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Article: Why Fast Food?; Poll Shows Convenience Is What Counts
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 27, 1990
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What's the biggest reason Americans eat at fast-food
restaurants? It's fast, said 44 percent of those surveyed. Only 6
percent said it was because they liked the food.
It's fast, but is it good for us? A majority (54 percent) said
that fast food isn't particularly healthful. Even half of those who
said they eat fast food at least once a day said fast food isn't good
for them.
Acknowledging that, how often do people eat fast food? About
half (48 percent) of those interviewed said they eat at a fast-food
restaurant at least once a week-and only 8 percent said they've never
eaten at a fast-food restaurant.