Fast food is what many people eat in America, and increasingly in other countries. It is advertised to be fun, tasty, and easily available. Americans spend more money annually on fast food than is spent on higher education.
Eric Schlosser is our guest in this archive edition. Heâs the author of Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Schlosser writes that it is not only what is served for human consumption that is the problem, but the art of mass-marketing to children through organized promotions and ads for the productsâin school busses, hallways, and even bathroom stallsâhas serious side effects on society.
Working conditions for employees at meat-packing plants and the resulting contamination of the product resulted in the July 19th, 2002 recall of 19 million pounds of beef. In addition to the acute health hazards of contamination, a fast food meal often contains more fat in one meal than the average person needs in a day.
I spoke with Eric Schlosser, the author of Fast Food Nation, in mid-summer 2002, we began with his description of the problem of excess fat in fast food.
Eric Schlosser is the author of Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. The book he recommends is âNewjack: Guarding Sing Sing,â by Ted Conover.
Barry Vogel, Esq. is the host and producer. Ignacio Ayala is the assistant producer.
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Eric Schlosser- "Do You Really Want to Eat That?"
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