Like any other academic research paper, the one about calories in fast food must contain basic elements. Here they are: title, abstract, background, results, discussion, conclusion and references.
Abstract is the short summary of your work, where you point out the problem you research and methods you used for it. You can also present your key ideas for the problem and data from previous research in this field. You need to pay attention to make your abstract interesting, catching reader’s attention and pushing to read all the work.
In the background part you state the problem and explain the concepts related to it. Here you can also bring recent data about the subject. You need to take special care while choosing reliable and up-to-date sources of information only.
The results section should be devoted to the explanation of the data received. You need to underline the main tendencies discovered in your research and to compare them with your first hypothesis about the problem.
Moreover, in the discussion section, which is closely related to the results, you need to provide your suggestions about the solution of the problem that has been researched.
In conclusion you need to underline the main results of your research. For example, if you study the influence of calories information on the food choice, you can point out if this information has significant or little influence on choice made by different categories of people. Surely, you need to point out your own contribution in studying this subject.
References should be organized according to the style chosen for the research paper (APA, MLA, Chicago or other).