num_pages: 400
description: Eric Schlosser has visited the state of the art labs where scientists recreate the flavours and smells of everything from cooked chicken to fresh strawberries in the test tube and he has spoken to workers at meatpacking plants with some of the worstsafety records in the world. He explores the links between Hollywood and the fast food trade, and the tactics used to target ever younger consumers. In a meticulously researched and powerfully argued account, Fast Food Nation reveals the full price of our appetite for instant gratification.
language: English
title: Fast Food Nation
titlecomplete: Fast Food Nation
genres: Politics, Nonfiction, Science, Health, School, Food, Nutrition, Sociology, Business, History
ratings_count: 205301
places: Colorado Springs, Colorado
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Puddly Award
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd