Outline I) Introduction: Fast Food Nation is a book in which Eric Schlosser did not hold any detail back. His ideas are very much similar to Hank Cardello who expressed his feelings in his best seller Stuffed and a article labeled Bacon as a Weapon of Mass Destruction. All of these topics touch upon the problem of obesity‚ low wages‚ and unethical issues. II) Topic Sentence 1: Obesity was on of the most talked about issues within all the texts. -Detail/Example- One out of every three American
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and antibiotics that reside in day-to-day food products. For example‚ to prevent illness animals are often fed antibiotics that could be potentially harmful to humans. As these animals make the trip from the ranch to the dinner table‚ a significant portion of these chemicals still remain and are then consumed by the oblivious consumer. For precisely this reason‚ people are beginning to turn to healthier‚ plant-based diets that
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Why Obesity is Eating Americans Within the last few years‚ obesity has become the number one health risk in America. “For the first time ever‚ overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn’t that make overweight the average then? Last month you were fat‚ now you’re average - hey‚ let’s get a pizza!” jokes comedian Jay Leno (Jay Leno Quotes). Although he isn’t quite right with his statement‚ a large percentage of Americans are at least 30 percent over the ideal weight for a certain
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is there‚ easily filling the new open position. Complaints don’t help either‚ as found by Gail Eisnitz‚ also cited in Reprt:Line Speed‚ Injuries Increase for Slaughterhouse Workers‚ “Slaughterhouse workers talk of a production system that moves to fast…despite numerous complaints to management—as
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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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Fast Food Industry Not to Blame for Obesity Shoving bad food into your mouth at a fast food restaurant isn’t your fault‚ it’s the industry that is to blame. Now that doesn’t sound right‚ does it? In today’s society‚ Americans tend to think that something isn’t our fault‚ that someone else is to blame‚ this is called the blame game. Carl Pickhardt claims‚ “Blame never resolves conflict; it only protracts conflict by inflaming whatever grievance is involved.” Prolonging the confilct by blaming
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In Eric Schlosser’s “Fast Food Nation” he talks about the truth behind fast food. We never really wonder‚ when we eat fast food‚ where it came from‚ or what we are really eating‚ or how it came to be sitting in front of us. Well Schlosser uses his undeniable phraseology‚ his overall facts on the history of fast food‚ and his brutal honesty to describe and challenge our fast food nation‚ as we know it. In his book Schlosser argues that the fast food industry utilizes its political influence to avoid
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Government‚ Fast Food and American Obesity Should the government get involved in controlling what food options are available to American consumers in an effort to fight the war on obesity? The obesity rate for Americans today has almost doubled compared to the rate in 1997 (CDC‚ 2012). Some believe this increase‚ especially in children‚ has to do with the increase in so many unhealthy fast food restaurants (Chou et al‚ 2010). However‚ does the government have the right to tell fast food restaurants
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 4568-A Community Square Houston‚ TX 56987 (965) 245-6875 TO: Fast Food Venders FROM: Ann W. Brown‚ Chairperson‚ Office of Compliance DATE: March 28‚ 2006 SUBJECT: Pretesting giveaway toys Did you know that in 1999 that two babies died after suffocating on plastic Pokemon balls that their parents got from Burger King? Furthermore‚ three children choked on "Scooter Bugs" that were given out at McDonalds. How would you feel if
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which is describing the changes of consumer taste have made once-exotic foods like sushi and burritos everyday options. Many fast food customers are looking for healthier and better tasting food. Moreover‚ competitions has been coming from quick meals of all sorts that can be found in supermarkets‚ convenience stores and vending machines. Demographic - customers now working around theclock‚ expecting 24 hour access to fast food‚ how toplease range of customers from kids to contractors? Sociocultural
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