Like Hollywood movies, MTV and blue jeans, fast food has become one of America's major cultural exports.

Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But that's where an interesting conversation begins.

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.

Most fast food is fried. Fried food tastes great, and people don't seem to care about the fat aspect.

McDonald's revolutionized fast food. They introduced a way to eat food without knives, forks or plates. Most fast foods can be eaten while steering the wheel of a car and the restaurants are usually drive through.

Hey, I used to eat at McDonald's: I liked the taste of the food, especially the French fries.

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 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.