3. “There is a dialectic, which is
telling, of fast food and
fasting, positioning what I am
calling the fast body as a
political site of contradiction,
conflict, and consciousness”
4. The fast/feasting/fasting body needs to diet
and exercise in order to exorcise the effects of
an unhealthy diet and lifestyle including the
lack of exercise
We rush around, spending little time together
cooking and eating
We grab fast food on the run and on the road
and then become habituated to eating it
This can lead to obesity, even in children,
especially is we relax during out precious
down time by lying on the couch watching TV,
playing video games, and on the Internet
5. “False needs and inadequate
self-care are both imposed on
people and self-imposed,
under sway of advertising and
culture.”
6. “Capitalists do their share in
manipulating people’s tastes,
which are internalized as free
choices by people who appear
to have many options”
7. “The fast body not only eats
the wrong foods and disdains
aerobic exercise … she also
exposes herself to too much
stress, which is a silent killer
of both men and women.”
8. “We have established two
industries that seem contradictory
but, under fast capitalism, have
become complementary: the fatladen fast-food and prepared food
industries, on the one hand, and
the diet and exercise industries on
the other”
12. There has been a general global trend over the last couple
of decades towards less structured meal occasions,
resulting from such factors as busy lifestyles, more
unconventional working hours, a rise in single households
and an increase in the number of working women
Eating is now dictated by work and leisure activities rather
than taking place at set hours of the day
It is well documented that factors such as longer working
hours, more working women and smaller households
mean that consumers are increasingly turning to meal
options that are quicker and easier to prepare, such as
ready meals, cooking aids and takeaway meals
