On AlterNet: fast food

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "fast food"

McEconomy: Is America's Middle Class Doomed to Low-Wage Jobs and a Poor Standard of Living?

Andy Kroll, TomDispatch.com. May 8, 2011.

Increasing numbers of people are flipping burgers, answering telephones, engaged in child care, mopping hallways, and in other low-wage lines of work.

5 Ridiculous Fast Food Creations That Should Never Have Been Invented

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. February 4, 2011.

Kitchens have sadly been replaced with scientific laboratories and it's starting to seem that the American public is one big test animal.

How Modern Day Mad Men Are Making Our Kids Fat and Sick

Kelle Louaillier, Other Words. January 3, 2011.

Protecting our children from diet-related disease requires guarding them from junk food advertising.

Chemicals in Fast Food Wrappers Show Up in Human Blood

Environment News ServiceNovember 9, 2010.

Chemicals used to keep grease from leaking through fast food wrappers and microwave popcorn bags are migrating into food and could be harmful.

Despite Spending Billions on Advertising, the Fast Food Industry Blames Parents for Skyrocketing Obesity Rates

Leslie Samuelrich, Other Words. October 18, 2010.

The Federal Trade Commission estimates that major food and beverage corporations spend at least $1.6 billion in the US every year to convince kids to eat unhealthy food.

Fast Food Chains Are Falling Flat with Their 'Healthy' Image Makeover

Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. October 13, 2010.

Fast-food chains are being blamed for the 30 percent national obesity rate, and they know it. But is their new food any healthier?

6 Revolting Breakfasts That Just Might Kill You Before Lunch

Brad Reed, AlterNet. October 10, 2010.

From candy cereals to dead pigs piled onto biscuits, Americans start their days with some deadly concoctions.

Can't Concentrate? Maybe It's the Fast Food

Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. April 27, 2010.

How the tendency to grab a quick bite at Burger King could affect other areas of life.

Human Rights With Your Food: Farm Workers March in Florida for Living Wages

Andrew Stelzer, IPS News. April 21, 2010.

Farmworkers are calling on supermarket giant Publix to pay them a penny more for every pound of tomatoes they pick, which would almost double their meager wages.

10 Things You Didn't Know Were in the Health Care Bill

Emily Badger, Miller-McCune.com. April 5, 2010.

Calorie counts? A disclosure of swag Big Pharma reps give doctors? Abstinence education? Here are some surprising items in the health care bill.

One Company Thinks They've Created Fast Food With a Conscience -- Are They Right?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. February 9, 2010.

Chipotle has a great record when it comes to buying more sustainable ingredients, but it has done one thing that has human rights activists howling.

9 Hours of Sex? 5 Things You Can Do to Burn Off Gross Fast Food Meals

Katherine Butler, EcoSalon. January 8, 2010.

Here are some creative ways to burn off the bad stuff.

48 Percent of Fast Food Soda Fountains Contain Bacteria That Grew in Feces

Brian Merchant, TreeHugger. January 7, 2010.

The reasons to not eat at fast food restaurants just keep on piling up.

Why Is Crappy Fast Food Safer Than School Lunches?

Tara Lohan, December 28, 2009.

Thanks to the USDA, at school our kids are eating the equivalent of pet food.

The 10 Weirdest, Grossest Ingredients in Processed Food

WebEcoistOctober 30, 2009.

Which of your favorite dessert snacks contains beef fat? How about beaver anal glands? Find out below.

Fast Food Monstrosities: Why Would Someone Eat a 1400 Calorie Sandwich?

Scott Gold, The Faster Times. September 28, 2009.

Big fast food chains are competing to build bigger, badder and more insanely calorific food. And we eat it. What the hell is wrong with us?

The Not-So-Happy Meal: What's Really in Fast Food?

Sarah Krupp, Divine Caroline. September 3, 2009.

The real story behind every perfectly round patty and golden fry is something the fast food industry would prefer you not know.

The Fast Food Industry's 7 Most Heinous Concoctions

Brad Reed, AlterNet. August 27, 2009.

One of AlterNet's most popular articles of 2009: Some of America’s favorite chains offer some thoroughly repellent dishes.

How We Became a Society of Gluttonous Junk Food Addicts

Arun Gupta, AlterNet. August 5, 2009.

Junk food is killing us slowly with diabetes, heart disease and cancer. But we can't stop because we're hooked, and the food industry is the pusher.

How Eating Steak, Cake and Butter Can Make You Live Longer

Janet Paskin, Ode. July 27, 2009.

For more than three decades, we've been told that fatty foods are deadly. But new research suggests that fat can be good for you.

McDonald's Is Poisoning Consumers -- And Blaming Everyone Else for the Catastrophic Societal Costs

Stacey Folsom, AlterNet. June 24, 2009.

McDonald's refuses to take responsibility for the skyrocketing rates of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

McDonald's Goes Feng Shui, But Fast Food Is Still Gross

Kerry Trueman, Huffington Post. February 26, 2008.

While its décor has been overhauled to inspire good health, McDonald's menu is still larded with the same old artery-clogging animal products.

Fast Food and Ag Industry Giants Pretend to Be Healthy

Jacob Wheeler, In These Times. December 14, 2007.

Are we really supposed to believe Taco Bell, McDonald's and Monsanto are advocates for health?

Food Giants' Endless Appetite for Profit

Matthew Wheeland, AlterNet. January 29, 2007.

An interview with author Michele Simon, whose latest book covers the ruthless manner in which corporate giants market junk foods to boost their profit margin.

Is Organic Fast Food a Total Whopper?

Kate Galbraith, Grist.org. October 28, 2006.

As the $14 billion organic food industry gathers steam, the concept of healthy fast food is spreading.