Food & AgriculturePositive / NegativeIntermediateLow Frequency

IELTS Essay: In many countries, fast food is becoming cheaper and more widely available. D...

Prompt

In many countries, fast food is becoming cheaper and more widely available. Do the disadvantages of this outweigh the advantages?

#fast food#food industry#public health#economic access#consumer culture#nutrition

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 students weigh concrete trade-offs (affordability enabling access for low-income families vs rising obesity rates), while Band 9 students recognize systemic tensions (how cheaper fast food initially benefits accessibility but creates public health costs that disadvantage society overall).

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Key concepts in this essay

socioeconomic accessibility
long-term health externalities
market competition and innovation
dietary patterns and lifestyle diseases

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Listing advantages and disadvantages separately without synthesizing or weighing them against each other
Generalizing about all fast food without distinguishing between price/availability trade-offs
Failing to address the specific prompt angle: comparing disadvantages vs advantages explicitly

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