Fast food ruins our health. It is a mystery to me why a lot of people still do not understand that.
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You could be forgiven for being confused about why I am posting this here but it's because I came looking for 'Fast Food Nation', trying to track the story of SW Indians pounding Wonder Bread into the ground for good in their Pow Wow, read Elizabeth's review, saw that she authored Undamming of America, and then happened upon this little snippet. This article in its entirety I found unconscionable, since they actually say this , cut&paste below, and go on to say that these Indians are being diligently studied to figure out why they are so obese and so prone to diabetes. I was stunned... undam their river for crying out loud, and give them back their water!!

excerpt:
"Scattered across a reservation about the size of Connecticut, the Pima and Tohono O'odham Indians lived off the land for thousands of years.

A film from 1933 shows them farming the desert, growing their pima cotton and oranges. What you won't see are any fat people. But that was before the once-mighty Gila River, that watered the desert, was dammed to provide water for Phoenix, just 20 miles away. And it was before the men left to fight in World War II. When they returned, their farms were dried up, and the people were left starving. The government stepped in with surplus food -- lots of white flour and lard.

"They had to learn how to say certain things like Wonder Bread, peanut butter," says Johnson.

Now, desert farming is all but gone, and in its place is fast food and "fry bread," a deep-fried combination of flour and lard. It's also common to see 300-pound adults.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/12/60II/main628877 ...

We have so many things right at our fingertips that we take for granted, like drinking water, fast payday loans, and food surpluses. The United States has become the fast food nation. In Haiti, many of their people have taken to eating dirt cakes (I'm not joking) and instead of choosing what to feed their children, they have to decide which of their children to feed. Starvation has become a pandemic, while here in America the food problem is of a different sort. Due to the high fat content of the American diet, the rates for obesity have skyrocketed, especially childhood obesity. The mantra for Americans is cheap and convenient; the fast food chains fill this idea to the tee, and they love letting you know that they do. The natural foods that are so much healthier for our families are more expensive, which is the barrier for many, as their budgets get crunched. Fast food is far more appealing for people who can't afford a large grocery bill, and need to feed everybody right away. If you encounter an unexpected expense, and you have little ones that need to be fed, fast payday loans might be something for you to shop for. Click to read more on Fast Payday Loans.