Questions surrounding the topic:

Q 1: What if fast food leaves you broke?

A 1: The economy has not been great for many of us and may be getting harder. Buying fast food can be the only way to eat. Buying fast food can be costly. In Tom Philpott article, “Is Cooking Really Cheaper Than Fast Food?” he states,  “the typical burgers-and-fries dinner for a family of four at McDonald's costs about $28, while a home-cooked chicken-and-potatoes meal for four would run you just $14.” That just shows how much money is being spent when a family can stop by the grocery store and buy groceries to make food.

Q 2: What is healthier for your family to consume, a fast food meal or a slow cooked meal?

A 2: Though cooking is healthier for land and bodies, marketing, habit, social pressures and the false belief that it’s expensive, have all but killed it. This shows that cooking is healthier for your family. In the long run your family will be facing less health risks. It is faster to go to a restaurant, but the health risk that your family faces is unknown till the future.  

 

Q 3: What does the Slow Food Movement offer?

A 3: It was little that was known to our group what the slow movement is and here is a little preview about it. Last week Slow Food USA Executive Director Richard McCarthy sent a letter to Congressional leaders asking them to conserve programs that help the most vulnerable with nutrition assistance and supports sustainable farming and family farmers. This is a way that they are helping our families. People are surrounded by to many fast food restaurants that they rather just eat out. If our country is fighting to get everyone fit, they should fight to get programs out there to support them.

 

Q 4: What has happen to the family time in our generation?

A 4:  In the past families would always eat at a certain time and as a family.  Having a home cooked meal can bring positive outcomes in the family. A 2000 survey found that the 9- to 14-year-olds who ate dinner with their families most frequently ate more fruits and vegetables and less soda and fried foods. As a family people are encourage to eat more healthy foods rather than eating greasy foods. Bringing a family together for dinner encourages them to have a better communication, letting them say what they rather eat.

 SOURCES:

http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2011/10/cooking-really-cheaper-junk-food-mark-bittman

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/shared-meals-shared-knowledge/

http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/slow_food/blog_post/sfusa_sends_letter_to_congress_urging_support_for_sustainable_farming_/

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/25/living/family-dinner-h