Speech Outline

Do you believe Fast Foods should come with warning labels?

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General goal​​:
To persuade

Specific goal​​:
To convince my audience on why should fast food come with warning labels.

Introduction​​:

Attention Getter​​:
Let me start off with a video. [Speaker plays a video] Even though this was a parody video
which I extracted from Youtube with the title “If Fast Food Commercials were honest”, this is
actually quite relatable to the present situation in growth of Fast Food restaurants. There are
probably more than hundred fast food restaurants only in the Jamuna Future Park food court,
but how many of them do you think is serving healthy food.

Listener Relevance Link​​:

Who don’t wanna live healthy. All of us does, right? Say you are having back to back classes,
you don’t have the time to sit down in the canteen and have a decent lunch, what you do is you
grab a burger or a pizza, and eat on the go. But how often do you put a thought on with
nutritious content?

Speaker Credibility​​:
Few semesters back I have had faced the same problem. I had classes straight from 11.20 to
4.10 and had to grab a pack of wedge or sub on the go. After a month or two I started to notice
weight gains and health complications like weakness and Insomnia. So, I went to see a
nutritionist and came to know they were the effects of unhealthy diet. And this is what happens
when you don’t know what’s in your food.

Thesis Statement​​:
So, for the next few minutes we will see why fast food retailers should put detailed information
and warning labels about what goes into their products, like ingredients and food sources, and
its possible effects on the health of consumers.
Body​​:

I. Food labeling is a key step to people making informed decisions on what they’re eating.
As a result of not knowing what’s inside our food, and the health consequences,
we tend to ignore health complications that might be the result of our unhealthy
diet​​.

A. While an occasional night of fast food won’t hurt, a habit of having fast food could
be having adverse effects on your health. There are certain health risks
associated with unlabeled fast foods.

1. Effects on the respiratory system

Excess calories from fast-food meals can cause weight gain. This may
lead toward obesity.
Obesity increases your risk for respiratory problems, including asthma
and shortness of breath.
For children, the risk of respiratory problems is especially clear. One
study found that children who eat fast food at least three times a week are
more likely to develop asthma.

2. Effects on the central nervous system

Fast food may satisfy hunger in the short term, but long-term results are
less positive. People who eat fast food and processed pastries are 51
percent more likely to develop depression than people who don’t eat
those foods or eat very few of them.

B. Now that you know some of the health risks associated with fast food, let’s now
look into some of the “scary-sounding” ingredients contained in the foods you're
eating, which you’re totally unaware off.

1. Propylene glycol is a synthetic substance that absorbs water, and is often

used as a commercial lubricant and is a key component in antifreeze. It's
also used in fast food as a solvent to make spice concentrates, as well as
food coloring and flavouring.

2. Ammonium Sulfate, typically used as a commercial fertilizer, ammonium

sulfate is also found in fast food bread products such as hamburger buns,
used as a "dough enhancer," which feeds yeast that causes bread to rise
and results in a more consistent bread.

3. Vanaspati oil, which is commonly used to fry the samosas or other snacks
by the shop owners, deprives the cells of oxygen causing respiratory
distress eventually leading to cancer.
[Transition]​​ Now that we have looked into the health impacts and some of the potentially
hazardous ingredients which you might have never known before, let's look what some of the
health organisations have to say about this.

II. No company would sabotage themselves like that unless such a law is passed requiring
so. People deserve to know what’s in their food. As a result, ​various International
Health Organisations have agreed upon the implementation of labeling fast foods.

A. At the World Health Organization’s 67th World Health Assembly, the case was
made that junk food is even more damaging to public health today than tobacco,
and that warning labels should be posted accordingly on the implicated foods.

1. Studies show the more people who eat fast food are 51% more likely to
develop depression, to those who eat little to no fast food.

2. Researches at Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Ontario,

Canada found that regions with high concentration of fast food are 2.62%
more likely to have high levels of hospitalisation of coronary patients.

B. According to some, it sharpens the awareness of the public and lets them know
how unhealthy the food really is and makes them think before they eat. This
would make people healthier overall.

1. According to Australian Health food advocate Aaron Shultz, we’re

heading down the wrong path at a rapid rate. He adds food labeling is a
key step to people making informed decisions on what they’re eating .

Conclusion​​:
Restatement of Thesis​​:
So, I believe most of you now understand why fast food retailers should put detailed information
about what goes into their products, like ingredients and food sources, and its possible effects
on the health of consumers.

Main point Review​​:

Look, people has ignored, is ignoring and will ignore the labels. But we cannot change the fact
that due to the lack of information on what goes into our food, we are bringing hazardous
consequences on our health, and the health officials are in favor of bringing the implementation
of putting warning labels on the fast foods.

Clincher​​: Being healthy is not just about what you eat being healthy is about how you treat your
body, meaning what you put into it and the type of things you put. As Benjamin Franklin said
“​Few die of hunger, many die to eating​​”, so keeping that in mind we deserve to know what we
are putting in our body.
References​​:
1. ​https://www.healthline.com/health/fast-food-effects-on-body
2.​https://www.foodnetwork.ca/healthy-eating/photos/scary-ingredients-lurking-in-fast-food/#!foods-
lurking-submarine-sandwich
3. ​https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2013/05/should-fried-food-come-with-a-warning/
4. ​http://time.com/106115/food-that-needs-a-warning-label-isnt-actually-food/
5. ​https://www.thefix.com/content/should-fast-food-come-warning-label