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Despite fun additions on the DVD, the film "Fast Food Nation" doesn't live up to the promise of the book.

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Food, Inc. is a compelling and disturbing film about the corporatization of America's farms, and the damage done to America's food safety and personal welfare.

Magnolia Pictures' documentary Food Inc. is an alternately fascinating and terrifying look at the modern food industry. 9/10.

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In Food, Inc., Robert Kenner teams up with Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan to lift the veil on the grotesque underbelly of our nation's food industry.

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FOOD INC is an eye-opening documentary that sharply details the indigestible practices of the world's largest food corporations which supply our local grocery stores.

Fatal disease from binge eating disorders is America's biggest killer. Understanding the reasons why this has come about could prevent this becoming a worldwide trend.

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A review of the book published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

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Before World War II, more than ninety percent of American cattle were grass-fed, not grain-fed. They grazed the range, eating native grasses, or hay.

With interest in healthy eating increasing, organic and vegetarian fast food joints in the Dutch capital are aiming to prove that snacking can be good for you too.

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A review of Christopher D. Cook's book, "Diet for a Dead Planet."

For each performance at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London there are 700 cheap seats on offer, for which visitors pay a bargain theatre ticket price of £5

Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock took a thirty day challenge to eat nothing but McDonalds food; he learned how America's dietary habits were heading into the danger zone, too.

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Fast food sales continue to boom despite warnings about obesity & food poisoning in Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation book & Morgan Spurlock's Supersize Me movie.

The CDC urges Americans to take a basic health precaution against swine flu, H1N1, and the regular flu: washing those hands. But how often is enough? With what frequency?

Advocates for vegetarianism encourage a shift in diet and consumer habits by exposing the inhumane treatment of animals for slaughter as well as benefits of a green diet.

Shopping at farmers markets and choosing organic is considered a luxury in this age of fast, convenient artificial food choices. But we can't afford not to eat this way.