The consumption of fast food in France is increasing day by day and the consumer group is young.

in LifeStyle3 years ago

According to a report by the National Agency for Food, Environment and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), fast food consumption in France has been growing over the past decade. The agency is calling for the problem to be addressed by restricting fast food from entering schools or company cafeterias.

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In 2005, more than a third of adults and students said they never ate fast food. Ten years later, that percentage had dropped to one in ten. Meanwhile, occasional (1-3 times a month) and frequent (at least 4 meals a month) fast food eaters became the majority, with the percentage rising from 28% to 55%.

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These numbers come from a study on out-of-home dining released by the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) in December 2020, which was released on Thursday.

Adults, students and children are visiting fast food restaurants more frequently

The study not only mentions fast food, but also "raises the alarm about the declining nutritional quality of fast food, which is nonetheless being consumed more and more frequently by the French."

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Although eating fast food has not become the norm, "the number of adults, children and teens eating fast food at least once a week doubled from 2006 to 2014, meaning that these groups will also play a huge role in the "fast food" business. "

If the majority of French people frequent fast food restaurants, the image of the French as fast food lovers will likely be established. According to ANSES, these people are usually male, between 18 and 44 years old, live in large cities with a population of more than 100,000, and have an education level equal to or higher than BAC+4.

Unbalanced diet

The agency also said that among adolescents, fast food "seems to be a direct competitor to school cafeterias, even if their meals are of better quality from a nutritional point of view".

ANSES makes a clear comparison between the nutritional quality of group meals (school or company cafeterias, etc.) and fast food. Fast food is usually higher in fat, higher in saturated fatty acids, higher in carbohydrates, and more sugar and salt.

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"Going to group cafeterias (school and corporate dining halls) seems to be more in line with current dietary recommendations than going to other types of non-family meals," ANSES concluded. Therefore, the agency recommends facilitating cafeteria access for as many people as possible.

Fast food is not the only problem

Despite this worrying trend, ANSES notes that "80 percent of an individual's nutritional intake comes from the family diet." Therefore, fast food is far from being solely responsible for the quality of the French diet.

Moreover, the study's data, from 2015, does not take into account changes in French behavior over the past five years. For example, since March 2020, the epidemic has led to the closure of restaurants and the French habit of eating out has changed with it.

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