Teenagers and Fast Food

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The paper relates that although all Americans effect the huge growth of fast food, adolescents play more of a vital role than the average consumer. The paper discusses how teenagers consume fast food, work in fast food restaurants and steal from them too.

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"Our country loves fast food; there is speedy service with cheap tasty food in over one million restaurants world wide. Though we all love it, we do not like the stories behind it. In 2004, Americans spent over 110 billion dollars on fast food, that's more than higher education, computers, computer software and new cars combined (Scholosser, 3). Teenagers provide a huge role in the fast food industry. Teenagers work at these restaurants, eat at these restaurants, are objects of advertisements by these restaurants and steal from these restaurants more than any other age group. Ever since the age of three more than 75 percent of American children can recognize the face of Ronald McDonald. Since our nation is currently being raised around fast food it is only inevitable that as children grow, they only become more of a part of it everyday."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The dark side of the All-American Meal. HarperCollins Publishers: New York 2001.

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