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Fast
Food Nation
By Eric
Schlosser
HarperCollins, 2001 - 384 pages
I loved reading this book because I found out a lot of
facts I didn't know. For example,
(1) McDonald's uses satellites
to track the growth of cities and where to put their next
restaurants.
(2) Industrialized, automated, de-skilled
meatpacking is only one of the facets of fast food that comes
under scrutiny and is leading to the huge beef recalls you
hear about regularly in today's society and
(3) He talks about
an entire industry dedicated to making your food taste and
smell better.
Fast Food Nation is serious
brainfood; it might even help you supersize yours. I loved
reading this book as I think it is a good dose of reality with
obesity getting out of control in today's society. Just
thinking about the implications arising from the exportation
of fast food to the rest of the world has me concerned.
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About the
Author:
Eric Schlosser is
a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. He has
received a number of journalistic honors,
including a National Magazine Award for an
Atlantic article he wrote about marijuana and the
war on drugs. This is his first book.
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