Question

Fast Food in Hospitals

Identify the benefits and concerns about permitting a fast food franchise to set up an outlet in your facility. How would you address the controversies connected with the “bad health” image of this sector of the foodservice industry? Nutritional information should be included in this discussion. Virtually all fast food companies include nutritional data on their websites.

Answer 1

The fast food franchise set up in hospital is a greatest concern because the fast food resembles the category of unhealthy food which is critisized by the health organisations as the selling of this kind of fast food do not reflect the image of good health care organisations .These kind of fast food is considered as the unhealthy food according to its nutritional value and this kind of unhealthy food consumption contributes to the non communicable diseases such as hypertension , obesity etc.

The benifit about this is just a misconception as fast food franchise in hospitals are permitted as it is an option to increase in disposable incomes and a large youth population who visit the hospitals with the known belongings.

The controversies connected with the bad health image of this sector of the food service industry in the hospitals are always in terms of nutirtional value and the safety of food . So, the hospitals should ensure that the food franchise outlet under their management , should taken care of the quality of food , starting from the raw material to the final product that will ensure the quality of food for the patients those visit the hospitals .Theses food franchises must follow the FDA GUIDLINES and all the guidlines in the clinical practices.The important concept is the nutritional value of those fast foods , these franchises should provide the nutritional valuee of each food items and make the transparency so that from patients to the workers and the healthy visitors would eat if they want in that outlet with the trust . Hospitals ensure that the strict hospital infection control and disease prevention protocol should followed by the outlets and make sure that the regular inspections and eduaction should provided to the wokers and that out let to make it working in the healthy way.

Nutritional values or the infornation regarding the food item should be mentioned either virtually or on chart in their outlet to maintain the good and healthy food habit and focus on the healthy way to consume the balanced energy of the diet . By the nutritional value chart the nutritional output is easily assumed and help people to maintain their health and avoid unhealthy intake and output .