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There may be hope for those who want to kick fast food; "Fast Food Nation" author Eric Schlosser shared his ideas on why we're a nation of unhealthy eaters and what we can do to change.(BUSINESS)

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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20060610
Author:McKinney, Matt

Byline: Matt McKinney; Staff Writer

It's been a century since a writer shocked the nation with his first-hand account of the Chicago meatpacking industry. Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" led to widespread changes in the industry that made food production safer. It took a second writer to make people think about their diets. Eric Schlosser, a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly since 1996, published "Fast Food Nation" in 2001 and recently published a second book, aimed at preteens, titled "Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food." In an interview, ...

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