Fast food is the term given to many items 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.

Fast Food Calories - A very hot topic. To make life easier Weight1Minute™ has a list of all the fast food establishments with the nutritional content of each item. I love it, and so will you. It's like one stop shopping. , you can log all your food items in one place with Weight1Minute™.

It's an unfortunately reality that sometimes fast food is the only option. Just because you're eating at McDonald's does not mean you need to suddenly say, "everything here is 1 billion calories, I might as well get the Big Mac and extra large fries and a large McFlurry."

The What Would Jesus Buy? project is the brainchild of Morgan Spurlock, the same guy who in a less spiritual frame of mind, lost the junk food battle of the bulge against McDonald's with his Academy Award nominated high calorie investigative doc, Super Size Me.

Don't expect to see the calorie count for Burger King's Double Whopper with cheese on the menu anytime soon. Burger King, McDonald's and Wendy's are among the chains planning to defy New York City's new rule that they begin posting calories on menus.

Really cool site for women (I guess men could check it out too) for tips and tricks on eating better, but in a way that still let's you eat the kinds of things that you like. Tells you how horrible McDonalds food is and how you can still eat stuff you love with less calories and fat! Check it out ladies!