Question

Debate is an essential skill and your classroom is the best place to practice this skill. Your teacher will now divide the class into two groups and organize a debate on the topic “Fast food tastes better than nutritious food.” The following points may help you to participate and speak in a debate. One group will speak FOR the motion and the other group will speak AGAINST the motion. Now prepare a speech for the debate.

Answer 1

Fast Food Tastes Better Than Nutritious Food

Preethi	Respected Principal, teachers, and my dear friends, good morning to you all. I am Preethi from XI ‘B’ section. I am before you to talk in favor of the topic, “Fast food tastes better than nutritious food”. At the outset, I would like to tell you all that change is inevitable. Nowadays we have the world in our palm and we can order any food that we like online or just by phone call. Pizza, Noodles, and Crispy KFC chicken are delivered to us at our doorstep. People who are jealous of the variety of foods we have, accuse us of wasting money and eating junk food. But if they are so, would the central Government and sanitary Inspectors permit the proliferation of fast-food chains and open the doors for foreign fast-food joints like Domino’s, PizzaHut, KFC, and MC Donald’s restaurants in all big and small cities of India. Quick service restaurants hope to expand further. The parents, also wish to take children out for eating in Quick Service Restaurants. Friends do you know that the United Nation’s Economic situation and prospects in 2018 estimated that India will grow 7.2% in 2018 and accelerate to 7.47 in 2019.
Judge	Now I invite Sangeetha to present her case against fast food Sangeetha Respected Principal/Headmaster, teacher, and my dear friends whenever a nation moves away from its cultural moorings and natural food habits it is doomed for a health disaster. My heartfelt sympathies are for my friends in the fast-food team because they don’t know what they are doing. Friends, please try to understand the scientific truth that burgers, fried crispy items, pizza, and the like are important food items not designed to suit our physical needs. Besides, the taste is not the only thing. Nutrition is more important. Sprouts, greens, pulses, fruits, and vegetables, nourish our health. All the traditional food items our ancestors have left us have excellent nutritional value. Even the simple rasam made of Tamarind water has its rich nutritional value as it has ingredients of pepper, garlic, etc. Young ones are now becoming victims of obesity because of their addiction to eating fast food and spending long hours before T.V. Our team is really worried about blind shifting over to fast food. Health is more important than pleasing your palate. If you don’t change and return to nutritious traditional food consumption, we will be producing a large number of the well-fed sick younger generation. Do you want India to be populated by people who can’t play and have fun but just eat junk food, become fat, and die early? No, I appeal to my friends in the opponent team to concede defeat and mend their ways before it is too late. We come across juvenile diabetics, digestion-related problems, and cholesterol increase among young children. Even the beverages children take like Pepsi, Coke, and the likes are harmful to health. School canteens are offering foods, high in fat and sugar. Such food increases body weight among children and causes infection, food poisoning, and dental diseases. As a concluding remark, I would like to say, the practice of high consumption of junk foods, like noodles, burgers, Pao-bhaji, sandwiches, hot dogs, patties, pastries, popcorn, potato chips, carbonated drinks, kulcha channa, Pani puri, samosa have become common food items of adolescent children in India. As per the WHO report, let me repeat, claims more than 3% of children in India are obese. It is time to get over your addiction to junk food. Instead, you can take healthy food such as fermented foods, wheat noodles by adding a lot of vegetables, sprouted pulses, vegetable cutlets, and multi-grain bread, etc. Should you pay health for your taste? Don’t dig your own grave with your teeth. There are enough undertakers and cremation facilities. Don’t rush to death, live a healthy life. Thank you one and all.
Judge	Based on the arguments, I am glad to announce that the person who spoke against fast food has won. Please avoid junk food and stay healthy.