
For those of you who have written or commented about my previous post about the reprehensible practices of the food industry, here’s a few links to some more information you might find interesting:
Fast Food Nation
This link takes you to an interview that the Atlantic Monthly did with Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, which takes an in depth look at the growth of the fast food industry and its labor, marketing and sales practices.
Super-sized Portions Cause Super-sized Problems
Where’s the Fruit?
In 2007, Prevention Institute and Strategic Alliance released, “Where’s the Fruit?” This study looked at the fruit content of the most highly marketed children’s products with references to fruit in the brand name or on the packaging. The original “Where’s the Fruit?” study and the subsequent “When Will There Be Fruit?” sudy found that roughly half of the products that made references to fruit on the packaging contained little to no fruit whatsoever.
Hidden Dangers of Fast Food
What is the real cost of eating all that high fat food?
Dangers of Fast Food
We live in a fast world. Worse than that, we live in a world where we now have so much to do, that there isn’t enough time in the day to do it.
Health and Junk Food
Junk food from fast food chains are foods low in health nutrients yet high in calories, fats and sugar. However, food from supermarkets in the form of ready meals, biscuits, cakes, sweets, fizzy drinks and so on also come into this category as they are just as empty of nutrients.
So, Buckaroos, as you can see, it’s a dangerous, junk food-laden world out there, so put on yer tallest tall tops before stridin’ out into the world and watch yer tummy or ya’ll might not be able to climb up onto that pony before long….