Fast Food Nation peels back the greasy veil of the fast food industry, revealing a system that's not only altered our diets but transformed our world. Eric Schlosser maneuvers through the birthplaces of fast food empires, to the high-tech labs where food flavors are engineered, to expose an industry's drive for profit that has monumental implications for our health, culture, and environment. From the suburbs where fast food concepts sprang to life, to the mass production factories that supply the meat, Schlosser unloads a thorough report that will indelibly change the way we view quick meals. The book serves as an urgent wake-up call, showing how fast food has widened wealth gaps, propelled obesity, and spread American culture globally—with often devastating results.