@article{775622,
      recid = {775622},
      author = {Best, Amy L.,},
      title = {Fast food kids : French fries, lunch lines, and social  ties /},
      pages = {xiv, 245 pages ;},
      abstract = {The book provides a thorough account of the role that food  plays in the lives of today's youth, teasing out the many  contradictions of food as a cultural object-fast food  portrayed as a necessity for the poor and yet, reviled by  upper-middle class parents; fast food restaurants as one of  the few spaces that kids can claim and effectively 'take  over' for several hours each day; food corporations  spending millions each year to market their food to kids  and to lobby Congress against regulations; schools  struggling to deliver healthy food young people will  actually eat, and the difficulty of arranging family  dinners, which are known to promote family cohesion and  stability. -- amazon.com},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/775622},
}