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国外论文

Modulecode:

PM504

ModuleTitle:

ResearchProjectModule

Assessmenttitle:

ProjectReport

Assignmenttitle:

NTICstudents’attitudetowardsfastfoodandhowitaffectstheirdailylife.

Tutorial:

Chen-Grigg,Ling

T-Number:

T-2222675

Dateofsubmission:

02/04/2012

Word:

3317

TableofContents

Abstract

1.Introduction...............................................................3

2.Literaturereview............................................4

2.1Positiveeffectoffastfood...................................4

2.2Negativeeffectoffastfood....................................5

2.3Effectivewayoffastfood.....................................6

2.4Aim............................................................7

3.Methodology............................................................7

3.1Questionnaire..........................................................8

3.2Samplingstrategy.....................................................9

3.3Explanation............................................10

3.4Ethicalissues....................................................10

4.Findinganddiscuss......................................................11

5.Conclusionandrecommendation..................................16

Reference.....................................................18

Questionnaire.....................................................20

Abstract:

ThepurposeofthisstudyistoresearchtheattitudeofNTICstudents’attitudeonfastfoodandhowthefastfoodaffectsNTICstudents’dailylife.Thisreportdiscussestheadvantagesanddisadvantagesoffastfoodandhowtheyinfluencestudents’healthorlifebyliteraturereview.Thisresearchgetsinformationaboutfastfoodofstudents’attitudefrominternationalstudentswholearnatNTIC.TheresultofthisresearchisthatfastfoodimpactdailylifeofstudentsatNTIC.Fastfoodmakestudents’lifeconvenienceandeasy.Inaddition,itsavesmoneyandtime.Mostoftheinternationalstudentsdonotknowhowtocook.Sotheychoosefastfoodinsteadoftheirnormalmeals.Fastfoodalsohasplentyofdrawbacksinfluencedstudents’body.

1.Introduction:

Itisknownthat,fastfoodhasappearedinourdailylifeforalongtime.Nowadays,therearesomanyfastfoodcanbefoundintheUK,forinstances,KFC,Mcdonald’s,andsoon.“TheUKisthecountrymostattachedtofastfood,closelyfollowedbytheUnitedStates,asurveyhassuggested”（bbc.co.uk,2008）.AccordingtothesurveyoftheBBC,UKisoneofthecountrywhichmostattachedtofastfood,closelyfollowedbytheUniteStates.AccordingtotheresearchfromBBC.CO.UK（2008）,alargenumberofpeopleintheUKhaveknownthatfastfoodisafactorwhichcanleadtotheraiselevelsofobesity.But,peoplecannotgiveupfastfoodforseveralreasons:

45%ofpeoplelikethetasteoffastfoodtoomuchtogiveitup.Inaddition,44%ofthesepersonswouldbeunabletogiveuptheirburgers,pizzasandchickenwings.

Fastfoodisakindoffoodthatisquick,convenientandnotexpensive.HoweverItisusuallymakewithcheaperelementssuchashighfatmeat,sugarandfats,whichareinsteadofnutritiousfoodssuchasleanmeats,freshfruitsandvegetables.Peoplethinkthefoodsincludehighinsalt,sugar,fatorcaloriesandlownutrientcontent（Harrison,2007）.

Thisresearchaimsatwhetherfastfoodhasbenefitimpactordrawbackimpactoninternationalstudents’dailylife.Furthermore,itfocusesonaneffectivewayoffastfood.Inthisstudy,questionnairewillbeusedtocollectthedataforthisresearchbecausequestionnaireisconveniencetogetinformationordata.

Theresearchquestionsforthisprojectare:

1.WhatattitudesdoNTICstudenthavetowardfastfoodsandisthisaffectedbynationalityethnicageorgender?

2.Literaturereview:

Fastfoodhasbecomeaveryimportantroleinstudents’dailylife.Thispaperwillbedividedintofourparts.Firstly,thepositiveeffectoffastfoodonuniversitystudentsaswellashowitconveniencefortheseuniversitystudentswillbeconsidered.Secondly,thenegativeeffectsoffastfoodonhigh-educationstudentswillbecriticized.Thirdly,Effectsoffastfoodonstudents'Stateofmind.ThelastpartofthisliteraturereviewwillanalyzethemainaimofmyresearchwhichisrecommendedaneffectivewaytohelptheseuniversitystudentsofNTICavoidtheseproblems.

2.1Positiveeffectoffastfood

Fastfoodasafamousfoodforafewdecadesbecauseitistimesaving,convenient,inexpensiveandeasytobuythemanywherethatsellsfoodandsnacks（Buzzle,2011）.Thestudentswhooftenbuyfastfoodshouldknowthatbuyfastfoodjustneedthreetofiveminutes.Whatismore,itisconvenienttoeatinortakeaway,anditisgoodforstudentswhohastoomuchlesionsortoobusytocooking.Lastly,fastfoodisnotexpensive.Itissopopularbecauseforunder$5.00youcangetafillingmeal.（CYWHStaff,2009）

2.2Negativeeffectoffastfood

Itisundeniablethattherearesomepositiveeffectoffastfood.However,italsohassomedrawbacks.Throughtheliteraturereview,thedisadvantageoffastfoodwillbediscussed.Somescientistsarguedthatfastfoodsuchashamburgersandfriedchickenasheroinmakepeopleaddictive（Hoebe,2008）.Thakore（2007）arguedthatjunkfoodswereconvenienceandtasty,butthereweresomepotentialriskofeatingthem.Firstandtheforemost,itisdifficulttodigestthiskindofjunkfood.Alsotheyareveryspicywhichmeanstheyhadbadinfluenceofpeople’sdigestivesystem.Junkfoodasabreakfastshouldbetheworstthing.

Mcmacken（2010）alsostatedthatjunkfooddoesnothavebenefitforstudents’health.Onthecontrary,theycanbeharmfultostudents’body.Therearenotmanynutritiousinjunkfood.Mostofthemcouldcausealargenumberofproblems.Forexample,sugarysnacksorsugarydrinkscoulddestroystudents’teeth;foodlikehamburgersandchipscontainhighfatandcaloriewhichmakestudentsgetfataswellasdamagetheirIQ.

Inaddition,Lee（2011）demonstratedthatjunkfoodsdonotincludeinanyadvantageoustopeople’sbody.Firstly,thesefoodarefilledwithbadcarbohydrates,fatsanddonotofferanyhelpfulenergy.Inoneword,junkfoodisnotonlycannotprovidebasicnutrientsbutalsocausingweaknessinpeople’sbody.Secondly,junkfoodwouldmakepeoplepoorconcentrationbecauseitcontainsamountofoilandfat.Thelastandthemostimportantthingisthatitcouldleadtoheartdiseaseswhichincludemyocardialinfarction,cardiacarrestandatherosclerosis.

However,Wilk（2006）claimedthatthoughjunkfoodhassomanydisadvantagesbutitalsomakepeople’slifeconvenienceandsavetime.Nowadays,moreandmorepeopleinordertoworkanddonothaveenoughtimetocookathomeoreatingatrestaurants.Junkfoodmaybeagoodchoiceforpeople.

2.3Effectivewayoffastfood

Thereisnosomethingasa“bad”food.Allfoodscanfitintoahealthymealplan.Itisexactlythatfastfoodisusuallyhighfat,highcalories,highcholesterolaswellassodium.However,lessfastfoodisnotgoingtocausesomeproblemsonyourbody.Ifsomeoneeatstoomuchfastfoodforalongperiodoftimeitcanleadsomehealthproblemssuchashighbloodpressure,heartdiseaseandtoomuchfat.

Gapintheliteraturereview.First,thestudycomparesthefastfoodandtraditionalfoods.However,NTICstudentscomefromdifferentcountries;Icanstudytheattitudeofthepeopleofdifferentcountriestochoosefastfood.Next,findouttheinfluenceandtheimpactofthefastfoodforchangestudents.

CYWHStaff（2009）atChildren’sHospitalBostonsuggestsyoungpeopletrytheirbestdonoteattoomuchfastfood.Iftheyarehavingfastfoodmorethanonceaweek,trytomakesomehealthychoices.Sotheygivesomesuggestions:

ØTryyourbestdonotchoosefriedchickenorchickennuggets.

ØHaveagoodplantocontrolthebenefitbetweenfastfoodandnurturefood.

ØHaveasaladorsoupwithfastfoodtogether.

ØWhenyouorderingasubwayorsandwich,pleasechooseleanmeatsliketurkeyorgrilledchickeninsteadoffriedfoodsuchascheese.

ØIffruitsandvegetableareavailable,trytoaddthemintoyourmeal.Forinstance,tomatoandcucumberonsandwichesorburgers.

2.4Aim:

Ashasbeendiscussedalready,thisliteraturereviewhasanalyzedreasonsforchoosefastfoodaswellastheadvantageanddisadvantageeffectsoffastfoodonhigheducationstudents.TheaimofthisresearchasImentionedbeforeistofindouthowNTICstudentsattitudeonfastfoodandhowitcaneffectstudentsdailylife.Asmentionedpreviously,theaimofthisresearchtofindouttheattitudeofpeopleandcomparethestudents’attitude.

ØTocomparefastfoodandtraditionalfood.

ØTofindouttheinfluenceandimpactoffastfoodonNTICstudents.

3.Methodology:

Thisresearchisquantitativepositwistanddeductiveinstyle.Inthisresearch,themethodologywilluseasurveydesignwithquestionnairetoanalyzeNTICstudents’attitudeinfastfoodandhowitaffectsNTICstudents’dailylife.Thisresearchhastwomonthsurvey,followingatthistable:

Weekactivity

1.

LiteratureReview

2.

LiteratureReview

3.

designquestionnaire

4.

collectdata

5.

AnalysesData

6.

AnalysesData

7.

DraftReport

8.

SubmitReport

3.1Questionnaire:

Themethodischosentousequestionnaireinthisresearch.Thequestionnairecomposeswithamixtureofopenandclosedquestions.Inmyopinion,somestudentsmaynotwanttoanswermoreopenquestionsbecausethesequestionswillwastealotoftime.Soeightclosedquestionsandthreeopenquestionswasdesigned.Myquestionnairedividesintothreeparts:

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