Hey there, this my practice for the ielts test! Plz help me! Thank u so much! In many countries, traditional foods are being replaced by international fast foods. this is having a negative effect on both families and societies. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Recent years have witnessed a major trend in diet habits that traditional foods are substituted by international fast foods in many areas. Although fast foods indeed have some benefits, I personally believe that they bring more adverse impacts to citizens' life.   Indeed, it is widely accepted that the appearance of fast foods lead to great convenience to us, which means it is conducive to save time especially in current fast-paced society. Furthermore, they also have an unresisting attraction for children. Nevertheless, compared with traditional foods, fast foods exert much more adverse impacts on families and societies.   For families, it is apparent that having fast foods for a long period is detrimental. A wide range of examples manifest that high calories in fast foods are highly related to chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, obesity and so forth. Furthermore, deficiency of nutrition in fast foods also post a threat to families. Therefore, the negative influence imposed on individuals and families should not be ignored.   In addition, it turns out that fast foods is a hinderance to the publicity of traditional foods' cultures, which means people may put less focus on traditional cultures. Once people get accustomed to have fast foods, families and societies may incline to turn a blind eye to traditional foods' cultures so that they are unable to be inherited by us.   To sum up, although fast foods have some benefits to some extent, they are still hazardous to citizens' health. Given that, it is of great significance for societies and families to be aware of the negative effects and properly change their diet structure .