Thesis+and+questions

__Thesis__: Fast Food has a major impacted the American culture by affecting family relationships.

__Intended Area of Investigation__: Health Issues, Frequency of food consumed, Family Dinners

__Questions__: Who do advertisements target? Does lack of cooking and eating together affect family relationships? Why do people continue to eat food that they know is not good for them?

__Explanation of how this fits "sociological perspective" for this course__: This topic fits the "sociological perspective" because it shows how fast food affected the United States and other cultures around the world. It has affected sit down family dinners. It relates to the structional-functional paradigm because fast food helps shape our lives. Fast food restaurants are restaurants that work together in our society to help our society work together as a whole.