Fast Food Nation The Golden Arches Most people would expect Fast Food chain restaurants to be a happy‚ convenient‚ inexpensive‚ and quick place to pick up a meal. The decision to stop for fast food‚ is made on spur of the moment‚ without much thought. The vast majority of customers do not set out to eat at a Burger King‚ Wendy’s‚ or McDonalds. Often‚ they’re not even planning to stop for food until they see a big sign‚ a familiar building‚ and set of golden arches. Fast food‚ like
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(2011). Research conducted has shown fast food to be a leading contributor to childhood obesity with close to one third of children consuming and demonstrating weight gain and risk of obesity (Holguin‚ 2004). The fast food industry stands accused of attempting to addict people‚ at an early age‚ to their food with a direct result of increased incidences of obesity. Much like the tobacco industry and smoking‚ there is debate whether responsibility lies with fast food or with individuals and their parents
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AMERICAN FAST FOOD IN KOREA 1. Compared to other East Asian countries‚ is Korea an ideal market? Korea is the only country in Asia where capital expenditure has revived in 2002. In the whole Asia fast-food chains were not hurt by the Asian economic crisis at the end of the 90’s. However in Korea‚ revenues of fast-food franchises fell by 25 per cent during the Asian financial crisis in 1997 and while the economy was under the influence of the shock. After some structural reforms in
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Is Fast Food Causing Obesity or Are We? Obesity is a growing problem in America that has serious consequences for us and our children. Some would argue this growing predicament is due to the poor choices made by the fast food industries and the unhealthy foods they have available to the public. Others like the Center for Consumer Freedom‚ would argue that it is not only their choice to eat healthy or unhealthy but also every individuals right as Americans to make that choice without the interference
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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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DISADVANTAGES OF FAST FOOD Fast food is pretty controversial. It has some advantages like saving time and money‚ but also some drawbacks‚ most of them related with one’s health condition. The popularity of fast food is on the rise in more and more countries of the world. Many people consider it a convenient source of food especially given the fact that the modern man is always in a hurry. This type of food is prepared and served very quickly and it can be excellent for busy people or for single
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and food issues; America has seen a dramatic increase in obesity in the last two decades. The occurrence of obesity and obesity related diseases increased rapidly in the U.S. in the last two decas. At the same time‚ the number of fast food restaurants more than doubled over the same time period‚ while the number of other restaurants grew at a much slower pace according to The Centers for Disease Control (Ward-Smith ). In public debates over obesity‚ the widespread availability of fast food restaurants
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Honors August 9‚ 2012 The main characters in the novel Fast Food Nation are Richard and Maurice “Mac” McDonald‚ Ray Kroc‚ Walt Disney‚ Carl N. Karcher‚ and Dave Thomas. The McDonald’s brothers are from New Hampshire. They opened up the first McDonald’s restaurant in 1937 in southern California. They revolutionized the fast food industry in 1948 by ridding their business of carhops‚ and using disposable plates and cups to serve finger food. Ray Kroc was a high school drop-out from Illinois. He sold
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Fast Food in America People today have a need for speed. Everything has to be more convenient‚ and bigger. Humans are the super-sized rulers of the world‚ and people need it as fast as possible. This lifestyle has consequences; if one does not start taking charge‚ and fight these big corporations right now these mistakes will be too far reaching and irreversible. Because fast food is convenient‚ inexpensive‚ and is a cultural habit‚ people must stop eating it since it has increased health problems
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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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