As for the series I thought it was very good. Jacques Peretti says every sentence in the same intonation so it's sometimes hard to know what the important points are. But what I took from it most was how the perception of so many foods is driven by marketing and image rather than actual facts.
It's made me think twice about presuming something with an organic, low fat or other "healthy" sounding label is really all it's cracked up to be.
As for America, I didn't find the fast food to be especially cheap when compared directly with ours. Nor the portions especially larger (drinks excepted), but I don't drink full-fat drinks anyway. I think the thing is, they just have much more choice in everything.
In Britiain our choices are a little more neutered, especially outside London.
