Civil Eats - The American Fast Food Syndrome

Really interesting piece, I highly recommend reading all of it!

January 13, 2011
By Kristin Wartman

"Working with people as a nutritionist, I’m often met with resistance. I try to explain making healthful food choices without using trigger words like organic, sustainable, or even local. 'When I hear the word organic I think of Birkenstock-wearing hippies in Cambridge, Massachusetts or Berkeley, California,' one of my clients told me recently. Other clients have referred to whole, organic foods as 'yuppie food.' There’s no doubt that food choice and diet is an indicator of class and culture, but what perplexes me is this notion that eating a diet of processed, sugary junk foods is what the 'real' Americans eat..."

http://civileats.com/2011/01/13/the-american-fast-food-syndrome/