Fast Food In America Book Report

In his book, Mr. Schlosser exposes the effects big corporate fast food chains have on America’s Citizens and its economy. From this book, I will only focus on the rising obesity and children being there main marketing target. He writes, "If you look at the rise of the obesity rate in the United States, its grown pretty much in step with the rise of fast-food consumption... and now it's the second-leading cause of death in the United States, after smoking." Schlosser believes there is no reason that fast food chains should produce burgers that contain 75 grams of fat. He argues, “They don't have to deal with the long-term consequences of the food. If they did, they might change the menu . . .” He also has a problem with chains heavily marketing
children, stating “It started innocently enough, giving a toy with the meal, playgrounds, there are good things about it. But these are very, very crucial years. If you look at the ingredients of the fast food meals that are being heavily marketed to children, they're extremely high in fat, and high in sugar, and high in salt." Schlosser makes many proposes in his book, one being that they should outlaw the fast food marketing for children under the age of 9.