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 food industry‚ it is becoming identical for the rest of the world due to globalization. This book provides a realistic‚ yet depressing‚ view of what our society is coming to. It addresses numerous problems
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Summary: All Americans effect the huge growth of fast food but adolescents play even more of a vital role in than the average consumer. Not only do teenagers consume fast food‚ but they work for it and steal from it because they are attracted to it the most. The fast food industry provides the easiest way for young people to get started and continue to succeed in our "Fast Food Nation." Our country loves fast food‚ there is speedy service with cheap tasty food in over one million restaurants world wide
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“Super Size Me” My perception of the importance of having a healthy diet and an active life Style after watching the documentary has change greatly. One would say that eating “fast food” a couple of times during a week or during a month cannot cause much damage to someone’s health‚ but in view of how Director Morgan Spurlock’s health went through significant changes with possibilities of developing serious health issues or having aftereffects that would not disappear even when returning to his normal
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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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Super Size Me a documentary film by Morgan Spurlock was about relieving the true side effects fast food industries have to the body over a period of consumption. For the next thirty days in the film‚ Morgan is going to be eating McDonalds for breakfast‚ lunch‚ and dinner. By doing this‚ the viewers are going to see that fast food is not good in any way for the body. The food is manufactured processed by big machinery and then shipped to McDonald’s companies. But before he initiated his experiment
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Spurlock directs and stars in the documentary film Super Size Me. After the obesity epidemic that broke out in the early 2000’s‚ Spurlock wonder’s what would happen if he were to consume only McDonald’s for breakfast‚ lunch and dinner for thirty days. This experiment raised many eyebrows to what is really reflected as healthy food. Therefore‚ due to Spurlock’s study a question came to mind; Should McDonald’s place health warning labels on their so-called food products? Yes‚ all McDonald’s should place
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Super Size Me 1. A vegan diet‚ is where people dont use anything od animal origin. Vegans do not use anything made from animal based products. People become vegan either because of animal rights‚ envirnmental factors‚ or becuase they want better health. Vegans do not use any product that comes from animals even clothing like Leather‚ wool or cosmetics. The difference between a vegan and a vegetarian‚ is that vegetarians eat eggs and dairy products. And use animal based products clothing‚ cosemtics
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“Natural Flavors” also known as “Artificial Flavors.” They are man made additives that gives food their flavors by blending scores of different chemicals in small amounts. The flavor industries consist of five chemical plants in New Jersey. The area produces two thirds of flavor additives sold in the United States. Flavor is the smell of gasses being released by chemicals that you’ve put in your mouth. The Food and Drug Administration
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Consumer Protection Paper – Super Size Me Based on our group discussion‚ we came into a conclusion that Consumer Protection are made to ensure fair transactions and along with that are truthful information’s in the marketplace. This is advantageous especially consumers‚ so that they would not fall into the traps of businesses that will not do them any good. This is also to save them from businesses that are engaged in fraud or any unfair practices that the company does. The four basic rights
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AP Human Geography Fast Food Nation Analysis ● Summary In the book Fast Food Nation‚ Eric Schlosser explains the roots of the fast food industry‚ rising in the post World War II era and then the “Meat and Potatoes‚” which unravels the specific details of the fast food industry. This includes the working conditions of the industry‚ the dangers of consuming meat‚ and the chemicals that they put into their products. The thesis of Fast Food Nation‚ in my opinion‚ is that the development of the fast fo
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