Today a lot of children are targeted by many commercial companies. The kid customers have become a huge consumption group in a lot of commercial areas, especially fast food companies. These corporations try to infiltrate teen cultures and find out what appeals to teenager in order to market their products more successful. For instance, some fast food companies have aimed schoolchildren, and they even advertise in public schools. Fast food can obviously cause obesity, so the government and schools should not allow fast food companies to advertise in public schools.
Fast food companies have aimed schoolchildren because they have become a huge consumption group in their commercial areas. Fast food companies spend “over $33 billion per year only in the US” to advertise their products that could be classified as junk food. “The US food system is the second largest advertiser in the American economy (the first being the automotive industry) and is a leading buyer of television, newspaper, magazine, billboard, and radio advertisements.” These corporations spend these so much money on advertising because the balances they make are much more than they spend. These junk foods are children’s favorite, and they may get these foods a lot every day. “The heavy marketing directed towards youth, especially young children, appears to be driven largely by the desire to develop and build brand awareness/recognition, brand preference and brand loyalty. Marketers believe that brand preference begins before purchase behavior does.” In fact McDonald's, for many years, has focused its marketing strategy on kids in an effort to create “customers for life.” Most American children eat at McDonald’s at least once a month, some of them even eat them once a week. Fast food companies try to use advertising in order to encourage children to buy more their products, even though they know that their products may cause obesity, they still claim their foods are not unhealthy.
Today with the rise in obesity widely in the world, especially in the U.S., many doctors and scientists are beginning to question whether fast food can cause obesity. Actually, fast food has harmful effects for people’s health. “The regular consumption of junk food is the leading factor in obesity and excess weight.” Fast food causes obesity by increasing amount of saturated fats and calories, they are packed with high amount of sugars, carbohydrates, and oils. Even small amount fast food can increase calories intake considerably. Children are loyal consumers of fast food, this is the reason the obesity rates is increasing rapidly in teenagers. While consuming fast foods, children may get tempted to have extra cheese and soda either. These food and drinks increase the risk of obesity greatly. Without knowing all these disadvantages of fast food, children consume a lot of calories. However, people who consume fast foods are less likely to eat healthy foods like fruits, vegetables, and milk. This change in eating habits can easily lead to obesity. On the other hand, children consume the new coming food by advertisements, and that is the reason billions of dollars are spent to advertise fast food every year. These advertisements subconsciously encourage children to indulge in high calorie foods. “Consumption of soft drinks containing sugar has been linked to weight gain and an increased risk for development of type 2 diabetes.” Not only the type 2 diabetes, “Studies have revealed that obese people have twice the rate of chronic health problems as people of normal weight. This includes a 100% greater chance of developing Type 2 diabetes, 50% increased likelihood of developing heart disease. Obese men are nearly 90% more likely to get colon cancer.” Therefore, the fast food advertising should be banned in public schools because it would decrease the consumption of fast food.
Public schools should not promote any particular product or service, and should not be used as a way of media for commercial activities because schools are sacred places for education. Schools play a significant role in providing food to children and in shaping children’s acquisition of life time dietary habits. Advertising in schools has become big business. “The explosion in children’s advertising occurred during the 1980.” (Schlossor, 42) In the other words, commercial activities in schools have become increasingly common over the past decade. Schools should provide a neutral and impartial environment to educate students in a manner that allow them to make correct choices, even for their future lives. Students have to realize that education is not only science, math and languages, it also includes how to make correct choices of daily life in the future. “It’s our responsibility to make it clear that schools are here to serve children, not commercial interests.” (Schlosser, 55) Schools are institutions of education, not just a tool of persuasion. Fast food companies should not exploit schools to advantage for their profits, it is an unethical and improper business practice.
The government should make any policies to limit advertising and commercial activity in public schools because it can protect students from the collection of personal information from the advertising. Government should regulate to protect schoolchildren from predatory companies like McDonald’s and Burger King, parents need to be vigilant about marketing advertising aimed at children. There is no adult that these commercial advertising would have continued, and these fast food companies cannot pledge to stop advertising in public schools. Those fast food companies try many ploys to attack children to buy their products, so both parents and children should pay more attention to avoid walking into these commercial traps. The government should play a role to stop fast food advertising and selling in schools, it’s government’s duty to protect children’s health.
In conclusion, fast food facts are numerous, and the negative effect of junk food on health and wellbeing is undeniable. Fast food diet is the major reason to cause diseases like type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Any commercial activities like advertising and selling fast food in schools are bad for these schoolchildren’s health. The government and schools should not allow fast food advertising in schools, it’s time to stop this activity.
Work cited page:
Eric Schlosser, “ ‘Your Trusted Friend’ Fast Food Nation: the Dark Side of the All-American Meal.” Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.31-58. Book.
Mary Story, Simone French, “Food Advertising and Marketing Directed at Children and Adolescents in the US.” The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA. Web.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Persuasive Essay #1 Outline and Two Paragraphs
Outline
Thesis Statement: Fast food can obviously cause obesity, so government and schools should not allow fast food companies to advertise in public schools.
Body Paragraph 1: Fast food companies try to use advertising in order to encourage children to buy more their products, even though they know that their products may cause obesity, they still claim their foods are not unhealthy.
Body Paragraph 2: Public schools should not promote any particular product or service, and should not be used as a way of media for commercial activities because schools are sacred places for education.
Body Paragraph 3: The government should make any policies to limit advertising and commercial activity in public schools because it can protect students from the collection of personal information from the advertising.
Two Body Paragraphs:
Public schools should not promote any particular product or service, and should not be used as a way of media for commercial activities because schools are sacred places for education. Schools play a significant role in providing food to children and in shaping children’s acquisition of life time dietary habits. Advertising in schools has become big business. “The explosion in children’s advertising occurred during the 1980.” (Schlossor, 42) In the other words, commercial activities in schools have become increasingly common over the past decade. Schools should provide a neutral and impartial environment to educate students in a manner that allow them to make correct choices, even for their future lives. Students have to realize that education is not only science, math and languages, it also includes how to make correct choices of daily life in the future. “It’s our responsibility to make it clear that schools are here to serve children, not commercial interests.” (Schlosser, 55) Schools are institutions of education, not just a tool of persuasion. Fast food companies should not exploit schools to advantage for their profit, it is an unethical and improper business practice.
Fast food companies try to use advertising in order to encourage children to buy more their products, even though they know that their products may cause obesity, they still claim their foods are not unhealthy. Does fast food cause obesity? Today with the rise in obesity widely in the world, especially in the U.S., many doctors and scientists are beginning to question whether fast food can cause obesity. Fast food causes obesity by increasing amount of saturated fats and calories, they are packed with high amount of sugars, carbohydrates, and oils. Even small amount fast food can increase calories intake considerably. Children are loyal consumers of fast food, this is the reason the obesity rates is increasing rapidly in teenagers. While consuming fast foods, children may get tempted to have extra cheese and soda either. These food and drinks increase the risk of obesity greatly. Without knowing all these disadvantages of fast food, children consume a lot of calories. However, people who consume fast foods are less likely to eat healthy foods like fruits, vegetables, and milk. This change in eating habits can easily lead to obesity. On the other hand, children consume the new coming food by advertisements, and that is the reason billions of dollars are spent to advertise fast food every year. These advertisements subconsciously encourage children to indulge in high calorie foods. Therefore, the fast food advertising should be banned in public schools because it would decrease the consumption of fast food.
Thesis Statement: Fast food can obviously cause obesity, so government and schools should not allow fast food companies to advertise in public schools.
Body Paragraph 1: Fast food companies try to use advertising in order to encourage children to buy more their products, even though they know that their products may cause obesity, they still claim their foods are not unhealthy.
Body Paragraph 2: Public schools should not promote any particular product or service, and should not be used as a way of media for commercial activities because schools are sacred places for education.
Body Paragraph 3: The government should make any policies to limit advertising and commercial activity in public schools because it can protect students from the collection of personal information from the advertising.
Two Body Paragraphs:
Public schools should not promote any particular product or service, and should not be used as a way of media for commercial activities because schools are sacred places for education. Schools play a significant role in providing food to children and in shaping children’s acquisition of life time dietary habits. Advertising in schools has become big business. “The explosion in children’s advertising occurred during the 1980.” (Schlossor, 42) In the other words, commercial activities in schools have become increasingly common over the past decade. Schools should provide a neutral and impartial environment to educate students in a manner that allow them to make correct choices, even for their future lives. Students have to realize that education is not only science, math and languages, it also includes how to make correct choices of daily life in the future. “It’s our responsibility to make it clear that schools are here to serve children, not commercial interests.” (Schlosser, 55) Schools are institutions of education, not just a tool of persuasion. Fast food companies should not exploit schools to advantage for their profit, it is an unethical and improper business practice.
Fast food companies try to use advertising in order to encourage children to buy more their products, even though they know that their products may cause obesity, they still claim their foods are not unhealthy. Does fast food cause obesity? Today with the rise in obesity widely in the world, especially in the U.S., many doctors and scientists are beginning to question whether fast food can cause obesity. Fast food causes obesity by increasing amount of saturated fats and calories, they are packed with high amount of sugars, carbohydrates, and oils. Even small amount fast food can increase calories intake considerably. Children are loyal consumers of fast food, this is the reason the obesity rates is increasing rapidly in teenagers. While consuming fast foods, children may get tempted to have extra cheese and soda either. These food and drinks increase the risk of obesity greatly. Without knowing all these disadvantages of fast food, children consume a lot of calories. However, people who consume fast foods are less likely to eat healthy foods like fruits, vegetables, and milk. This change in eating habits can easily lead to obesity. On the other hand, children consume the new coming food by advertisements, and that is the reason billions of dollars are spent to advertise fast food every year. These advertisements subconsciously encourage children to indulge in high calorie foods. Therefore, the fast food advertising should be banned in public schools because it would decrease the consumption of fast food.
Monday, April 19, 2010
MLA Annotated Bibliography on the Food System and Disease
Dominique Patton, "Poultry Workers may Spread Antibiotic-Resistant E.coli." Breaking News on Food Processing & Packiaging, Food Productiondaily, Web. 02 Jan. 2008
This article is about the drug-resistant bacteria are common in the industrial environment, and these kinds of bacteria such as E.coli are accuring among industrial poultry workers at a high level, and a new study was to show this exposure. Occupational exposure to E.coli maby be an important route of entry which is from industrial meat processing to the community.
"Slautherhouses and processing." The Issues. Serving Up Healthy Food Choices. Sustainabletable.org, Web. September, 2009
In this article, the author mentions that the meat industry is consolidated and dominated by a few huge corporations, and this consolidation is still increasing in the U.S. The meat can be contaminated during the industrial meat processing, the the food safety cannot be pretty assured. Several dangerous elements may come into the food during the process. In order to ensure the meat safety, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) stringently controls and manages all meat production for commercial sale in the U.S.
Michael Pollan, "The Vegetable-Industrial Complex." The New York Times Magazine. October 15, 2006
Pollan states in his article is about the industrial farming and processing method have been "industrialized and centralized over the last few decades," and both of them are putting our health at peril. He also makes a case for eating local because we want to support farmers in our communities and eat seasonal fresh food. This article relates to the current industrial food issue.
William Marler. "William Marler Calls on Congress to Act to Protect Nation's Food Supply." Bussiness Wire, Web. July 28, 2008
In this article, the author states that the present E.coli O157:H7 outbreak becomes more dangerous, and the spread of E.coli contaminates beef across the country. During the past five years, E.coli illnesses from fresh produce. The public harm will be immeasurable in both lives damaged and businesses lost. The author also lists some his suggestions for where congress should focus its efforts.
Alex Avery. "Food Wars" National Review, Web. January 8, 2007
According to this article, Avery states that natural nasties like E.coli woule vanish from our food supply. Harmful bacteria are rampant in meatpacking, more regulations and farm inspections would face to recent E.coli outbreaks. The reason for the E.coli outbreaks is the increased popularity of pre-cut salad greens. There is noany guarantee about E.coli is not in any bag and any particular bag will be safe. Harmful bacteria literally surround us.
This article is about the drug-resistant bacteria are common in the industrial environment, and these kinds of bacteria such as E.coli are accuring among industrial poultry workers at a high level, and a new study was to show this exposure. Occupational exposure to E.coli maby be an important route of entry which is from industrial meat processing to the community.
"Slautherhouses and processing." The Issues. Serving Up Healthy Food Choices. Sustainabletable.org, Web. September, 2009
In this article, the author mentions that the meat industry is consolidated and dominated by a few huge corporations, and this consolidation is still increasing in the U.S. The meat can be contaminated during the industrial meat processing, the the food safety cannot be pretty assured. Several dangerous elements may come into the food during the process. In order to ensure the meat safety, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) stringently controls and manages all meat production for commercial sale in the U.S.
Michael Pollan, "The Vegetable-Industrial Complex." The New York Times Magazine. October 15, 2006
Pollan states in his article is about the industrial farming and processing method have been "industrialized and centralized over the last few decades," and both of them are putting our health at peril. He also makes a case for eating local because we want to support farmers in our communities and eat seasonal fresh food. This article relates to the current industrial food issue.
William Marler. "William Marler Calls on Congress to Act to Protect Nation's Food Supply." Bussiness Wire, Web. July 28, 2008
In this article, the author states that the present E.coli O157:H7 outbreak becomes more dangerous, and the spread of E.coli contaminates beef across the country. During the past five years, E.coli illnesses from fresh produce. The public harm will be immeasurable in both lives damaged and businesses lost. The author also lists some his suggestions for where congress should focus its efforts.
Alex Avery. "Food Wars" National Review, Web. January 8, 2007
According to this article, Avery states that natural nasties like E.coli woule vanish from our food supply. Harmful bacteria are rampant in meatpacking, more regulations and farm inspections would face to recent E.coli outbreaks. The reason for the E.coli outbreaks is the increased popularity of pre-cut salad greens. There is noany guarantee about E.coli is not in any bag and any particular bag will be safe. Harmful bacteria literally surround us.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Why More People become Obesity?
Obesity is becoming a big problem of our society because a lot of diseases are caused by obesity. Today, in American, more and more people were becoming over-weight or obesity, especially the children. Obesity can cause a lot of problem to children, and it will also affect children's future life.
The obesity has affected people's life since early nineteen century. In 1820, the over-production of corn made the price of corn drops rapidly, so people began to find other use for corn because it can make more money than just simply sold corn. Corn whiskey became the better choice, so a huge amount of whiskey was produced at that period of time, and becuase of the superabundant and cheap whiskey was produced, it became "the drink of choice" for most people. People who lived in that time drank a lot of whiskey everyday. The results of toping is not only the obesity epidemic, but also the instability of society. According to Pollan's article "The Consumer: A Republic of Fat", he states that "When food is abundant and cheap, people will eat more of it and get fat." I really agree with this point of view. When abundant food is produced, the price of food will drop, and most people will the cheaper food, and also because of the lower price, people will get more food to eat, more food means more calories, so the result will be getting more weight.
The reason of obesity in today is that people eat too much fast food, people like fast food is not only because it is convenient, but also because it is cheap.
The obesity has affected people's life since early nineteen century. In 1820, the over-production of corn made the price of corn drops rapidly, so people began to find other use for corn because it can make more money than just simply sold corn. Corn whiskey became the better choice, so a huge amount of whiskey was produced at that period of time, and becuase of the superabundant and cheap whiskey was produced, it became "the drink of choice" for most people. People who lived in that time drank a lot of whiskey everyday. The results of toping is not only the obesity epidemic, but also the instability of society. According to Pollan's article "The Consumer: A Republic of Fat", he states that "When food is abundant and cheap, people will eat more of it and get fat." I really agree with this point of view. When abundant food is produced, the price of food will drop, and most people will the cheaper food, and also because of the lower price, people will get more food to eat, more food means more calories, so the result will be getting more weight.
The reason of obesity in today is that people eat too much fast food, people like fast food is not only because it is convenient, but also because it is cheap.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Is Soda Tax A Good Idea?
What do you think after hearing the “soda tax”? Most people will think that they don’t care about it, but we have to think about that we already have to pay more tax for a lot of products, like the extra five cents for each bottle of water and soda, and now we have even to pay the extra tax for the soda. A soda tax decrease beverage sales.
According to the article “Soda Taxes Are Nothing More Than A Money Grab”, the author states “In this case, we’re meant to believe that a sin tax is being implemented for the good of the children and for the betterment of the citizenry’s health….And while the activists may actually believe these things, from a political point of view these taxes are little more than a money grab by increasingly desperate governments looking to plug holes in their budget.” It is a truth that the government claims that the tax is used for the health program, but in fact it is only a method which the government uses to increase their budget. More taxes can’t make our economy better, in fact, this tax will make more families’ budget tightly, and will increase the burden of their lives.
Soda tax can’t change consumers’ behavior anyway, but it will make them buy less beverages. Not only the decreasing beverage sales, it is just a beginning, and the soda tax will make some bad results in the future. In the article “New York State Teamsters Rally Against Soda Tax”, the author mentions that “Not only does the soda tax hurt consumers, it will hurt small business and result in further job losses because the soda tax would result in declining beverage sales, and causing wide-spread job losses.” The government should stop these methods to collect money from people because it is not helpful for the terrible economy, and it will make more problems for the economy.
I think that most people will disagree the soda tax, it seems that the government wants to do something for the people with the money, but we never know it is a truth or not. The soda tax will not stop people buying soda, so it is just an excuse that the government claims that they will use to increase people’s health. The government should stop the soda tax because it will not good for most people.
Reference:
"Soda Taxes Are Nothing More Than A Money Grab". Advertising Age. March 15,2010
"INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS; New York State Teamsters Rally Against Soda Tax". Food Business Week. April 8, 2010
According to the article “Soda Taxes Are Nothing More Than A Money Grab”, the author states “In this case, we’re meant to believe that a sin tax is being implemented for the good of the children and for the betterment of the citizenry’s health….And while the activists may actually believe these things, from a political point of view these taxes are little more than a money grab by increasingly desperate governments looking to plug holes in their budget.” It is a truth that the government claims that the tax is used for the health program, but in fact it is only a method which the government uses to increase their budget. More taxes can’t make our economy better, in fact, this tax will make more families’ budget tightly, and will increase the burden of their lives.
Soda tax can’t change consumers’ behavior anyway, but it will make them buy less beverages. Not only the decreasing beverage sales, it is just a beginning, and the soda tax will make some bad results in the future. In the article “New York State Teamsters Rally Against Soda Tax”, the author mentions that “Not only does the soda tax hurt consumers, it will hurt small business and result in further job losses because the soda tax would result in declining beverage sales, and causing wide-spread job losses.” The government should stop these methods to collect money from people because it is not helpful for the terrible economy, and it will make more problems for the economy.
I think that most people will disagree the soda tax, it seems that the government wants to do something for the people with the money, but we never know it is a truth or not. The soda tax will not stop people buying soda, so it is just an excuse that the government claims that they will use to increase people’s health. The government should stop the soda tax because it will not good for most people.
Reference:
"Soda Taxes Are Nothing More Than A Money Grab". Advertising Age. March 15,2010
"INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS; New York State Teamsters Rally Against Soda Tax". Food Business Week. April 8, 2010
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