Form: Argumentative essay Audience: Young students and teenagers Tone: Informative Purpose: To raise awareness that junk food in school has many negative side effects Central Idea: Junk foods found in cafeterias and vending machines of elementary and high schools must be abolished because of their negative effects on the children’s academics‚ the unhealthy eating patterns it creates‚ and the increasing risk of health diseases‚ harming the future generations. The Junk Yard School is defined
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The current issue of junk food consumption and the overall obesity battle worldwide continues to expand rapidly. The suggestion to counteract this problem is the implementation of a “junk tax”. ProQuest states that‚ “’junk food tax’ refers to a tax placed upon fattening foods or beverages” (Par. 1). The intention of the tax is to minimize the consumption of unhealthy foods‚ which would expectantly lead to a healthier population. A junk food tax would also generate revenue for causes
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April 28‚ 2014 Fast Food According to Lin‚ Guthrie and Frazao‚ children’s calorie consumptions from fast food and soft drinks increased dramatically. Weight is always a problem in our society. Now a day‚ we are forgetting about healthy food just to save our time and money. We have adopted fast food to reach a level of obesity. Fast foods have a biggest contribution on obesity because of easy access on food restaurant; contain less amount of nutrition‚ and food advertisements.. Now
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Pei Ting Peggie Introduction The 21st century has presented a major set of converging threats as the pressures of population growth‚ climate change and food insecurity are driving the world towards worsening hunger and malnutrition. Many people argue that Genetically Modified (GM) crops are promoted as a ‘Miracle Solution’ to solve the food shortage crisis since the use of genetic engineering enables genetic materials to be modified and in turn creates new varieties that exhibit desirable characteristics
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The ethics surrounding food hasn’t always been a major contributor in ones decision on what to eat. In the beginning‚ we would have to physically hunt or gather our meals in order to survive. The choice of what was for breakfast‚ lunch or dinner solely relied on what was accessible to us. The ethical questions would only come as a result of a modernized food system‚ where other options for food became accessible and convenient. In the essay Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace‚ the author
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FOOD PROBLEMS IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: 1 imports of foodgrains—no solution. 3. Problem not so much natural as human. 4. Inordinate growth of population— the major contributory factor. 5. Low productivity and the factors responsible for it. 6. Administrative inefficiency and organisational weakness. 7. Artificial scarcity and price rise created by the tradesmen. 8. Grow more or produce more is not the only solution. 9. Change in mode of food consumption and other effective measures to Check the
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FOOD: HISTORY AND CULTURE IN THE WEST Institute of European Studies and EU Center of Excellence 2010 Food Symposium K-14 Educational Resource Materials As part of its public outreach activities‚ the Institute of European Studies (IES) at the University of California‚ Berkeley has developed curricular resource materials for K-14 educators‚ adapted from the proceedings of two IES events in 2010 that explored food cultures and histories. We hope these materials will serve as a point of departure for
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Griffin Hooper English 1A 30 October 2008 Soul Food A ritual done over a specific length of time can become tradition‚ rooting itself into one’s culture and lifestyle. George Gmelch in the essay “Baseball Magic” describes rituals as being irrational and unemotional behaviors linked to an outcome. He finds when a baseball player has a good performance his rituals grow and are continued. Gmelch’s findings reflect that rituals fulfill one’s need for control over one’s environment. Similar
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Food Inequality between Developed and Developing Countries Introduction These days‚ any domestic problems tend to be connected with or caused by reasons coming from outside abroad. Among those globalized issues‚ one of the serious issues is the theme of food security. According to FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)‚ the outlook for the global cereal supply in the 2011/12 marketing season has improved the following positive production. However‚ the impact on global food security remains
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Healthy food vs. Fast food Many years ago‚ people ate food that do not contains‚ preservatives; moreover‚ people used to spend a lot of time cooking their own food. Therefore those people did not have problems by the food that they ate‚ because all the food that they ate was natural and healthy. However‚ nowadays many people‚ particularly young people prefer to eat fast food such as hamburger‚ pizza or fried chicken. As we can see there are two kind of food: healthy food and fast food. One way to
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