English 1A 15 October 2013 Why Fast Food is Unhealthy In today’s age of convenience‚ fast food needs no introduction. Everyone from a two year old to a sixty year old seems to be enjoying it. Why not? It’s delicious‚ it’s filling‚ it’s affordable‚ and available just any time of the day. What more can you ask for when you are living life in the fast lane? Well fast food all good tastes‚ except that it is not nutritionally balanced and‚ therefore‚ unhealthy in the long run if consumed on a regular
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Fast food. It is definitely fast‚ and that is seen as a positive in most people’s eyes. It is convenient‚ cheap‚ and the average American is willing to accept it as food. What’s not to love‚ right? In his informational book‚ Fast Food Nation‚ Eric Schlosser promises to tell the dark side of the all-American meal. And he keeps his promise. Schlosser may not be the first to write about the subject‚ but he presents a thorough‚ easy-to-read report. Given the insane amount of fast food eaten by people
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Have you ever wondered what the food used in fast food a restaurant is made up of? In the book Fast Food Nation‚ authored by Eric Schlosser‚ he explains many of the tactics used by the fast food industry in an effort to inform society. Fast food started around the 1950’s when all the men were fighting in World War 2. Women were forced to leave their homes in search for jobs to support their families; this led to the idea of getting quick meals for the family after work. What started as a war time
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org/media/books/schlos... Fast Food Nation Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser discusses the fast food industry in depth. Many aspects of this industry are analyzed‚ from the inhumane treatment of the cattle in their feedlots to the overworked and underpaid employees at fast food restaurants. Although this book only looks at the American fast... Premium937 Words3 Pages Added to Library Ap Human: Advanced Placement of Human Geography in Fast Food Nation PLACEMENT HUMAN GEOGRAPHY READING ASSIGNMENT – FAST FOOD NATION
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In Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser expands on why Americans should ditch fast food restaurants. He explores the origin of the most successful fast food chains‚ including McDonalds‚ Taco Bell‚ and Burger King. Split up into different sections‚ Schlosser describes the unsanitary kitchens‚ the underpaid employees‚ and the unsafe meatpacking industry. Above all the common theme found throughout this nonfiction book is the underlying greed found throughout the entire fast food industry. Schlosser starts
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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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Fast Food Nation In his essay‚ “Fast Food Nation” Eric Schlosser condemns the impact of fast food on human health and American economy. Schlosser detests the fast food chain because it causes thousands of independent business to come to an end. As a result‚ unemployment plays a major role among these small scale businessmen. In addition it creates social differences among the people due to food market being captured by fast food chain. In order to attain a monopoly and dominate the fast food industry
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Fast Food Nation: Chapter Four “Becoming a franchisee is an odd combination of starting your own business and going to work for someone else” (Schlosser 94).In Eric Schlosser’s Non-fiction book‚ Fast Food Nation‚ Schlosser reasons that fast food has widened the gap between the rich and the poor‚ started an obesity epidemic and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. While the idea of a franchiser/ franchisee relationship appears to be nothing but beneficial‚ it has a serious drawback‚
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their food than the social problems. Sinclair says‚ “I aimed at the public’s heart…and by accident I hit in the stomach.” (pg3). After several years‚ Sinclair fighting the injustice system‚ finally society began to change and started to form unions in various meatpacking industries. However those unions didn’t last too long as fast food industries started impact the society in the 1960’s. Now almost century has past and another book was written‚ Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. Fast Food Nation
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Fast Food Nation: Book Review What is a FFN? Fast Food Nation is a non-fiction novel essentially criticizing the fast food industry with its issues of–diet‚ nutrition and food safety‚ the greed of corporations‚ etc.–within the fast food industry that directly affect Americans today. Hence‚ the front cover reads: “The Dark Side of the All-AMerican Meal.” It discusses how the fast food industry brilliantly and strategically adapted to the dynamics of America. Granted‚ altering our landscape agriculturally
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