As A Matter Of Fact, Most Cases

I've Written About Illegal Immigrants In The United States; I Spent A Year Following Migrant Farm Workers As They Were Harvesting. I've Written About Our Criminal Justice System, And How It Treats The Victims Of Crime. I've Been Working For Years Now On A Book About Prisons In America, And I've Been Going Into Prisons And Traveling Around The Country And Seeing What's Going On.

Kids Have No Idea When They're Drinking Soda What They're Really Drinking, And A Lot Of Them Are Stunned When They Learn That Drinking A Big Gulp Is Like Taking A Big Jar Of Sugar And Just Pouring It Down. There Are 50 Teaspoons Of Sugar In A 64-ounce Big Gulp.

Fast Food Is Inexpensive, Convenient, And It Tastes Good. I'm All In Favor Of That. My Problem Is How Heavily Processed It Is - How Full Of Salt, Fat, And Sugar It Is.

Today The U.s. Government Can Demand The Nation-wide Recall Of Defective Softball Bats, Sneakers, Stuffed Animals, And Foam-rubber Toy Cows. But It Cannot Order A Meatpacking Company To Remove Contaminated, Potentially Lethal Ground Beef From Fast Food Kitchens And Supermarket Shelves.

In 1970, Americans Spent About $6 Billion On Fast Food; In 2000, They Spent More Than $110 Billion. Americans Now Spend More Money On Fast Food Than On Higher Education, Personal Computers, Computer Software, Or New Cars. They Spend More On Fast Food Than On Movies, Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Videos, And Recorded Music—combined.