Demystifying ‘Healthier’ Fast Food: Comparative Analysis of Fast Food Chains

Abstract

Fast food often referred as “junk food” has now been a part of average human’s diet for decades, especially trendy fast food chains has seen a profit boost in recent years. Growing cravings for junk food and its increased consumption has made our world prone to various health risks, degrading the quality of life of individuals. Despite of known detrimental health properties, many fast food chains were found claiming their products to be “healthier” alternatives. Since junk food is widely accepted without much concern of its negative impact [2], and major fast food chains insisted about “healthiness” of the food they serve, this study was conducted to find the statistical significance of claims made by five currently dominating franchises, which let their product’s nutritional information publically accessible and find weather there is a significant difference between nutritional values between chosen fast food chains.