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 and Obesity: Where is the line crossed between individual responsibility and placing blame? Abstract Context: In the United States‚ the increase in the rate of obesity has the potential to reverse the long-term efforts to increase the life expectancy of Americans. There are many factors that influence obesity including growing food portions‚ changing lifestyles‚ and the existence of food deserts throughout our country. There is a question whether obesity should be seen as individual
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Are fast-food establishments making Americans fat?. Journal of Controversial Medical Claims 10.4 (Nov 2003): p1(10). (7875 words) Show details Full Text : COPYRIGHT 2003 Aspen Publishers‚ Inc. Address correspondence to: Todd G. Buchholz U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform 1615 H Street‚ NW Washington‚ DC 20062-2000 Phone 202-463-5724; Fax: 202-463-5302 www.LegalReformNow.com Americans have gained weight over the course of the last century. This increase stems from a variety of
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the fast food industry over the last few decades. Although‚ many other factors also attribute to this the eating of fast food is the main one. Should the fast food industry really be held at an ethical or moral standing for what they feed their customers? This has led to many debates and also many changes‚ but also it shows that the fast-food industry is operating on demand from the consumer. Right now the consumer doesn’t have a moral or ethical obligation to themselves‚ therefore the fast food
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WINE ECONOMISTS AAWE WORKING PAPER No. 33 Economics THE EFFECT OF FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS ON OBESITY Janet Currie‚ Stefano DellaVigna‚ Enrico Moretti‚ Vikram Pathania February 2009 www.wine-economics.org The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity Janet Currie‚ Columbia University and NBER Stefano DellaVigna‚ UC Berkeley and NBER Enrico Moretti‚ UC Berkeley and NBER Vikram Pathania‚ UC Berkeley January 2009 Abstract. We investigate the health consequences
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Fast Food is Our New Addiction Obesity is increasing rapidly because of the fast food. Showing and telling people how unhealthy to eat the fast food is extremely hard because it is now the popular culture for the societies those are dominated by the fast food industries. High profit and low cost is the primary reason why there are many Burger Kings and McDonald’s in the world (Kenway‚ “Junk food: The New Tobacco”). Yet some readers may challenge my view by insisting that the fast food industries
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Fast Food and Obesity Joscelyn Quarles Comp/170 February 20‚ 2013 Nancy Neff Fast Food and Obesity People know that fast food is not good for them‚ but how bad is really and how much do people really know about the bad effects of fast food on their bodies? Most people have seen the “Super Size Me” documentary; yes Morgan Spurlock ate McDonalds for every meal for 30 days. Most people would gain weight from eating McDonalds for 30 days in a row‚ but even just eating McDonalds three times a
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Fast Food Nation For many years‚ I consumed fast food. My experiences with fast food like Carl’s j.r.‚ Burger King and Wendys for an example has leaded me to struggle with my weight my entire life. At the time being‚ I was not fully aware of the consequence of eating it just as some people in society today do not realize what kind of harm it causes your body. I use to find fast food rewarding because you did not have to prepare your food yourself on the contrary you
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introducing the latest fast food trend fresh and healthy food options. More often‚ the media bombards us with slogans such as Subway ’s common pitch to "eat fresh" or McDonald ’s million-dollar advertisement campaign to try the new fruit and walnut salad. Attention has made an abrupt turn from the greasy‚ deep-fried originals at the fast food chains to more health conscious food choices. Even a documentary of a man named Morgan Spurlock made headlines and won awards when he ate McDonald ’s three times
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FAST FOOD NATION Section I - The American Way Introduction and Chapter 1 - The Founding Fathers Life in the 1950’s was unlike any previous decade. It was the culmination of the previous 50 years of expansion‚ industrialization‚ depression and two world wars. The baby boom began. Families were moving to the suburbs. The accessibility of the automobile and the integrated open highway gave the average citizen a freedom and mobility never seen before. As a result‚ industries and businesses sprang
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