Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Eric Schlosser. New York‚ NY: Houghton Mifflin Company‚ 2001‚ 383 pp. Notes. $13.95. "This book is about fast food‚ the values it embodies‚ and the world it has made‚" writes Eric Schlosser in the introduction of his book‚ Fast Food Nation. His argument against fast food is based on the premise that "the real price never appears on the menu." The "real price‚" according to Schlosser‚ ranges from obliterating small business‚ spreading pathogenic
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Freshman English 1 15 June 2013 We usually cook our meals at home‚ but eating fast food occasionally can be a special treat and is sometimes necessary when we are having an especially busy night. Unfortunately‚ my family’s eating habits are not the same as those of the typical American family. Americans have become addicted to the highly-processed‚ over-salted‚ and excessively sugared products fast food offers. Fast foods are easy to acquire‚ taste delicous‚ satisfy hunger‚ and are relatively low
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fan of food‚ love to eat out but there is so many restaurants that sell unhealthy and fatty foods that aren’t good for you. We can start with making our community a better place by replacing most of the unhealthy food options with healthier ones in restaurants. Obesity is being grossly overweight to the point where you can barely walk and your body will soon start to shut down. Sixty-nine percent of Americans are obese and that’s a major problem in our society. All because of the fatty foods we eat
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The Rise of Fast Food- the Most Influential Development in American History After World War II‚ the building of roads and the explosion of the automobile industry gave birth to an idea that changed America forever- fast food. Fast food came in the 1940’s‚ conquered throughout the late 20th century‚ and is now considered the most important development in American history. Fast food changed America by having a colossal impact on the U.S. economy‚ influencing American culture‚ particularly in the
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According to Fast Food Nation’s author‚ Eric Schlosser‚ Hungry Planet: What the World Eats is a “beautiful and important book about one of the world’ s most important subjects.” This book‚ written by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio‚ takes on the topic of food. Yet‚ the authors don’t simply talk about different foods around the world‚ they go in depth into the cultural‚ social‚ and economical aspects of eating. They display‚ through the use of pictures‚ a week’s worth of food for numerous different
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Marketing Toward Children The FAST-Food Way to Earn Billions “The adult market is stagnant; selling more soda to kids is one of the easiest ways to meet sales projections‚” stated Eric Schlosser in his book “Fast Food Nation.” This quote is a terrific synopsis of Schlosser’s perception of marketing towards children. Schlosser strongly believes that direct marketing towards children has grown vastly out of hand over the years‚ especially in the Fast-Food Industry. He feels that these children
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Modern‚ fast‚ processed food is a disaster. That‚ at least‚ is the message conveyed by newspapers and magazines‚ on television programs‚ and in cookbooks. It is a mark of sophistication to bemoan the steel roller mill and supermarket bread while yearning for stone- ground flour and brick ovens; to seek out heirloom apples while despising modern tomatoes; to be hostile to agronomists who develop high-yielding crops and to home economists who invent recipes for General Mills. My culinary style‚ like
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Since the 20th century fast food has become extremely popular as an alternative to home-cooked meals. Year by year the number of restaurants specializing in fast food has been growing. What are the reasons of this sweeping popularity? What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating this type of food as opposed to normal foods or meals? Pros Firstly‚ fast food saves time allowing people to buy food from almost everywhere without long waiting time. Nowadays many people are in a hurry‚ which usually
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Fast food Fast food or traditional food? This is a new brand debate between people all around the world specially between older and younger members of families. My mother is a medical doctor and she always prevented me from eating fast food and junky food. In my opinion‚ although fast foods bring some advantages to our nowadays lives‚ they have many disadvantages such as containing a lot of bad lipids and high calories and consist of some refrigerated and synthetic materials. First of all‚ fast
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