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#218 | The Rise Of Fast Food Part 3: Today & Tomorrow

Category: Education
Duration: 00:17:25
Publish Date: 2021-12-09 23:00:00
Description:

In the space of fewer than 100 years, fast food has fundamentally changed the global culinary landscape.

In this episode, we explore how it has managed to grow so much and what it is doing to our societies, world and bodies, and ask ourselves whether we'll ever kick our fast-food addiction.


  • 1% of the world's population will eat at McDonald's today
  • The entire population of Scotland is flipping burgers in the United States
  • The power of the fast-food lobby
  • How the US government pays for Big Macs
  • Why the fast-food industry won't stop growing
  • Fast food during COVID-19
  • Changing dining habits during the pandemic
  • The rise of "fast-casual"
  • The rise of environmentally friendly fast food
  • How fast-food restaurants are changing (or not changing) to accommodate changing tastes
  • Impact of fast food on our bodies and health
  • Future of the fast-food industry

Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/fast-food-3

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