The Popularity of Fast Food

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This paper describes why Americans enjoy fast food so much, despite the many problems associated with its consumption. The author reviews Morgan Spurlock's 2004 documentary "Supersize Me" to illustrate the popularity of fast food restaurants. The paper gives several reasons why fast food is so popular, which include its tastiness convenience, and low cost. The paper concludes by discussing some of the health risks associated with a diet based on fast food.

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" The convenience factor of fast food is also an undeniable selling point. According to Eric Schlosser: "Women entered the work force in record numbers," in the 1970s, "often motivated less by feminism than by a need to help pay the bills....the entry of women into the nation's work force has greatly increased demand for the types of services that housewives traditionally performed: cooking, cleaning and child care," as families have less time to devote to the domestic arts (Schlosser, 1998). After a hard day at work, a mother can provide her family with a hot meal from a fast food chain, guilt-free. She can also assuage some of her children's incessant nagging, given the amount of fast food advertising that is targeted towards children. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Barboza, David. (5 Aug 2003). "Fast Food Industry Zeroes In On Children International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 3 Apr 2007 at http://www.rense.com/general39/fast.htm
• Schlosser, Eric. (3 Sept 1998). "Fast-Food Nation: The True Cost of America's Diet." Rolling Stone. Issue 794. Retrieved 3 Apr 2007 at http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/press/rollingstone1.html
• "Supersize Me." (2005). Directed by Morgan Spurlock.
• White, Sarah. (2006). "Fast Food: is Bigger Better? Retrieved 3 Apr 2007 at http://googolplex.cuna.org/21373/ajsmall/story.html?doc_id=691

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