Chew On This: Everything You Don’t Want To Know About Fast Food

Fast food corporations repeatedly say that any adverse health conditions resulting from the consumption of their products are solely the fault of undisciplined individuals. How do Schlosser and Wilson show that this claim is untrue?

How was the rise of fast food related to other 20th-century lifestyle changes, such as the rise of the automobile, mass entertainment, and the factory assembly line?

How and why do fast food corporations chiefly aim their products at children?

What are the main problems with fast food corporations filling gaps in state and civic funding for schools and playgrounds? 

How do Schlosser and Wilson seek to empower readers to see beyond the fast food industry’s shiny, optimistic facade?

What sort of men pioneered the fast food industry and how might their disruptive, progress-orientated attitudes set the precedent for entrepreneurs in the digital age?

To what extent does the fast food industry support and subvert the traditional American values of hard work, self-sufficiency and self-determination?

How has the fast food industry’s desire for sameness affected the way food is produced?