Fast food is the term given to many foods that can be prepared and served quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, such as TV dinners, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store which is rapidly prepared and served to the customer in a packaged form for take out/take away.Outlets may be stands or kiosks, which may provide no shelter or seating, or fast food restaurants (also known as quick service restaurants). Franchise operations which are part of restaurant chains have standardized foodstuffs shipped to each restaurant from central locations.The capital requirements to start a fast-food restaurant are relatively small, particularly in areas with non-existent or poorly enforced health codes. Small, individually-owned fast-food restaurants have become common throughout the world. Fast food restaurants with higher sit-in ratios, where customers can sit and have their orders brought to them, are known as fast casual restaurants.

Being fat has long been seen as a personal problem, fixed only by struggling against the proliferation of fast food restaurants, unlucky genes, and a sedentary life. But could something in the environment also be making Americans fat in epidemic numbers?

Americans are spending more of their hard earned dollars on breakfasts at fast food restaurants. The problems with this trend are obvious. Fast food breakfasts are loaded with fat & salt, and they are packaged in paper & plastic that is used once, then tossed as soon as possible. Here are 10 ways to make breakfasts quick, healthy and green.

Being fat has long been seen as a personal problem, fixed only by struggling against the proliferation of fast food restaurants, unlucky genes, and a sedentary life.But could something in the environment also be making Americans fat in epidemic numbers?

Americans gorge on fast food. Be it greasy burgers, tacos, fried chicken, baked potatoes, sandwiches or pizzas. Fast food is so popular in the U.S. that there are more than 300,000 fast food restaurants in the U.S. Fast food has become a part of the busy American lifestyle because it is convenient, tasty and time-saving.

As more Americans seek out products with green credentials, more quick and casual restaurants are ready to serve them. Eating green no longer means just ordering from a vegetarian menu. In fact, it doesn't even have to mean eating healthy.