The Fast Food Empire

Around the world, the Golden Arches are one of the most widely recognized brand images in the world.  

McDonald’s maintains its prominence as the world’s largest fast food corporation by hooking children through irresponsible advertising and co-opting science and policy to hide the truth about its harmful products.  

Find out more about how this fast food giant is taking us from Big Macs to heart attacks...

Burger King is the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the U.S., but they still take the crown for luring in children and making them sick.

Burger King peddles its burgers with an array of kid-friendly characters from Spider Man to Sponge Bob. If this hamburger giant has its way, it’ll rake in the profits, while our kids’ health gets flamebroiled.

Yum! Brands operates more fast food restaurants than any other corporation in the world.  

Yum! is behind the most rapidly-expanding chains of unhealthy fast food restaurants including Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken.  Find out how Yum! is expanding into low-income countries, ensuring the global obesity and diet-related disease epidemic do not slow anytime soon...