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American fast food culture Food content Current situation of fast food in America Reasons for its popularity Disadvantages of American fast food Current situation of fast food in America What American fast food consists of mainly? Why American fast food is so popular? disadvantages FAST FOOD NATION Fast food?is the term given to food that is prepared and served very quickly, first popularized in the 1950s in the United States. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a?restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a packaged form for?take-out/take-away. As?automobiles?became popular and more affordable following World War I,?drive-in restaurants were introduced. The American company?White Castle, founded by Billy Ingram and Walter Anderson in?Wichita,?Kansas?in 1921, is generally credited with opening the second fast food outlet and first?hamburger?chain, selling hamburgers for five cents each. Walter Anderson had built the first White Castle restaurant in Wichita in 1916, introducing the limited?menu, high-volume, low-cost, high-speed hamburger restaurant. Among its innovations, the company allowed customers to see the food being prepared. White Castle was successful from its inception and spawned numerous competitors. Franchising was introduced in 1921 by?AW Root Beer, which franchised its distinctive syrup.?Howard Johnsons?first franchised the restaurant concept in the mid-1930s, formally standardizing menus,?signage and advertising. Curb service was introduced in the late 1920s and was mobilized in the 1940s when?carhops strapped on?roller skates. The?United States has the largest fast food industry in the world, and American fast food restaurants are located in over 100 countries. Approximately 4.1?million U.S. workers are employed in the areas of food preparation and food servicing, including fast food in the USA. Worries of an obesity epidem