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Listening to this book has almost broken me of my fast-food habit, especially at the subject chain where I had been pulling up to the drive-through window 3 to 5 times a week. This book also has me reading labels more often at the grocery store, and only skimming the center aisles of processed stuff. I walked into the discount bread store the other day, read a few labels, and three minutes later walked out without buying a thing! Thank you, Morgan Spurlock!
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This book was a good reminder of the variety of known health hazards associated with eating fast food regularly and also a brain tickler on what we dont know about long-term health risks associated with regular intake of junk food.Spurlock guides the reader through a sea of facts, making them easily accessible through his narration. The book is sprinkled with funny incidents (such as how Spurlock came up with this idea) and the various reactions of friends, family, and doctors. In avoiding fear tactics, he keeps the reader from shying away from finishing his book.
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Incredibly eye opening and informative. A must for the well being of America.
This book is more of a collection of facts than a cohesive story. I was hoping for him to give more details about his experiences making the movie. He did give a few, but mostly he listed a bunch of "shocking" facts that weren't all that shocking (Americans are overweight, portion sizes are huge, fast food companies market their products to children). I thought "Fast Food Nation" was a better written book on this topic. Also, this book is poorly edited. The punctuation and grammar mistakes were distracting and made me question the accuracy of the book overall (if the editors didn't read the book closely enough to find glaring punctuation errors, did they check any of the facts presented?).
this is an unabridged 7cd audio book
