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    The majority of Americans enjoy fast food like bees enjoy their honey. Fast food is hard not to love due to families experiencing fast paced days, parents who work more than 20 hours a week, and having children with picky appetites can be rough. For most American families, it can be a challenge to not consider eating fast food more than once a week. The fast food industry has grown tremendously through the years. The one restaurant that is known all over the world for their golden arches and their

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    Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser, is a stark and unrelenting look into the fast food industry that has ingrained itself in not only American culture, but in many cultures around the world. There is almost no place on earth that the golden arches has not entered. Aside from Antarctica, there is a McDonalds on every continent, and the number of countries that have fast food restaurants is growing on a daily basis. Schlosser describes in detail what happens behind the scenes, before the hamburger

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    the growing epidemics in America is the fact that people seem to be eating too much fast food that is causing obesity. Not only does fast food cause obesity but you are also at risk of other illnesses such as, heart disease, diabetes, and blood pressure. The leading cause is due to all the fast food that we have available at all times. Everywhere you look you see billboards, commercials, and restaurants. Fast food is also very addictive and is what can cause a person to become obese. And it also has

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    Jennifer McGuire June 29 2016 Fast Food: Healthy or Not Nowadays, with developing of society, people seem to be not having time to care about meals. There are many kinds of foods for their choices. Fast food becomes a popular choice, and helps them solve their time issues. Eating fast food becomes a favorite habit that most people who are young and teenager really enjoy to taste. McDonald, Popeye, Burger King, and KFC are the most brand names in the world. I like fast food, especially KFC because it

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    Fast Food Nation

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    Linklater has used it as a slogan for his film "Fast Food Nation". The film is not only about the dangers of fast food and the associated health problems but also on the facilitation of human relationships, as well as immigrants. In fact, this movie is a hymn of universality and cruelty. One must admit that a nice wrapper is not a sign of qualitative product inside. Fast food restaurants offer us the food of such kind. It is well-known that eating food with carcinogenic leads to obesity. Here we see

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    a block in my neighborhood. The air is hazy and dense and the smell of food fills every corner. A city that never used to have any of foreign foods, now filled with the aroma and signs of fast food restaurants. As I walked, I realize that there was only one whole food market. Meanwhile, a McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken were seen on multiple corners. Another thing I noticed: the majority of people entering the fast food market are from places that were once filled with only traditionalists

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    Fast Food: National or Local

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    Fast food restaurant chains are a popular and convenient choice for eating on the go in our modern society. There are certainly several positive aspects to fast food establishments, but are the potential health detriments and collective negative effects on society worth it? Or would it be better to support locally owned and operated restaurants? Here I will examine several facts pertaining to these restaurants, as well as explain why I personally believe we should not frequent these establishments

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    society is the obesity derived from most of the time for the food on the go or “Fast Food.” This food can be prepare very quickly is sold at the restaurants and served to the costumer for takeout or take away. When people eat this food can have many consequences for this actions that can led like heart diseased diabetes, obesity, or heart problems and many more. This food also has become popular all over the world the topic about fast food can be see it and judged in different sides positive and negative

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    Fast food has been increasingly popular throughout the twenty-first century because of its sacrifice of health for speed, but that has recently started to change. “Fast casual” is the idea of a more casual restaurant atmosphere with healthier food, slightly higher prices, and a better overall experience. The transition to a more innovative fast casual mind set has spurred an increasing popularity across the country. Rising awareness in society has helped dawn the rise of the fast casual industry

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    Effects Of Fast Food

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    Many fast food restaurants are available whenever you want and at any time during the day. From In n out to Chick fil A, fast food places are convenient and quick but not many people know about the effects these places bring into our lives. The most important effect is what it can do to your health. From the convenience, new deals and prices, these places are rising in popularity. Popular places such as mcdonalds and taco bell have traveled far beyond what we could imagine just for a small meal

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