Fast Food Nation

Question: Write a review essay that evaluates Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser? Answer: Introduction The book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser focuses on the realities of fast food. The author shows that the fast foods are unhealthy for the people. Mainly, in the book the author focused the base on dark side of fast food. The fast food industry is based on meat industry. The purpose of the author is to show the people about what they are exactly eating. The fast food is destroying the health of the people slowly. From the review analysis, it is being analyzed that the book Fast Food Nation concerns about the health related issues which are caused by unhealthy food. The fast food is made of low standard meats, and therefore diseases are to be spread among the people from the meat. Analysis In this book, the author Schlosser reveals the value of fast food. The primary theme of fast food nation that concerns about the health issues which are caused by inadequate food. The reason for popularity of fast food is their changing lifestyle. The people over there are working for very long hours, so they do not get time to prepare their own food. The people are using all types of media such as internet, television to advertise different kinds of fat food. The fast food is made from low standard meats that are taken from low quality animals. Therefore, diseases are spread among the people as the meat is taken from different parts of animals. Thus, the author argues that the fast food franchises of America play a major role in causing obesity. It is the largest social issue among the Americans. Almost 200,000 are facing food borne diseases, every year one quarter of Americans are suffering from food poisoning. Viruses such as E. coli is to be identified which is causing diseases. Both adults and children are addicted to fast food in number of ways, as restaurants are being built at the side of the playgrounds so fast food is advertised both inside and outside the school. Burger is the main item on the schools cafeteria, which is a giant food item for the people and causes diseases. According to the documentary of Morgan Spurlock, most of the Americans visit fast food restaurant every day. Americans are spending their money on fast food, and America is considered to be the fattest nation as 60% are suffering from overweight as well as obese. The people are eating fast food regularly thus; it is clear that fast food causes obesity. McDonalds is a fast food company contributes to obesity as they are serving unhealthy food to the customers. Even McDonaldss refuses to agree that fast food causes obesity. According to National Institutes of Health, a very large amount of salt as well as sugar, artificial additives in fast food causes negative effects on their long-term health. McDonalds is not popular because of their selling food but earns their majority of profits from collecting rent. They are sending more money on their marketing as well as advertising than any other brand. Conclusion Fast food can have serious health as well as social effects, so the people have to be careful to eat fast food and have to be more careful about the health related problems. The book Fast Food Nation analyzes a depth analysis of the effect of fast food on the customers. The fast food franchises cause obesity and this is one of the major social issues in America. The people of America are addicted to fast food, not only adult but also children. Thus, the author argues that the fast food franchises of America play a major role in causing obesity. Reference list Downey, Erin. 'Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser'. PopMatters, 2015. Online. Internet. 29 Jun. 2015. . Available: https://www.popmatters.com/review/fast-food-nation/. Haugen, David M, Susan Musser, and Eric Schlosser. The food industry in Eric Schlosser's Fast food nation. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2013. Mifflin, Houghton. 'Fast Food Nation'. Nytimes.com, 2015. Online. Internet. 29 Jun. 2015. . Available: https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/schlosser-fast.html. Schlosser, Eric. 'Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Themes - eNotes.com'. eNotes, 2015. Online. Internet. 29 Jun. 2015. . Available: https://www.enotes.com/topics/fast-food-nation/themes.