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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in order to stay healthy. That one step in regulating the ingredients‚ the awareness of health risks by consumers‚ and the type advertising used is believed to be invading the freedom of America. Some also believe that though fast food is a main cause of obesity‚ fast food is not the only cause of obesity so therefore our American public should not have to deal with a change by regulation of the government. “What has changed is the nation’s way of eating and living”(Schlosser 240). Our public today
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Maltreatment of Slaughterhouse Workers In the book Fast Food Nation‚ Eric Schlosser talks about the working conditions of fast food meat slaughterhouses. In the chapter "The Most Dangerous Job‚" one of the workers‚ who despised his job‚ gave Schlosser an opportunity to walk through a slaughterhouse. As the author was progressed backwards through the slaughterhouse‚ he noticed how all the workers were sitting very close to each other with steel protective vests and knives. The workers were mainly
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2014 The fast food industry has impacted the lives of many. Cultures have changed throughout the introduction of these fast food places‚ such as the American culture. At first the changes that Americans experienced were not so bad‚ but as the fast food industry strived; the effects that it had on American culture grew to be problematic. The effects of the fast food industry on historical‚ economic‚ and health factors are something that needs to be paid more attention to. The fast food industry
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According to Fast Food Nation’s author‚ Eric Schlosser‚ Hungry Planet: What the World Eats is a “beautiful and important book about one of the world’ s most important subjects.” This book‚ written by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio‚ takes on the topic of food. Yet‚ the authors don’t simply talk about different foods around the world‚ they go in depth into the cultural‚ social‚ and economical aspects of eating. They display‚ through the use of pictures‚ a week’s worth of food for numerous different
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1) Who should be immediately called for assistance in case of an accident in the laboratory? Your laboratory instructor. Your instructor should be trained to assist with emergency first aid until qualified medical assistance arrives. 2) What must be worn in the laboratory at all times to decrease the likelihood of an eye injury? Goggles or approved glasses. Contact lenses should be worn only with GOGGLES or FACE SHIELD. Anything getting under a contact lens will not wash out unless the lens
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crosses paths with‚ “Fast Food Nation: The True Cost of America’s Diet.” Both works share similar ideas‚ themes‚ and lessons. “Fast Food Nation: The True Cost of America’s Diet” focuses on the average American diet‚ containing processed foods‚ fast foods‚ and more unhealthy products. Pollan‚ rather‚ wants to show the cycle from the farm to the food on the table. One way that the two writings are similar is that they both concern the ever-growing presence of processed/industrialized foods. According to
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Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation is about the fast food industry and all its negative aspects and influences. Schlosser introduces Fast Food Nation with a description of the California orange groves of the past and the fast food influenced urbanization that has replaced the groves. Schlosser concludes through a bold statement‚ "The low price of a fast food hamburger does not reflect its real cost and should. The profits of the fast food chains have been made possible by losses imposed on the rest
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“Fast Food Industry” There are a few issues in the United States that many of us are talking about daily. One of those main issues that are being talked about is food in our society. But even more specific than that‚ many are talking about how the fast food industry has affected and impacted our society. There is a lot of history of how fast food has started. There were a lot of entrepreneurs many years ago that realized that going into the fast food chain would bring them great profit (Levenstein
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A fast food restaurant is on every corner‚ but is actually good for you? Fast food became popular in the early 1900’s but it didn’t just take off. Fast food has made quite a journey in its development opening opportunities along the way. It has its advantages and disadvantages but being aware of them is very important. Fast food has made a huge impact on our nation’s health and economy. How was fast food developed? Burgers made at fairs‚ carnivals‚ and events were known as low quality. It
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