Chapter 10, "Global Realization"

o In a discussion of fast food corporations why is it important to talk about their oversees operations?
McDonalds opens about four buildings every day over seas. It earns most of its profits outside of the U.S.
o In what ways might there be a connection between the obesity rate in America and the fast food industry?
The proportions of Americans eating fast food and American obesity has increased greatly. The rate of obesity is twice as much as it was in the early 1960s. Today, about 44 million Americans are obese. 6 million are super-obese, weighing around 100 pounds more than they should. No other nation has ever been so fat. The genes in Americans have not changed, but the eating and living habits have. The fast food industry has made fattening foods cheap and available. The obesity rate in Italy and Spain, where fast food spending is low, is much less of a problem.
o Why is obesity a problem for American society as a whole?
Obesity has been linked to heart disease, colon cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer, diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure, infertility, and strokes. Overweight people have a much higher rate of dieing early. Severely overweight people are four times more likely to die early than a person with normal weight.