Chew On This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food

Wilson, Charles; Schlosser, Eric

ISBN 10: 0618593942 / ISBN 13: 9780618593941

Published by Houghton Mifflin, 2007

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New - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - Kids Love Fast Food. And The Fast Food Industry Definitely Loves Kids. It Couldn?T Survive Without Them. Did You Know That The Biggest Toy Company In The World Is Mcdonald?S? It?S True. In Fact, One Out Of Every Three Toys Given To A Child In The United States Each Year Is From A Fast Food Restaurant. Not Only Has Fast Food Reached Into The Toy Industry, It?S Moving Into Our Schools. One Out Of Every Five Public Schools In The United States Now Serves Brand Name Fast Food. But Do Kids Know What They?Re Eating? Where Do Fast Food Hamburgers Come From? And What Makes Those Fries Taste So Good? When Eric Schlosser?S Best-Selling Book, Fast Food Nation, Was Published For Adults In 2001, Many Called For His Groundbreaking Insight To Be Shared With Young People. Now Schlosser, Along With Co-Writer Charles Wilson, Has Investigated The Subject Further, Uncovering New Facts Children Need To Know. In Chew On This, They Share With Kids The Fascinating And Sometimes Frightening Truth About What Lurks Between Those Sesame Seed Buns, What A Chicken ?Nugget? Really Is, And How The Fast Food Industry Has Been Feeding Off Children For Generations. Featuring Cover Art By M. Wartella.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chew On This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618593942
• ISBN 13: 9780618593941
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cookbooks - Culinary Arts

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Synopsis

In the New York Times bestseller Chew on This, Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson unwrap the fast-food industry to bring you a behind-the-scenes look at a business that both feeds and feeds off the young. Find out what really goes on at your favorite restaurants and what lurks between those sesame seed buns. Praised for being accessible, honest, humorous, fascinating, and alarming, Chew On This was also repeatedly referred to as a must-read for kids who regularly eat fast food. Having all the facts about fast food helps young people make healthy decisions about what they eat. Chew On This shows them that they can change the world by changing what they eat. Chew on This also includes action steps, a discussion guide, and a new afterword by the authors.

About the Authors

Charles Wilson grew up in West Virginia and has written for several newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times and the Washington Post. He has worked on the staff of The New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine and has rounded up beef cattle on horseback at his uncle's ranch.

Eric Schlosser is a correspondent for The Atlantic. His work has also appeared in Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, The Nation, and The New Yorker. He has received a National Magazine Award and a Sidney Hillman Foundation Award for reporting.