Americans are faced with today are the increasing obesity rates that spread throughout the nation. The American industry makes it easy to eat unhealthy. Fast food is a quick‚ cheap‚ and tasteful meal made accessible to virtually anyone. When comparing prices at a grocery store‚ for the most part its clear junk foods are less expensive than healthy foods. If a tax was placed on unhealthy foods‚ it would make a substantial difference in the way consumers shopped. In 1938‚ the Agriculture Act was passed
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the fast food movement on the slow food movement Everything today is fast. People think fast‚ speak fast‚ walk fast‚ write fast and eat fast. "Fast food has become such an integral part of the busy American lifestyle that there are more than 300‚000 restaurants offering it throughout the United States today" (Dorfman‚ 2001). Since everything is becoming "fast" in the world‚ the slow food movement if gradually being taken over by the fast food movement and significant factors of the slow food movement
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Nowadays people tend to choose food in fast food restaurant rather than to cook a meal themselves. Despite the fact that fast food such as hamburger‚ fried chicken…contains high amount of fats and salt which are not good for our health‚ people still go to fast food restaurant frequently and the fast food industry is still getting more and more powerful. There are several explanations for this situation. In today’s fast paced life‚ 10 minutes is an ideal amount of time to get a ready meal. How
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Fast Food Nation Fast Food Nation‚ by Eric Schlosser‚ is a stark and unrelenting look into the fast food industry that has ingrained itself in not only American culture‚ but in culture around the world. There is almost no place on earth that the golden arches has not entered. Aside from Antarctica‚ there is a McDonalds on every continent‚ and the number of countries that have fast food restaurants is growing on a daily basis. Schlosser describes in detail what happens behind the scenes‚ before
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Fast Food Across America‚ people become occupied with their busy lives as shown in the extremely common decision of “since there is no time for dinner‚ how about fast food?” Thoughts shuffle in the mind‚ has America become the “queen bee” of fast food? Does society consider nutrition an important factor for everyday health? Does fast food boost calories‚ fat intake‚ and present itself as a hazard to the body? How as a culture do Americans continue to forgo the healthy alternative and
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Shirley Lozano Prof. Fonts ENC 1101-1 16 March 2011 Fast Food and Obesity Obesity is an excess proportion of total body fat. A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more above normal weight. What causes obesity is when a person consumes more calories than he or she burns. For many people this boils down to eating too much and exercising too little. On the other hand‚ there are many factors that play a role in obesity such as age‚ gender‚ genetics‚ physical activity
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Some trace the modern history of fast food in America to July 7‚ 1912‚ with the opening of a fast food restaurant called the Automat in New York. The Automat was a cafeteria with its prepared foods behind small glass windows and coin-operated slots. Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart had already opened the first Horn & Hardart Automat in Philadelphia in 1902‚ but their “Automat” at Broadway and 13th Street‚ in New York City‚ created a sensation. Numerous Automat restaurants were built around the country
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Waylon Dude ENG 099/100 Fast Food: Problem in America? Imagine you’re at McDonald’s and you’re going in for that bite on your burger. First thing you think about is the tastiness of the burger and not exactly what you’re eating. Little do you know that you’re eating so much stuff that will actually take a toll on your body in the long run? Most Americans do not have this thought running through their minds because all they care about is the explosion of flavor in their mouth and the satisfaction
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FAST FOOD OUTLETS HAVE MANY ADVANTAGES WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES ? Advantages : 1) Fast food outlets provide a job opportunities for young people - The youth that unemployed can get the job at fast food outlets - The university student can get an opportunity to do part time job - The youth can be independent 2) Fast food outlets provide a convenient service - Through convenient service‚ customer will feel comfortable - When buying a meal at fast food restaurants‚ you always get
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Slaughterhouses" In the book‚ Fast Food Nation‚ Eric Schlosser discusses the problems that the nation is facing with fast food restaurants. Schlosser wrote this book because he was concerned with where the fast food industry was taking America. He voices his concern about the children and their health regarding meat bacteria‚ and the fat content of the food. He also mentions how potato farmers‚ cattle ranchers‚ and chicken raisers are suffering from the industry controlling prices too low. Another
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