Chew on this: Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food

Eric Schlosser, Charles Wilson

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 318 pages

In this "New York Times" bestseller, Schlosser ("Fast Food Nation") and Wilson unwrap the fast-food industry, offering a behind-the-scenes look at a business that both feeds and feeds off the young. This paperback edition includes a discussion guide, a new Afterword, and supplemental information with healthy eating resources for kids.

Contents

• The Pioneers: 13
• The Youngster Business: 37
• McJobs: 63
• The Secret of the Fries: 92
• Stop the Pop: 128
• Meat: 156
• Big: 202
• Your Way: 234
• Afterword: 259
• Photo Credits: 266
• Notes: 268
• Acknowledgments: 300
• Index: 303
• Discussion Questions and Action Steps: 311

About the author

Eric Schlosser is a correspondent for The Atlantic. His work has also appeared in Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, The Nation, and The New Yorker. He has received a National Magazine Award and a Sidney Hillman Foundation Award for reporting. Charles Wilson grew up in West Virginia and has written for several newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times and the Washington Post. He has worked on the staff of The New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine and has rounded up beef cattle on horseback at his uncle's ranch.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Chew on this: Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food
• Authors: Eric Schlosser, Charles Wilson
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006
• ISBN: 0618593942, 9780618593941
• Length: 318 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Cooking & Food; Juvenile Nonfiction / Health & Daily Living / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Science / Customs, Traditions, Anthropology; Young Adult Nonfiction / Animals / General; Young Adult Nonfiction / Business & Economics; Young Adult Nonfiction / Health & Daily Living / Diet & Nutrition