Proposal: Change in the fast food industry (we can take a specific restaurant like McDonald’s) to fight obesity Fast food and obesity The relationship between a nation’s fast food consumption and its rate of obesity has been studied. Schlosser said "it seems wherever America’s fast food chains go‚ waistlines inevitably start expanding." Schlosser argues that the North America has the highest obesity rate of any industrialized nation. More than half of all adults and about one-quarter of all children
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and the Fast Food Industry The ultimate themes of fast food chains are high visibility and global recognition. The earliest establishments‚ ostentatiously designed in an attempt to attract attention‚ were strategically placed alongside highway off-ramps in order to draw in customers. Simplistic logos‚ such as the legendary golden arches‚ began to bring recognition to the fast food chains. The fast food industry’s ability to sell convenience and taste then allowed the popularity of fast food to gain
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The fast food industry is affecting our country and we can have things done about it. In 2006‚ Chew On This was written by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson to give the reader a piece of reality about what happens to food and where it comes from before being served. They wrote the book so that readers could have a better understanding of where processed foods come from and educate them about different methods of manipulation used by the fast food industry. What the fast food industry is doing
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of the fast food industry is due because of the social and technological advances that came during the early 19th century. Advances such as cars were a big contribution to the fast food industry. People could then drive to go and buy food. With cars‚ other advances in the industrial industry came along. Highways were built to travel from place to place. Much more advances have also contributed so that fast food was possible for everyone. Although there were many advances in the fast food industry
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objective of this research proposal is to closely examine the effects of fast food in one’s with relations to obesity and to find the truth behind these scrumptious but unhealthful cuisines. In America today‚ fifty percent of the money used to buy food by consumers goes into these fast food restaurants. With this percentage‚ the consumption of fast food is extremely high. Studies have shown that an excessive intake of fast food can lead to an unhealthy diet and can cause obesity. For my preliminary
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Praise of Fast Food”‚ Rachel Laudan was raised in old-school fashion but she tries to justify a more modern day fast-food culture. Being a historian‚ Rachel brings some good examples of food wars to the table. as far back as the ancient Greeks. Also‚ it is apparent that even though history runs through her veins she has opened her table up to new ideas in food culture. Binging up Culinary Luddism is quite arguably the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to being an open-minded food critique
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Fast‚ Fat‚ and Naggy “McDonald’s operates more playgrounds than any other private entity in the U.S. It is responsible for the nation’s bestselling line of children’s clothing (McKids) and is one of the largest distributors of toys” (Schlosser 4). According to James McNeal‚ a marketer at Texas University‚ before the 1940’s‚ children were not even viewed as consumers‚ but as future consumers (10). After WWII‚ the baby boom occurred‚ and by 1950 the under-five population was 16‚163‚000 (McNeal 10)
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SOCIOLOGY – LIB402 RESEARCH PAPER: FAST FOOD AND ITS IMPACT ON ROLES AND SOCIALIZATION BY: NAME AZIFF AZUDDIN NUR HANIZ MOHD NOR SUBMITTED TO: MR NORSHAM FIRDAUS 9 MARCH 2010 FAST FOOD AND ITS IMPACT ON ROLES AND SOCIALIZATION “More people recognize the Golden Arches than they do the Christian Cross”. Those were the words written down by journalist Eric Schlosser in his book Fast Food Nation. And no words written have ever been truer. Fast food franchises are so deeply rooted in
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popularity of fast food restaurants" In this modern lifestyle the popularity of fast food restaurants are growing every day. Fast food restaurants have appeared in large quantities all over the world and these restaurants have become more popular‚ because fast food can be prepared and served very fast. Jessica Williams (2007‚ p. 216) finds that “Fast food restaurants were firstly appeared in Unites States in the 1940s. Today there are hundreds of thousands of them. According to Eric Schlosser in
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Whether we like it or not‚ fast food and its detrimental effects have become an epidemic. For many years‚ people have been oblivious to the growth of the fast food industry. However‚ over the past three decades‚ the fast food industry has nearly taken over our American society; almost anywhere‚ one can see its vast influence. As a result‚ in his book‚ Fast Food Nation‚ Eric Schlosser portrays the influence of the industry. By implementing pathetic appeals for injustice and disgust‚ statistics from
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