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America pioneered the fast-food industry that is a major part of the nation’s economic engine. "In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers ... or new cars ... A generation ago, three-quarters of the money used to buy food in the United States was spent to prepare meals at home. Today about half of the money used to buy food is spent at restaurants—mainly at fast food restaurants" (Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, 2001, pp. 3-4).
In recent years
much of the world has emulated American culture in its craving for fast food.
"Between 1984 and 1993, the number of fast food restaurants in Great
Britain roughly doubled—and so did the obesity rate among adults. The
British now eat more fast food than any other nationality in Western Europe"
(p. 242).
Asian nations also have succumbed to the invasion. "The arrival of McDonald’s in 1971 accelerated the shift in Japanese eating habits. During the 1980’s, the sale of fast food in Japan more than doubled" (ibid.).
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