Supersizing urban America : how inner cities got fast food with government help / Chin Jou.
By: Jou, Chin [author.].
Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017Description: 259 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226921921 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Obesity -- Social aspects -- United States | Convenience foods -- Social aspects -- United States | Convenience foods -- Economic aspects -- United States | Fast food restaurants -- United States -- History | Inner cities -- United States | African Americans -- Food | Nutrition policy -- United States | Urban policy -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Introduction: combating obesity and subsidizing fast food expansion -- Solving urban challenges through fast food -- Searching for new urban markets -- Creating fast food cities with government help -- Diversifying out of necessity -- Shoring up the urban market -- Making sense of recent fast food policies -- Unpacking links between fast food and obesity -- Conclusion: proposing solutions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: combating obesity and subsidizing fast food expansion -- Solving urban challenges through fast food -- Searching for new urban markets -- Creating fast food cities with government help -- Diversifying out of necessity -- Shoring up the urban market -- Making sense of recent fast food policies -- Unpacking links between fast food and obesity -- Conclusion: proposing solutions.