CBS News recently did an interview with American investigative journalist Eric Schlosser on why Americans are obsessed with fast food and his new book Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All American Meal.
Schlosser choose to write about fast food because everyone eats it and he gave some specific statistics to back up his statement: "...At least one quarter of American adults eat fast food everyday and one out of every eight adults has worked in a fast food restraunt at some time during their lives."
When asked why he thinks fast food is so popular, Schlosser replied simply by saying that its easy, filling, conveinient, and inexpensive. For the most part anyway. Another reason why fast food is popular is becuse it's something that people enjoy eating. Out of all fast food restraunts, McDonalds is always referred to as the best and most popular.
McDonals, being one of the very first fast food restraunts introduced a way to eat food without the usual utensils and, thanks to the drive through, can be eaten while driving (although multitasking while driving is prohibited in most states).
"The design of a fast food restaurant is very well thought out," Schlosser says, "The seats are comfortable, but not to comfortable and the colors are bright and primary which are designed to make you sit buy eventually leave."
Schlosser goes into detail about the way that chicken nuggets changed the way that Americans eat chicken. "The overwhelming majority of chicken sold is as chunks and processed meat as opposed to whole birds. In the fast food, chicke has twice as much fat as hamburgers because they are fried."
The majority of fast food, surprising, is fried. Fried foods taste good, but the people eating it don't seem to care about the fat aspect. "I don't think people's eating habits have become healthier. Right now, in the fast food industry the trend is to add bacon to their meals. Only Subway is working to promote a more healthy way of eating."
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