I think there could hardly be a more important subject than health and nutrition. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
We're all connected by the system, and we all have to be a part, I think, of changing it. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
I'd been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
So for everything I do, I'm very clear about what I'm doing, and I tell people what it's about. They get a… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
The obesity epidemic among American children is becoming so bad that I think there's a growing realization across the country that we've… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
I think two different people can read one of my books and come away with completely different opinions on the subject. I… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
Years ago when I got stuck, I'd start twirling my hair. That's not possible anymore. I can't prove the relationship between writing… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
When you go into a fast food restaurant, you may just think about how good your meal tastes while you're eating it.… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
Future historians, I hope, will consider the American fast food industry a relic of the twentieth century--a set of attitudes, systems, and… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
I think it's possible to have food that's healthy, that's good for you to eat, that's also inexpensive. We don't have to… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
I think for real change to happen, it's going to have to come from the kids, the community, the teachers, the parents. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
Twenty years ago, teenage boys in the United States drank twice as much milk as soda; now they drink twice as much soda as… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
So for everything I do, I'm very clear about what I'm doing, and I tell people what it's about. They get a sense of… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
“The medical literature on the causes of food poisoning is full of euphemisms and dry scientific terms: coliform levels, aerobic plate counts, sorbitol, MacConkey… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
Very few people realize that the U.S. government does not have the power to order the recall of contaminated meat. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
Fast food is popular because it's convenient, it's cheap, and it tastes good. But the real cost of eating fast food never appears on… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But that's where an interesting conversation begins. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
The current fast food that we have is inexpensive when you buy it, but the long-term costs of eating it and the long-term costs… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
“The cable and the X-unit both had female plugs. Somehow the cable had been installed backward. It would take a couple of days to… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
A generation ago, three-quarters of the money used to buy food in the United States was spent to prepare meals at home. Today about… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
