 32 per cent of men and women between the ages of 16 to 21 years consumed meat at a minimum 3 times a day.

A characteristic adult currently consumes meat no less than twice a day and as a result has only six days a month without meat consumption. Brand editor of BBC Good food Christine Hayes said that the study portrayed that getting confused about the quantity of meat one can relish while they still consume a balanced healthy diet can be easy. She also comments that the people who eat meat can still prepare a Sunday roast and consume the infrequent steak when composed with some dishes free of meat.

Social media influence

Through the study it was found that 2 out of 5 individuals between the age of 21 and 34 had uploaded a picture of a meal they prepared on social media sites like Instagram. Another person being a third uploaded a photo of a dish they had bought in a restaurant. Nearly one 1 of 3 people would feel motivated to prepare a meal subsequently seeing the picture on social networking sites. Likewise, in that age group around 43 per cent accessed the internet on their smartphones to find recipes and 26 per cent would move step by step a recipe on video through their phones. The same number of people were inclined by YouTube when buying food.

Skipping meals

In the midst of other results of the study in excess of a quarter adults more or less always avoided having breakfast. 1 out of 4 said that they would skip breakfast majority of the time when it was about those between the ages of 21 and 34. The individuals belonging to this group were also the one most prone to avoid their lunch as well.