Burger King soon followed in the 50’s and has also received its fair share of lawsuits. Some believe that suing consistently is acceptable because they are using their freedom of using the court system but many believe that it is a frivolous waste of time. Because fast food has become increasingly available, many Americans use the opportunity to eat their food whenever they want it and at a low cost. Yet when the visits are far too often they look for someone else to blame for their mistakes. Take Gregory Rhymes for example.
Charlie Dajose 22 August, 2011 AP English Fast Food Nation In the book, Fast Food Nation, the author Eric Schossler brings up several issues with the fast food society. All of these issues revolve around the idea that fast food is detrimental not just for our health, but for the economy, consumers, and producers as well. Schossler shows clearly how kids as little as three-years-old are being pushed into thinking McDonald’s is a safe and healthy place to go through the media. Through stories and statistics, Schossler shows how children are nearly being brainwashed to buy fast food. He states how the young and under-paid workers are taken advantage of and are put in danger just by going to their jobs.
A fast food meal may contain 900-1600 calories, which is almost half of the calories most people need each day. Fast food such as poutine, contains saturated fat, which our body will not be able to burn. The salt and sugar in fast food is more than our body needs, which is not healthy for our body. Teenagers need to learn how to make healthy food choices. Another reason why fast food should be banned from high school cafeterias is because it is a waste of money.
Even though Spurlock makes many valid points in his documentary, I still believe that the eating habits of Americans today are based on their own choices and they should be responsible for those choices. According to the documentary Super-Size Me by Morgan Spurlock, 60% of adults in America are either overweight or obese. Spurlock decided to make the film when he heard about two teenage girls who filed lawsuits blaming McDonalds for them being overweight. His experiment involved him eating only McDonalds for 30 days to see what would happen to his body. Spurlock decided to follow four main rules during this experiment.
Sporlock takes on the unique stle of participatory narration in order to create an intense level of engagement between the filmmaker and the viewers, thus making the film more personal and effective. Spurlock is a college educated, relatively young, physically fit, white male--making him an acceptable face on the problem of fast food effects on the body. Prior to starting the "McDiet," Spurlock led a healthy life with his vegan girlfriend. However when the month-long experiment began, he took on the persona of a fast-food eating consumer, and the detrimental effects were almost instantaneous. Much of the effectiveness of the experiment stems from the fact that the director chose to undergo the experiment himself.
In his article “Don't Blame the Eater” David Zinczenko has pointed out that all the fast food industries are the one responsible for making the children's in America fat and unhealthy. Zinczenko believes that the fast food centers aren't providing any kind of warnings about the effects and extra calories that a fast food can cause, instead they are eager to supply their so called “cheap and tasty fast food”. When he was young he had no choice except for eating at fast food centers as his mother was busy earning money to pay the bills because of which he ended up overweight. According to my view, I believe that it isn't the fast food industries who are to be blamed, it is the parents. Eventhough nowadays all the parents have to work long hours to earn their living but still they shouldn't forget their responsibility towards their children.
This may vary depending on several factors such as age, weight, height, physical activity and gender. Fast food has had a negative impact on Americans, especially teenagers, as it has been linked to serious health problems ranging from obesity to diabetes. McDonald’s is one of the main fast food restaurants responsible for health problems on teenagers in the United States. Physical Problems Plenty of McDonald’s food is good tasting, except that it is not nutritionally balanced and, therefore, unhealthy if consumed on a regular basis. Burgers, French fries, sodas, milkshakes, ice cream, etc are just an example of the wide menu McDonald’s has to offer the consumer making it easy for them to order a highly caloric meal.
Working, even at Burger Barn, takes away these teenagers free time in which they could have been negatively influenced by other teenagers. Other poor teenagers that Newman showed us worked to help support their family. Working at Burger Barn has proved to be a safe place for these teens to go after school. Managers at Burger Barn encourage school and success to their workers. Grades determine how many hours the teens will get at Burger Barn.
Burger King VS McDonald’s Burger King and McDonald’s are both fast food restaurants that provide customers with an easy drive thru window. When families have very little time to prepare a cooked meal at home, they most often opt for a fast food drive thru. Hitting up the drive thru at Burger King or McDonald’s, makes life just a little easier for the family on the run. People choose these types of places mostly for their fast pace, not for the quality of the food they receive. Also, because places such as Burger King and McDonald’s cost less than a fancy dining place, they feel they are getting a big bang for their buck.
Fast food restaurants make their appearance on nearly every street corner in every town. “Fast Food Nation” pointed out all of the flaws in these miserable grease pits, but there are some very small advantages of fast food restaurants besides the convenience and low prices. The nation has about 2.5 million people employed in the fast food industry, this total is mostly made up of teenagers, the elderly, the uneducated, or the handicapped. Although working at a fast food restaurant may not be the most flattering job, it can help pay the bills or give teens some extra spending cash or maybe even money to pay for college. The fast-food industry has created millions and millions of jobs for these usually unappealing workers.