John Robbins
Quotation Sandwich #1
Top Bun: Many parents are always worried when it comes to their children. They want to make sure that they are safe, but don’t realize that they are in trouble when they take them to visit their favorite restaurant.
Meat & Veggies: John Robbins, a food activist, writes, “…we often take for granted what may very well be the greatest danger of all to their health-the hundreds of billions of dollars spent each year on ads designed to get them hooked on junk food” (142).
Bottom Bun: Basically, Robbins is telling us the truth about what is going on with companies who sell junk food. They use costly adds that get children’s attention, so they can annoy their parents until they are forced to take them. I guess that the billions …show more content…
Why are children, being detected with type-2 diabetes?
Meat & Veggies: According to John Robbins, “the critics of the ad campaign, and McDonalds itself, place the blame for the situation squarely on the shoulders of parents” (143). Bottom Bun: Parents are responsible for what happens to their children, but there are some things they cannot control. I don’t have any younger siblings or children, but I did have a cousin that was obsess with McDonalds. Whenever he was watching television, a McDonalds commercial would come out showing a new toy they had. He would cry until his mom would take him to get the toy with a happy meal. Even when my mom had to take care of him, he would cry and nag until my mom took him and we don’t even like McDonalds.
Quotation Sandwich #3
Top Bun: I have seen the new commercials that McDonalds have made in order to demonstrate how they have improved their food choices and even toys they sell.
Meat & Veggies: According to John Robbins, “McDonald’s claims it’s doing enough already by being part of the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Imitative.” (145). Even so, Robbins also notes, “In 2009, McDonald’s CEO and President Jim Skinner took home more than $17 million in compensation for his time and efforts”
Top Bun: Many parents are always worried when it comes to their children. They want to make sure that they are safe, but don’t realize that they are in trouble when they take them to visit their favorite restaurant.
Meat & Veggies: John Robbins, a food activist, writes, “…we often take for granted what may very well be the greatest danger of all to their health-the hundreds of billions of dollars spent each year on ads designed to get them hooked on junk food” (142).
Bottom Bun: Basically, Robbins is telling us the truth about what is going on with companies who sell junk food. They use costly adds that get children’s attention, so they can annoy their parents until they are forced to take them. I guess that the billions …show more content…
Why are children, being detected with type-2 diabetes?
Meat & Veggies: According to John Robbins, “the critics of the ad campaign, and McDonalds itself, place the blame for the situation squarely on the shoulders of parents” (143). Bottom Bun: Parents are responsible for what happens to their children, but there are some things they cannot control. I don’t have any younger siblings or children, but I did have a cousin that was obsess with McDonalds. Whenever he was watching television, a McDonalds commercial would come out showing a new toy they had. He would cry until his mom would take him to get the toy with a happy meal. Even when my mom had to take care of him, he would cry and nag until my mom took him and we don’t even like McDonalds.
Quotation Sandwich #3
Top Bun: I have seen the new commercials that McDonalds have made in order to demonstrate how they have improved their food choices and even toys they sell.
Meat & Veggies: According to John Robbins, “McDonald’s claims it’s doing enough already by being part of the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Imitative.” (145). Even so, Robbins also notes, “In 2009, McDonald’s CEO and President Jim Skinner took home more than $17 million in compensation for his time and efforts”