
The empirical data consisted of a series of transect walks, observations and sixteen interviews with various families living in the urban township about their daily food consumption patterns and why they prefer to consume fast foods over other available options.

Increased fast food consumption and decreased consumption of traditional foods which The research question states what factors in the urban township environment create This study aimed to investigate the factors that influence the consumption of fastįood. The delineation of ethnographic qualitative research methods allowed for this study to explore the dynamics of fast food consumption in the South African urban township environment.
