Convenience foods have now become the norm in many...

Convenience foods have now become the norm in many societies. Although some people idealize traditional cooking practices and believe they will prevail indefinitely. In fact, there are a number of reasons for believing that convenience foods are likely to grow in popularity. The first reason is the decline in family size and the increase in single-adult households. In more traditional societies, where families tended to be large, it made economic sense for one person to devote her/himself to time-consuming domestic tasks such as growing and preparing food. Nowadays, people tend t live in ever smaller family units. If each family were to spend large amounts of time growing and processing food, this would be a poor use fo society’s human resources. Another reason convenience foods are likely to become more popular is the increase in the number of women with children, who work in full-time employment. In the UK, for example, working mothers significantly outnumber stay-at-home mothers. There is evidence that consumption of convenience foods rises with numbers of hours worked. As modern life increasingly demands that people are economically active, this trend is likely to continue. 请给这篇文章写一个结尾段