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 the menu.

McDonald's has been extraordinary at site selection; it was a pioneer in studying the best places for retail locations. One of the things it did is study very carefully where sprawl was headed.

I'd been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more intrigued I became.

By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.

We can have Americans eating affordably and eating in a way that's sustainable.

Fast food chains spend a large amount of marketing to get the attention of children. People form their eating habits as children so they try to nurture clients as youngsters.

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.