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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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    Fast Food Leads To Chronic Diseases Reading an article on the front page of a prominent newspaper caught my eye‚ “Fast Food Leads To Chronic Diseases”. Recently‚ media coverage show how people are very fond of fast food and how they fail to realise its detrimental effects on their bodies. I wondered what it was that made fast food bad. Well‚ it’s like the name suggests it’s made quickly and contains sugars‚ fats‚ salts and the cooking processes have no beneficial effects on our body. Therefore

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    Knowing what is in your fast food might make you think twice the next time you devour it. As the rise of the fast food nation in America has increased to an all-time high‚ so has the weight and waists of Americans all around the country. Not only has the United States grown to love the acquired taste of greasy golden fries and juicy burgers‚ it has also grown ignorant to the way their food is prepared. In the novel‚ “Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal”(2002)‚ by Eric Schlosser

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    Jane Quach Quach 1 Ms. Montanez Honors English Per. 5 3 November‚ 2014 Fast Food Nation Theme Why is fast food so addictive? We know it’s bad for us but we can’t stop eating it. Fast food causes obesity which has been linked to many health risks such as heart disease. Why do people love it? It’s cheap‚ easy filling‚ and it’s convenient. The all American meal is hamburger‚ fries‚ and soda or shake. After reading this novel‚ I don’t think I want to eat another hamburger

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    The people in the United States are grand consumers of fast food do to the hours of work and personal obligations which do not give the time to reconsider what to eat. Most of the people don’t have any idea what they are feeding themselves or their family. Fast food industries do not give the consumers the right information about their menu. Researching the fast food market I came to the conclusion that most of the local fast food restaurants do not give out healthy menu information or promote

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    Moore 1 Moore Mr.--------- English 1101 20 June 2013 The Obvious Effects of Fast Food Morgan Spurlock felt a need to raise awareness on obesity and the effects of fast food. In his film Supersize Me‚ he ate only food from McDonald ’s three times a day every day for a month. He consumed nearly twice the recommended amount of calories per day. Throughout the experiment‚ he experienced transient depression‚ sexual dysfunction‚ and in one instance a series of heart palpitations. At the end of

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    Sugary foods can be a delightful and enjoyable snack‚ but with obesity on the rise‚ it has caused a major issue. As the years go on‚ obesity is an ever expanding issue in the United states‚ particularly. This is an issue because everyone has extremely cheap sources of very fatty products. It would help the economy‚ as well as the american people if these foods weren’t as cheap. The government should tax high fat and high sugared junk foods because it would help the economy and would help lower obesity

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    Fries (McDonald’s‚ nutrients) Thesis: American’s should limit the amount of fast food they eat on a regular basis. Pro No. 1: eating fast food is bad for your health and is causing a rise of obesity in the states. Reason: fast food is low in nutrients Prove: -low in important vitamins‚ fibers‚ and minerals -empty calories -“healthy” choices aren’t so healthy Reason: high in fat Prove: -fried foods are high in saturated fat and trans- fat -Trans-fat raise the LDL levels which

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    1.1 Chinese Traditional Food Culture Food is closely related to culture. Different nations create different food Cultures. So the food Culture has strong national characteristics and diversified idiosyncrasy. The global foods can be divided into two major systems of eastern foods and western foods. Among the eastern foods‚ Chinese food is one of the most representatives‚ of which the food way‚ the food culture‚ the development history‚ and the relative national conditions and customs

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    Research Proposal (Fast Food Industry) To study the attitude towards consumption of healthy food within the fast food industry Background We are a marketing research team of a fast food chain store. With increasing awareness about healthy food among the masses and with consumer preferences changing towards healthy food‚ we intend to launch a health food segment to cater to this need of the customers. We are also concerned about the pricing of the product that whether it should be priced same as

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