Schlosser points out that in the year of 2000, Americans spent over $110 billion on fast food alone. This means Americans were spending more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, and new cars. We spent more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, videos, and recorded music; combined. Schlosser’s work takes readers from the California subdivisions where the business was born to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike where many of fast food’s flavors are invented. He recommends that in search of a better way to serve customers, the fast food industry has negatively infused its way into the American culture.
Or is it that we have such an abundance of food there is no need to be conservative over buying too much at the grocery store (or fast food joint) or saving that last handful of leftover pasta? What about both? Even though efforts are being made to reduce food waste in America, Americans are seemingly creating more of an environmental and economic issue by wasting more food than recycling it. As of 2012 there are over 313 million people in the United States alone (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012). With a number this high, it may not be such a big shock to see how much food is being wasted in America.
Many Americans cannot afford to purchase such material, so they have to rely on the abundant diversity of fast food and microwaveable dinners. As seen in Figure 1 the percent of obese people has increased since 1988. So has the production and consumption of unhealthy foods such as fast food restaurants. These unhealthy ways of eating are not helping the obesity rates to decrease, but rather causing more damage to more citizens across the nation. There have been several studies done in order to interpret the correlation between obesity and its alarming increasing rate.
It is easy to notice how biased it is and how it also lacks of another perspective. The most important resource that the director uses in this documentary is that the viewer is actually seeing the progressions of the harmful effects that this food is having on Spurlock’s health, which at the same time are also supported with medical analysis to make it even more credible. It is crucial to notice that he also uses several facts and gives opinions of different reliable sources adding important credibility to the criticism that he is making against Mc
It is clear from the very start that the movie, Food Inc. is a criticism and argument on todays food processing industry, and evident that it is a negative one at that. The movie’s objective is to uncover the curtain that is blinds all of the human race from the process by which the food we eat is grown and slaughtered. While the final product is what we have been accustomed to, the average person knows next to nothing when it comes to how the food was made. Food Inc. goes into great detail using not only the farmers and various people, but more more apparent the pathos used trough the vivid pictures and sounds of the slaughterhouses and various animals who were treated more like a product than a living creature. With the simple fact that food is a necessity to sustain life, clearly this movie applies to all humans, however, the pictures and words that are used appear to be targeted towards a slightly more mature audience.
The calorie intake is one tenth of the daily food intake for the average American showing that unhealthy food is becoming a trend. Current food and beverage marketing puts kids at health risks. The consumption of unhealthy food is corrupting America's youth. The growth of companies and unhealthy foods popularity is proving to be the demise of America's health. But who is to really blame for the rise of childhood obesity in America?
Abstract “Would you like that meal large or supersize today?” Not only does that question get asked hundreds, if not thousands, of times a day; it is now being applied to children’s meals. America is drowning in fat. The statistics are staggering when compared to other countries around the world. In September of 2011, America topped the charts with 30.6 percent obesity. Not only are we doing this to ourselves, now we are doing this to our children.
However, confronting obesity and lowering the rates now will be a more costly effective movement for the future. Nowadays obesity in the United States carries the hefty price tag of 147 billion dollars per year in direct medical costs, just over ten percent of all medical spending, experts report (Jamporis). The financial and health costs of obesity have only been rising over recent years, and there is no way they will begin decreasing if there is not any plan put into effect. The health risks are obviously a huge concern for the public health field, but the financial costs are even more concerning for the economy. With the United States in such a deep debt, costs derived from obesity are unnecessary and should not have to be dealt with.
Obesity Obesity has become one of the major issues in the United States of America. Obesity is body weight that exceeds the amount of weight considered healthy. The United States of America is a country that is known for its obesity rates. The United States of America is the country with the highest obesity rate with 30.6 percent. The main cause of obesity in this country is the business of fast food because it’s very cheap and very unhealthy.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, obesity rates have tripled in America's youth and adults since 1980 America needs to understand that not the only people getting larger, but so are their children. We are leading children to poor health and a poor understanding of what exercise and being active can do for you. With schools limiting PE classes and sporting budgets, exercise has been something only merely talked about rather than being practiced. Children are being diagnosed with Cardiovascular disease which is one of the leading causes of death in our nation and many other chronic diseases. Because of the significance of fast food chains in America, we feel the urge for an easy meal, Americans, in general, immediately look to the fast food nation for a quick suppression to their hunger.