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    The Fast Food Industry: Destroying America’s people‚ one french fry at a time The eating habits of America can be summed up in three words. “Fat‚” “Fast‚” and “Food.” Fast-food companies are the leading problem in the rapid growth of our nation’s obesity problem. Costs of fast-food consumption were nearly $164.8 billion dollars in 2010‚ and the constant and excessive eating that has taken place at fast-food establishments over the last few decades has‚ and will continue to‚ result in obesity. Public

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    LITERATURE OF FAST FOOD INDUSTRYACCORDING TO AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WINE ECONOISTS STUDY‚ TheEffect of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity‚(January 2009):ABSTRACT:This Study investigate the health consequences of changes in the supply of fast foodusing the exact geographical location of fast food restaurants. They ask how the supply of fast foodaffects the obesity rates of 3 million school children and the weight gain of over 1 million pregnantwomen. On the other side‚ the presence of non-fast food restaurants

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    Leticia Jackson The Causes and Effects of Fast Food Consumption Often times many wonder what drives an individual to eat fast food. Thinking about the numerous amount of calories sin each fast food meal one would choose not to eat such a thing. There have been studies that have shown that the amount of fast food consumption has grown tremendously in the last couple of years. There are many causes of people eating such foods; such as‚ lack of knowledge on what people are consuming‚ lacks of

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    The Bad Effects of Fast Food Essay Today‚ there are over thousands and millions of a same type of place that ruins your health severely around the world. These things are called fast food restaurants and almost everybody in the world visits it at least ten times in their lifetime. Fast food restaurants are not good for your body and you do not get a lot of energy obtained from it. A bad effect of fast food restaurants are the energy consumed from it. Research shows that 29~30 percent of children’s

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    there is need for whatever solution you wish to provide. Do not write why you want to embark on the project on this section. Hotels have been known of placing a menu card or menu paper on the table so that a customer gets to read it and select the food he/ she wants to eat while a waiter is noting down by his side. Mostly for financial reasons hotels seems to be mostly understaffed and getting the limited waiters’ attention becomes a struggle. If not carefully maintained the menu papers wear away

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    Fast Food Nation – Essay Questions (try to keep < 3pgs) Choose 3 questions to answer. You must choose at least one question from Group A & B. Paper should be typed‚ double-spaced and indicate which question you are answering (i.e. A.3. …..). Make sure to answer the WHOLE question as some questions have multiple parts! Grading Breakdown: • Cover page……………………….10pts • Essay question………………….30pts Group A A.1. How did the early automobile industry influence & shape the

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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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    Did you know that economists have estimated in a new study that banning fast food advertisements from children’s television programs would reduce the number of overweight children in the U.S. by 18 percent‚. This is from an article titled TV Ads Contribute to Childhood Obesity‚ Economists say by Roni Rabyn writing for the New York Times in 2008. The question I am answering today is‚ Should the government regulate TV advertising directed towards children? The answer is yes the government needs more

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    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 obesityfast 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 has control of

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    Eric Schlosser’s outlook on fast food is negative. Schlosser argues that fast food and fast food chains are the reason behind obesity in America‚ as well as health issues. He backs up his argument against fast food by spending over two years traveling around the world researching why he believes fast food only leads to negative affects‚ and then he writes about it in his book‚ Fast Food Nation. Schlosser emphasizes throughout the book that fast food industry has contributed to changes in urban life

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