Effect of Fast Food on Children's Health

The growth rate is high during childhood and spreads dramatically in adolescence due to hormonal activity. The growth rate is completed as the teenager becomes an adult. For proper growth and development of the body nutritional needs are more during childhood and

Adolescence.

Food provides us with different nutrients that are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, minerals and vitamins. These nutrients are essential to keep us healthy and active. Health depends to a large extent on nutrition and nutrition depends on the food intake. So nutritious food is the most important factor for health and fitness.

However fast food is more appealing to children because of the taste, appearance, comparative lower price, its convenience and tempting advertisement by mass media. Increased use of fast food is concerned with the increase in lifestyle disorders in early age.