| View Larger Image | Chew On This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food | Paperbackby Charles Wilson (Author), Eric Schlosser (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Sandpiper | | Page Count: | 320 Pages | | Publication Date: | April 23, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 50,626th |
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Product Description
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. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 55 reviews)
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Chew on This by William A. Bormann (Plymouth Mn.)  5 Stars
October 11, 2009
This is a book everyone should read. It makes you think if this type of saturation of high fat food will have on the future of the health of the children. What will this mean for the health insurance industry in the future? It is in bad shape now. How will people pay for all the health problems these foods cause in the future?
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Not nearly as good as Fast Food Nation by M. van Hattum  2 Stars
October 07, 2009
This book misses the charm and humour that made Fast Food Nation such an interesting read. This book is just a droning anti-corporate rant that takes itself far to seriously.
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If you like fast food read this! Or, even if you don't. by K. Gibson (Oakland, CA, USA) 5 Stars
September 20, 2009
This book is an outstanding read for young people and others of the Fast Food Generations. It is easy to read and amazing enough to be a fun read.
Confidentially, this book also teaches thoughtful reading and annotation skills. It helps a younger reader learn how to decide if information is reliable or just hot air.
Recommended for readers from age 12 to 100.
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Awesome and horrifying by eine Leserin 5 Stars
August 19, 2009
My kids brought this one home and I read it after them. Fascinating and horrifying. We don't eat much fast food in our family, but I think when given a choice I'll be steering away from meat from giant meatpackers...
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Really, it's something to chew on (even for fourth graders) 5 Stars
June 21, 2009
I just wanted to say that I picked up this book not because I wanted a negative thought about fast food. I picked up this book just out of curiousity, and wonder if it's one of those books which only says why fast food is bad in health, which are pretty common in my health period. I was partially right. Chew On This isn't just a book which you don't want to know about fast food, it's almost anything you don't want to know which are related to fast food. From what soda does to america to the production of meat, Chew On This is really something that trys to convince you to make better decisions on eating fast food by also showing you some facts which aren't just health issues, but also buisness and production.
I really like what the book's audience is. The book is pretty easy to read, even a fourth grader can easily read it and mostly understand it. According to the book, students and kids are the best customers for fast food restaurants, which is probably why the book's audience are students and children.
The only problem I have on this book is that it has so much information that it will easily have some students get lost. Some students also might say that some of the facts which it was widely explained are unecessary for making decisions of fast food.
Overall, it's a good book. It shows you- not only why fast food is bad in health- but bad in the world and business.
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