Fast food
By: Lauri S. Scherer, book editor
Series: Introducing issues with opposing viewpoints
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780737769227
Subjects: Convenience foods; Juvenile literature; Food security; Fast food restaurants
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-133) and index.

Age 14 to 18.
Table of contents: title: 1. Is Fast Food Harmful?; title: Fast Food Is Addictive / Kelly Brownell and Mark Gold; title: Fast Food Is Not Addictive / J.J. Wilson; title: Eating Fast Food and Junk Food Has Serious Health Consequences / George Monbiot; title: Fast Food Restaurants Increasingly Offer Healthy Choices / Terry Rindfleisch; title: Fast Food Is Responsible for Making Children Fat / Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; title: Fast Food Is Not Responsible for Making Children Fat / Cal Thomas; title: Fast Food Restaurants Create "Food Deserts" in Low-Income Communities / Jennifer Wehunt; title: So-Called Food Deserts Do Not Really Exist / Peter Wilson; title: 2. How Should Fast Food Be Marketed?; title: Fast Food Ads Should Be Banned During Children's Programming / Kathy Chapman; title: Fast Food Ads Should Not Be Banned During Children's Programming / Julie Gunlock; title: Toys Should Only Be Included in Kids' Fast Food Meals That Meet Nutrition Standards / Center for Science in the Public Interest; title: Toys Should Not Be Banned from Kids' Fast Food Meals / Michael Yaki; title: Fast Food Restaurants Should Be Required to Post their Products' Nutrition Information / Margo Wootan; title: Posting Fast Food Nutrition Information Makes Little Difference In What People Order / Monica Eng; title: 3. Should Restrictions Be Placed on Fast Food?; title: Soda and Other Junk Food Products Should Be Taxed / Mark Bittman; title: Soda Should Not Be Taxed / Richard Littlejohn; title: Fast Food Should Be Banned Near Schools / Micah White; title: Fast Food Should Not Be Banned Near Schools / Los Angeles Times; title: People Should Be Able to Spend Food Stamps on Fast Food / Sherrie Tussler; title: People Should Not Be Able to Spend Food Stamps on Fast Food / Denise Williams.