As I read Chew on This, I became increasingly angry. I felt like fast food corporations were taking advantage of children by appealing to them at such an early age. The fact that they would have focus groups for kids as young as 2, that they would pay kids to go to slumber parties and ask them questions, and that they target kids by having Playlands were just three small things that bothered me. I find the whole concept of a "Happy Meal" quite disturbing now after reading this book. I never thought that they would try to alter our mood through their food offerings. My students know that I used to love McDonald's items (I used to stop there nearly everyday). I think I may cut back on that.
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My reaction to this book was that it was wrong for the companies to trick people into thinking that it is good to have fast food. In the book it said that the owners of McDonalds and Walt Disney were saying that if they added a McDonalds into disney land then that would pull kids to eat the fst food instead of something better.That is my reaction to the book.
ReplyDeleteThis book made me sick! I feel like never eating fast food again. Especially how they target kids to eat there. I feel sad for the animals though and how they're slaughtered. And it's so painful for them! Then making them cannibals is even worse. Who wants to eat their own species? Not I! I'm going to try now to stop eating at fast food places.
ReplyDeleteI thought Chew on this was the most disgusting thing ever. How could you use children to make money? Just because kids have more money then anyone doesnt mean you should make them un-healthy.
ReplyDeleteI was also mad because my brother is also mad about Mcdonalds and every time we pass he says "frenchfries" know i see thats what they want.
ReplyDeleteI actually thought that the company's were genious. Evil, but genious. It's mean, of course, and not the right thing to do, but how they thought of it, is pure genious to me!
ReplyDeletei sort of disliked this book b/c i didnt like the part where it told us that ppl at china get 10 cents an hour. i hated that ppl dided at slaughter houses and their body parts go in the meat.YUCKK!!! I Felt like going vegetrian.(:
ReplyDeleteMY REACTION TO THE BOOK WAS OKAY. I also think taht the book is kind of interesting because it teaches you stuff that you never knew.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read the book my first reaction was just wow. I wanted to do something about all of these fast food resturants. It was very sickeing. While i kept reading it my family was bringing home mcdonalds. I began to think about what is in all this stuff. As i started to read the books I began to not really care for what was in a mcdonalds hamburger or something like that. I began to eat anything I wanted again. I dont think i would have been mad at mcdonalds probaly, of the way they treated the animals but its the person's fault if they didnt watch how they eat. if you have that in ordr then everything should work proparly, but in other words, I was amazed, shocked, and very very thoughtful.
ReplyDeleteafter reading this book ithink fast food is as good as ever.i don`t mind the bugs the grease & all that other stuff. i find it funny.the only thing i found bad about this book is the 1 section "Stop the pop". my only respoce is NEVER. i LOVE MY POP. i WILL MARRY THE CREATOR OF SODA sooooo hahahahha!!! Nobody can EVER change my mind about my darling soda!!
ReplyDeleteI thought that it was funny because they put a bug on the smoothie and some people dont know what is in it and they think that only fruit is in it when they are actually eating a bug blended with fruit. If some people read this book and think its disgusting on what fast food resturants put on their food to make it good and still people go to it.
ReplyDeleteITs disguiting that they put bugs uin their foods to give them flavor. I also found it weird that kids were getting paid to be in focus groups and go to slumber partiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiesMMM
ReplyDeleteI really thought Chew On This was an eye opener for everyone who loves fast food. The entire industry has done a great job of marketing themselves as something we have to have. The idea of the Happy Meal prize was very interesting. The "prizes" that come in the meal are actually made in China using children working under bad conditions. I am not a fan of fast food and this book clinched it for me. I gave this book to several people for Christmas gifts!
ReplyDeleteMy reaction to the book chew on this was the book was very interesting and shocking because I would never think that teenagers today that eat to much fast food are having heart attacks at very young age.
ReplyDeleteWhile I was reading CHEW ON THIS, I was feeling sick reading the book. That really discuss me is that people used some kind of bugs to make the food colorful like the drink pink. I used to go to McDolnalds when i went with my dad in the weekends. So everytime I went with my dad I told him lets eat at home, but my brother wanted to go to McDolnads. I told him about it but he said,"Mmmmm, delicous!" Thats what I hate when my brother doesnt understand but he will, when he grows up.
ReplyDeleteI really love how the author expresed himself towards the fast food corporations. I was surprised how the food chains take advantage of little kids who don't reailize that all of this is bad for their health. I'm defenetly never going to eat there again and I'm going to pass the word to others. All of the people do have to be responsible for what they eat but they should be informed to make a choise.
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