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Article: Author gives kids taste of `Fast Food Nation'.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- The Boston Herald
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- May 21, 2006
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Byline: HEATHER V. ENG
Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation" drew ire from the fast food industry and made many Americans think twice about what they ate.
Now, Schlosser and co-author Charles Wilson are storming the golden arches once again with "Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food," an updated "Fast Food Nation" for young adults.
Wilson explains:
** Why should pre-teens learn about the fast food industry?
It's an industry that feeds off young people. It relies on them for its work force and targets them with its advertising.
Kids see $3 billion worth of fast food advertising every year. We ...