Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser explains the historical growth of fast food chain and how they succeeded in dominating the industry for decades nows. Schlosser talk about many netriouse techniques use to lure children and other simple minded american to be addicted to fast food‚ like a drug. He uses success stories of how near world war two there are many misgiving of food shortages and how fast food industry started to boom in that decade due to their convenience. Furthermore‚ the author elaborate
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal‚ by Eric Schlosser. Perennial of HarperCollins Publishers‚ 2002. 383 pp.‚ $13.95. ³As American as a small‚ rectangular‚ hand-held‚ frozen‚ and reheated apple pie.² (p. 3) Far from being a run of the mill expose on calories and fat grams in fast food‚ Fast Food Nation is a hard-hitting critique of the industrialization of America¹s and‚ later‚ the world¹s food supply. The consequences of this industrialization have far-reaching effects
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“Fast Food Nation‚” by Eric Schlosser‚ there is definitely one less American buying fast food for a long while. This book has made me disgusted with not only the food but how Americans could eat fast food with the way it is prepared. Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education‚ personal computers‚ computer software‚ or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies‚ books‚ magazines‚ newspapers‚ videos‚ and recorded music - combined. Schlosser describes the growth
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Fast Food Nation‚ Eric Schlosser discusses the problems that the nation is facing with fast food restaurants. Schlosser wrote this book because he was concerned with where the fast food industry was taking America. He voices his concern about the children and their health regarding meat bacteria‚ and the fat content of the food. He also mentions how potato farmers‚ cattle ranchers‚ and chicken raisers are suffering from the industry controlling prices too low. Another worry Schlosser has is how the
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I am currently a student at Delphos Jefferson Senior High School‚ and we recently read Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser in our senior English class. It is a nonfiction novel that discusses the dark side of American fast food. As we’ve been reading‚ I’ve realized that a large amount of students at Jefferson Senior High drink soda purchased at school-offered vending machines. While these students are young adults and can make their own health related decisions‚ our responsibility as a school is to
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to our lack of nutrition. Some say its inexpensive‚ while others say it’s just a place where over-cooked and over-priced food meet. In this book Eric Schlosser explains the gruesome ways behind the scenes of the fast food industry. Some just all too hard to take in‚ especially considering I’m really craving a burger right now. In chapter one Schlosser opens up with the background history of Carl N. Karcher. Also known as fast foods pioneers and the founder of Carl’s Jr. He was born in 1917 in Ohio
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parameters at home. Parents could often find it challenging to take their children out to run errands. Relentless begging or pestering by their children parents can be exhausting when waiting in the check line. In the essay‚ Kids Kustomers by Eric Schlosser‚ he states “the aim of most children’s advertising is straightforward: get kids to nag their parents and nag them well.” (521) How is it possible for these young consumers to have so much power without having any money? Television‚ branding‚ children
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The U.S. now has the highest obesity rate in the world. According to Schlosser‚ “About two-thirds of the adults in the United States are obese or overweight.” Though there are many causes of obesity‚ fast food plays a large role in the problem. “In other cases (such as the rise of franchising and the spread of obesity) fast food has played a more central role.” (Schlosser) Obesity causes heart disease‚ stroke‚ diabetes‚ and cancer. It is also the second leading cause of
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site said‚ “only one-third of Americans cook meals from scratch”‚ meaning with fresh ingredients. Bone also reports that “Americans spend only thirty minutes cooking dinner‚ compared with 2-1/2 hours in the 1960s”. In his book Fast Food Nation‚ Eric Schlosser says‚ “one-quarter of Americans eat in a fast-food restaurant each day” (3). Why are Americans eating so much fast food? The answer is simple: they are willing to trade quality for speed. While Americans may be attracted to food that is fast and
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some burger loving eyes‚ has been one of the smartest inventions this world has seen since the car itself. It has been driven by our preservative-filled stomachs for over 50 years now and you can bet that we’re still coming. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser is a book about charges that are backed up by some great research and some unsettling facts that will make you never want to eat that dollar burger again. The Fast Food Industry is so enormous and too convenient that it gradually caused health
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