...The Impact of Fast Food on Local Community Christian Values and the Global Community Spring 2006 Pete Suter Table of Contents Forward …………………………………………………………. 3 1. Fast Food and Obesity ………………....…..……………….… 4 2. Fast Food in America: Low Wages ……………………….… 11 3. From Waist to Waste …………………….…………………. 20 4. The Benefits of the Fast Food Industry on the Individual ….. 28 5. Building the Relationship Between Fast Food and Community ........... 37 Works Cited ……………………………………………………. 40 Forward We -as Pete Suter’s Spring 2006 Christian Values in the Global Community class- worked on a community task force project to bring awareness of the implications of having fast food restaurants in a community. Different groups of people worked on researching different aspects of fast food in the community. Information was collected about fast food restaurants’ contribution to communities through the lenses of obesity, wages, waste, benefits, and community relations. While there may be negatives surrounding the fast food industry, fast food restaurants/chains do benefit the community in some ways. 1. Fast Food and Obesity America is the fattest country in the entire world and is getting fatter. Obesity is the second biggest killer next to deaths caused by smoking. In 1991, 1 in every 8 adults was obese; in 1999, 1 in every 5 adults was obese, which shows how America is becoming more obese all of the time...
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