Argument Essay
Collin Brozek
Scott Harber
Comp. I
April 14th, 2013
Argument Essay There are a plethora of reasons why pop and soft-drinks are bad for personal health as well as the environment. Never the less there have been an increase of obesity cases and children with diabetes caused solely by the consumption of sugar filled beverages. The consumption of soft-drinks and other carbonated beverages have multiple negative effects, and I want to briefly cover ten or so reason as to why soda is hazardous to our bodies as well as some negative effects that drinking soda on a daily basis has on the body. To begin, soft-drinks are nothing but flavored sugar water, which is completely unhealthy for the body; the constant consumption of sodas can lead to obesity and diabetes. To define obesity by Webster Dictionary, it is classified as, more than average fatness. But exactly what is over average? Well according to Emily Main writer for a health website called, Rodale explains that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC, believe the typical adult with a height of five foot nine inches would be considered healthy with a weight from one-hundred and twenty-five pounds to one-hundred and sixty-eight pounds, whereas and over overweight would be from one-hundred and sixty-nine pounds to two-hundred and two pounds, and to classify as obese you would have to weigh in a range of 203lbs or more. The number of Americans with diabetes in 2011, was nearly twenty-six million, according to the CDC, and close to two-hundred and thirty thousand deaths have been cause by diabetes alone. (Main 1) Most recently, Danish researchers have found that drinking non-diet soft-drinks can lead to a drastic increase of fat that builds up around the liver. Which with the fat build up around the liver can contribute to several cases of insulin resistance, and diabetes. The study has shown that people who drank one soda every day for six months had a one-hundred and thirty-two to one-hundred
Scott Harber
Comp. I
April 14th, 2013
Argument Essay There are a plethora of reasons why pop and soft-drinks are bad for personal health as well as the environment. Never the less there have been an increase of obesity cases and children with diabetes caused solely by the consumption of sugar filled beverages. The consumption of soft-drinks and other carbonated beverages have multiple negative effects, and I want to briefly cover ten or so reason as to why soda is hazardous to our bodies as well as some negative effects that drinking soda on a daily basis has on the body. To begin, soft-drinks are nothing but flavored sugar water, which is completely unhealthy for the body; the constant consumption of sodas can lead to obesity and diabetes. To define obesity by Webster Dictionary, it is classified as, more than average fatness. But exactly what is over average? Well according to Emily Main writer for a health website called, Rodale explains that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC, believe the typical adult with a height of five foot nine inches would be considered healthy with a weight from one-hundred and twenty-five pounds to one-hundred and sixty-eight pounds, whereas and over overweight would be from one-hundred and sixty-nine pounds to two-hundred and two pounds, and to classify as obese you would have to weigh in a range of 203lbs or more. The number of Americans with diabetes in 2011, was nearly twenty-six million, according to the CDC, and close to two-hundred and thirty thousand deaths have been cause by diabetes alone. (Main 1) Most recently, Danish researchers have found that drinking non-diet soft-drinks can lead to a drastic increase of fat that builds up around the liver. Which with the fat build up around the liver can contribute to several cases of insulin resistance, and diabetes. The study has shown that people who drank one soda every day for six months had a one-hundred and thirty-two to one-hundred
Cited: Oh, Inae. "New York Soda Ban: Public Hearing Brings Arguments To NYC Health Board (PHOTOS)." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 24 July 2012. Web. 10 Apr. 2012.