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Association Between Fast Food, Food Colouring Agents, Monosodium Glutamate (Msg) With Memory - A Survey
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B.VIVEK BABU, KARTHIK GANESH MOHANRAJ, SAMUEL RAJ SRINIVASAN
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Fast food refers to food that can be prepared and served quickly. Fast food is rich in Saturated fats and refined carbohydrates. It can come from many places: sit-down restaurants, counter service, take-out, drive-through, and home delivery. Fast food is popular because the food is inexpensive, convenient, and tastes good. This research topic based on a survey exposed the knowledge of fast food and its impact on memory. Fast food is also high in sodium which is used as a preservative and makes food more flavorful and satisfying. The data was collected from the time period of June 2019 to March 2020 were reviewed and collected. The sample size of the study was about 80 participants. A questionnaire based online survey was conducted. Google forms were used. The collected data was statistically analysed with the help of SPSS and tables and graphs well plotted. Chi-Square Test was done. In this survey study, reveals many of them were aware of fast food and the use of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) in fast food and their effects on memory. With the limited population and parameters of this study, shows there is a significant knowledge of fast food and they also knew about MSG. People also knew that the fast food they consumed included MSG, many of them strongly agreed to the fact that fast food had an influence on health. Many of them accepted the fact that food influenced the memory power of an individual.
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Diet; Fast food; Monosodium Glutamate (MSG); Memory; Congestion; Health problems.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.114
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