FAST FOOD

THESIS STATEMENT

Sub Topics

• Work gets in the way of family dinners
• Many families don't know how to eat healthy
• Our cars and living rooms have replaced the dinner table

Work gets in the way of family dinners

• "With parents having to work even harder and longer these days to hang on to their jobs, no wonder they're feeling stressed. And that stress is having a damaging effect on their family's eating habits." (Bauer)

MANY FAMILIES DON'T KNOW HOW TO EAT HEALTHY

• "The importance of what you out on your fork---has never been more critical to our survival as a nation or as a species." (Hyman)
• "One hundred years ago all we ate was local, organic food; grass-fed, real, whole food. There were no fast-food restaurants, there was no junk food, there was no frozen food -- there was just what your mother or grandmother made. Most meals were eaten at home. In the modern age that tradition, that knowledge, is being lost." (Hyman)

OUR CARS AND LIVING ROOMS HAVE REPLACED THE DINNER TABLE

• "The family dinner has been hijacked by the food industry. The transformations of the American home and meal outlined above did not happen by accident." (Hyman)
• "Most family meals happen about three times a week, last less than 20 minutes and are spent watching television or texting while each family member eats a different microwaved "food." More meals are eaten in the minivan than the kitchen." (Hyman)

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WORK CITED

• Hyman, Mark. "How Eating at Home Can Save Your Life." Huffington Post. Huffington Post, 9 Jan. 2011. Web. 30 Jan. 2014.
• Perry, Susan. "Parents' work-family stress harms family's eating habits, U of M study finds." MinnPost. MinnPost, 26 Jun. 2012. Web. 27 Jan. 2014.
• Paulas, Rick. "Fast Food Companies Are Trying to Trick Children." KCET. KCET, 10 Sept. 2013. Web. 27 Jan. 2014.