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    industries are bringing in automation that used to use human hands for a lot ranging from fast food to the automotive industry. I will be showing the effects of automation in the fast food industry. The effects of automation contribute to job loss and gain, loss of human interaction in the work place, and even changes in the work environment. The effects of automation contribute to job loss and gain in the fast food industry because of machines replacing workers. According to Fortune.com “McDonald's

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    Thesis: The fast food industry has a harmful affect on society. Topic Sentence 1: Fast food causes Coronary Artery Disease. Topic Sentence 2: Fast food is popular among our nation. Topic Sentence 3: The environment is affected by the fast food industry. "We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it”(Ray Kroc, Founder of McDonald’s). Coronary Artery Disease is a type of heart disease and the most common cause of heart attacks. Plaque from eating unhealthy

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    In "How Junk Food Can End Obesity" by Freedman, the author critiques the wholesome food promoters and how they believe people should eat healthy. He states that these people believe that real food is only farm fresh food and that processed food is inherently unhealthy. However, Freedman states, that even if they could get everyone to switch to farm fresh food, it would still not end obesity. He states that this food actually has about the same fat content and contains other unhealthy materials which

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    obese (CDC, 2015). According to the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), individuals that live in poverty such as low-income families are vulnerable to obesity due to limited resources and lack of access to healthy affordable foods, fewer opportunities for physical activity, cycles of food deprivation and overeating, high levels of stress, and limited access to healthcare (FRAC, 2010). It is important for children and adults to have access to healthy affordable foods and know how to cook these healthy

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    Michael Pollan Cooks

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    Pollan is known for writing cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and several other New York Times best sellers. In the article: Pollan Cooks the writer, Mark Bittman, states Michael Pollan’s seven most famous words “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” According to Bittman, Pollan has added three more words to that quote, which include “and cook them.” This article is about Pollans new book, Cooked: A natural History of Transformation. When cooking, you use

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    blessed with things such as fast food and ordering this over the phone. Foods that are convenient such as Hot Pockets or anything needed to be microwaved are often unhealthy. People today are gravitating to these foods which while convenient will eventually lead to obesity. Obesity is a huge epidemic that is caused by several factors such as fast food, technology, and lack of clear plans from parents and schools, which can be solved by Limiting advertisements on fast food and having parents

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    income they make. As someone who usually always eat healthy, I have noticed the price differences between healthy food and unhealthier fast food. Buying healthy nutritious groceries at a store is a lot more expensive than buying fast food. The association can be made because people, who are just barely making ends meet with their money, are more inclined to try and cut costs with food. I feel that stereotyping can play a role in how socioeconomic status and race interact with each other. This leads

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    Slow Food Movement: A counter solution to the fast food problem As industrialization and globalization increased rapidly, the agricultural products and food production was driven to result in standardized tastes and destroyed many varieties with flavors. While the consumption of fresh foods has tended to decrease, modern societies appeared to consume large amounts of fast food, and today the growing popularity is clear. Fast foods are widely consumed as a regular of the habitual diet, especially

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    Fast Food Nation Summary

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    Fast Food Nation begins by discussing Carl Karcher, one of the fast food pioneers. He was born in 1917 in Ohio, where he worked on a farm. Later in life, Carl bought a hotdog cart which later turned into a drive-in Barbeque restaurant. The post world war II economy provided him with many customers. When he compared McDonald’s with Walt Disney, Schlosser pictured Ray Kroc as a perceptive businessman only concerned in expanding his business. Schlosser demonstrated how fast-food industries, which offers

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    Food is one of the most important aspects of the human body. Over time it has been proven that food is the key to survival. Food for human beings has definitely made a drastic change throughout the centuries. With that the food industry has been talked about quite a bit. We consume so much processed food to the point where we adapt unhealthy diets which causes us to develop unhealthy habits. In order to combat this we humans have taken different approaches to including buying organic produce as an

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