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Fast food is commonly blamed for the obesity epidemic in the United States today. 60% of Americans today are either overweight or obese. With obesity especially being seen among children, places like McDonald's and other fast food restaurants take majority of the blame. 34% of children and adolescents consume fast food on any given day, while 80% of children claim that McDonald's is there favorite place to eat at. The number of children and adolescents as well as adults eating out everyday is only seen to progress and rise. Research concludes that children and adolescents ranging from 12 to 19 years old consume twice as many calories from fast food restaurants than children ranging from 2 to 11 years old.

The FDA found that trans fats raises the amount of cholesterol in blood, which raises the chance of developing heart disease which is known as one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. In a recent study, it was found that 11 out of 25 restaurants failed after tests on the use of antibiotics as well. Antibiotic-resistant infections affect at least 2 million Americans each year, which will leave at least 23,000 of those people to die.

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Many companies also adapt to their different local areas to support the needs of the customers. Sometimes it is necessary for a franchisee to modify the way the restaurant/store runs to meet the needs of local customers. As referenced in Bodey's "Localization and Customer Retention for Franchise Service Systems" article, J. L. Bradach claims that a franchise will either use the tactical or strategic local response. Tactical applies to accounting for hiring of personnel and suppliers as well as financial decisions to adapt to to the local customers. Strategic applies to the specific characteristics of the franchise that will change from the basic format followed by all to fit in the local area.

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While it may not be so obvious today, fast food is on its way to healthier foods and menus. Some business have taken off and had success in this market with healthy foods and due to many health concerns and fast food stereotypes, it is emerging as an expected thing. According to Jason Daley, healthful fast food takeoff is explained by the fact that it has "ceased to be a thing-now, it's simply expected."