In today's society and economy, more and more people frequent quick-service restaurants, known as fast-food restaurants. With our country operating 24/7 and everyone working different hours, there is less time for families or individuals to prepare a home-cooked meal. There are time limits for lunch breaks for the worker. Since they don't have time to prepare lunch before work, many go to get food at the local fast-food restaurant. Today's quick-service industry is full of high fat and sugar, and most foods are cooked or fried in oil. The current condition of the food industry and the lack of people making better choices is increasing obesity rates in our country and other countries. Some blame fast food claiming they don't provide enough healthy options; while others blame consumers for not making better choices or a lack of exercise. Is the current rise in obesity the fault of consumers, or is it the fault of the quick-service industry? What is the current condition and some standards of the quick service industry? One of the best-known changes in the quick-service industry is the requirement to provide nutritional information upon request. What this allows the consumer is to be able to observe the composition of the food they are about to eat. Most people who look at nutritional information use it to see calories. Another large and well-known change is the ban on trans fats in California. The FDA passed the law banning most trans fats in California in 2008. Most fast food restaurants have now switched to peanut oil. This is a big step in the right direction, but the calories are still high. If your average is......middle of the paper......, study says." Fox News. FOX News Network, February 3, 2014. Web. May 14, 2014. "Who's to blame for the obesity? Politicians, the food industry, or individuals?" MedicalXpress. NP, January 22, 2014. Web. May 14, 2014. Muntel, Sarah. "Coalition for Action on Obesity » Fast Food: Is it the Enemy?" coalition for action on obesity Fast food is IS the enemy Comments. Np, nd Web May 12, 2014. .Powell, Alvin "The Whys of Rising Obesity." Harvard Gazette, September 13, 2013. Web. 29 May 2014. .