Wall-E: Movie Analysis

Many people from the younger generations recall the movie Wall-E. Although it involved a cute robot, it also had an eerie message demonstrating the possible future for humanity. The humans were morbidly obese and were constrained to mobile chairs because all their muscle mass deteriorated. As the movie progresses, it shows how all these people who had succumbed to sloth consistently gorge themselves in fast food. Wall-E may be a beautifully animated film, but it has an underlying message for the public especially towards the younger generations. Obesity is rising in society, and humans need to stop the slippery slope of unhealthy lifestyle choices. Younger generations remember this film because it is iconic and can help stop this fictional
Laws can be placed on fast food chains to prevent them from unhealthy items to their menu. Cigarette excise taxes have proved to reduce smoking. In the article by Catherine Roberts, The New War on Obesity, she reports that, “The smoking rate among American adults has dropped from about 42 percent in 1965 to 15 percent in 2015”. The same concept can be applied to unhealthy foods and may possibly have the same fruition. Excise taxes can be placed on these foods based on their content while healthy ones are subsidized. If unhealthy foods are higher priced then demand will fall because the young consumer will choose a lower priced healthier option. Furthermore, laws can prevent restaurants from ladening foods with questionable ingredients and selling food with an extremely high number of calories. Young consumers have the chance to make healthier lifestyle choices and stop obesity from wreaking havoc on lives if healthier options are within their
However, there are many ways to combat people’s ignorance. One of them is not allowing them to hinder progress and teaching them to become more comprehensive as to why changes to create a healthier lifestyle hold significance. A way to encourage healthier eating and life choices is through education of the masses. Studies have demonstrated that educational programs on nutrition or SNAP-Ed can affect participants will to attempt, buy, and consume more healthy foods. Through education, people can take personal responsibility and start a change for a healthier lifestyle at home because companies and the government are not entirely culpable for bad life choices. In addition, media is almost in every person’s fingertips. Advertising can have a huge impact in influencing lifestyles by educating people. Websites such as ¨Above the Influence¨ put educational advertising out to promote healthier choices and prevent smoking and drug usage. Similarly, programs for healthier life decisions can also be developed to intervene on unhealthy food choices and advocate for healthier eating. The younger generation wield the advantage of technology, and they can use it to educate newer generations to continue promoting healthier lifestyles and stopping the epidemic of