In many countries, traditional foods are being replaced by international fast foods. This is having a negative effect on both families and societies.

IELTS Task 2: In many countries, traditional foods are being replaced by international fast foods. This is having a negative effect on both families and societies.

Nowadays, fast food becomes more and more popular as it is not only convenient but also time-saving. The fast pace of city life and the irregular working hours make this phenomenon more pervasive. In my opinion, fast food will become a serious threat to traditional culinary, which will arise several issues that need people take serious consideration.

Fast food has already caused health problems in some countries.  Fast food usually serve with highly amount of salt, fat and sugar as well as little vitamin and protein, which is an unhealthy match for daily life. People choose fast food as their daily food have higher chance gain obesity as well as other diseases. This will require the government to spend more money on the national medical system, which will lead to a budget cut on other aspects, education, technology, etc. Eventually, a food change will become an obstacle of the economy.

Moreover, fast food has also changed our lifestyle, especially our eating habits. Traditional food brings us diversity in not only food choice but also the way it’s cooked. Fast food, on the other hand, bring less choice. Normally, they only serve pizza, hamburgers, and fries. People who get used to cook or eat fast food are hardly going back to traditional food as complexity. As a result, traditional food will gradually disappear as well as those sophisticated recipes.

What’s more, fast food also has a huge impact on family relationships. Traditionally, people get together on weekends and holidays for family dinner, which is a great chance to get to know each other better. If people go out for fast food more, the less they eat at home with their family. The less and less traditional family dinner, which is replaced by fast food, leads people to become more and more separate from their family.

As a result, I agree with the prevailing of fast food leads to a serious problem in our society. Fast food not only threats our health but also negatively impact our traditional food culture and family relationship.