fast food means "fast food" in English. It is a type of food, usually snacks, for people who they don't have a lot of time to eat their meals., and choose food fast foodBecause they are prepared and served quickly.
fast food or ready-to-eat food is the name given to the consumption of meals that can be prepared and served within a short period of time.
Some examples of foods from fast food are sandwiches, pizzas, fries, pastries and so on. The foods fast food are considered highly caloric, for the most part.
A way of fast food it is also the food served in the streets (hot dogs, for example), by street vendors. This is a very old practice and is present in practically every region of the modern world.
You fast food street are called food truck or fast truck (“food truck”, in the free translation into Portuguese).
Many people are against the restaurants of fast food, because most of the foods sold are unhealthy.
However, over the years, franchises have created a more balanced menu, with diversified and caloric foods. However, even so, they continue to have a lot of opposition.
In 2004, the US documentary was released Super Size Me (titled in Brazil as "The Clown Diet"), in which Morgan Spurlock (author, director and producer) decides to have all his meals for 30 days at McDonald's, one of the largest chains in fast food in the world.
The documentary reveals the disastrous effects that excessive consumption of fast food can have for health.
deductibles from fast food
Often, each country has its own fast-food chains, but there are some that are present all over the world, such as McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, Subway, Pizza Hut and others.
In Brazil, there are some successful examples, such as Bob's, Habib's, Giraffa's and others.
See also the meaning of Drive Thru.