Hussain Al-Attas Date: 15/10/2011 Cause & Effect Junk Food Prevalence and its Physical and Mental Implications Introduction: A study conducted lately‚ showed that junk food affects the function and structure of the brain which could change peoples’ behavior‚ especially that of children. By definition‚ junk food is pre-prepared food that has low nutritional value and is high in calories. The aim of this paper is to explore the causes of junk food prevalence and its physical and mental effects.
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10 Delicious‚ Healthy Junk Food Alternatives Over time‚ various ‘recreational foods’ have permeated into every aspect of our culture. We eat them not only for the way they taste‚ but also for entertainment. And despite ample and increasingly strong evidence about their risks to our health‚ we consume more than ever. While our individual reasons may be diverse‚ the primary motivation is the same in each. Scientific studies clearly demonstrate eating junk food has similar addictive patterns to drugs
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liking junk food is normal behaviour for teenagers while liking healthy food is an oddity”. (Strugnell‚ 2000) Junk Food Marketing (JFM) is one of the main causes of this. This essay will first demonstrate how marketers recognize children’s consumer buyer behaviours and target these children in JFM; then it will examine the ethicality of JFM. Finally it will suggest how a continued JFM targeted to children is unethical and recommendations for future studies. Consumer Buyer Behaviour (CBB) Junk Food
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high blood pressure. Taxing unhealthful foods and beverages could prove an important strategy to overconsumption and potentially aid in weight loss and reduced rates of diabetes among children and adults. Junk food should be taxed because it will reduce obesity‚ type 2 diabetes‚ and health care costs. First of all‚ taxing junk food will lower obesity among Americans. The increase in both soda and pizza found that many Americans would still buy junk food regardless of a price increase. Taxing of
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rate of soda and junk food consumption has greatly increased throughout the United States; the Iowa State Campus is not an exception. Purpose and Scope As students as Iowa State‚ we are best fit to research how to change the lifestyles of our peers. In order to decrease the obesity epidemic‚ we are proposing to assist in changing someone’s routine diet by replacing the vending machine snack options. The existing vending machines have little variety or choice of healthy foods. Furthermore‚ most
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In the article The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food‚ Michael Mossfeb discusses the issues concerning the causes of obesity in America. Mossfeb gives many examples of how the different food companies use different methods to convince people to buy their products. For example‚ Oscar-Myer found ways to get their products into the family household by exploiting mothers that have little time to prepare meals‚ and children who want control of what they eat. The same problem occurs with Coca
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The Rot & Ruin: By Johnathan Maberry In this work of fiction Johnathan Maberry tells the story of a young boy named Benny Imura‚ and how he went from first night to where he is now. First night‚ or the night the zombie virus first appeared‚ was disastrous for humanity. It spread like wildfire through a dry forest. Benny Imura remembers one moment of first night‚ and due to that moment he hates his half brother Tom Imura. Benny remembers his mother handing his two year old self through
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problems. In Michael Moss’s‚ The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food‚ the power of the communication that advertisers use can easily manipulate people into loving junk food which would in create an addiction that consumers would be stuck in for every long time. Systems of power are upheld with language by showing a message in a specific way to
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favourite TV show could be hazardous to your health? On average kids view 15 junk food ads a day during children’s TV programs. The government needs to introduce stricter laws to stop companies from advertising junk food during children’s TV programs. The kids of Australia are eating too much junk food and it needs to stop. Today I will talk about how; the promotion of junk food advertised towards the younger generation of Australians is affecting their health dramatically. How Children do not have the
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Due to junk food many Americans have become obese or overweight. It’s terrible for the people because it kills. Junk food should be taxed due to the fact that many Americans have become obese‚ if taxed people can become healthier also fit‚ and it’s the number one health issue in this nation. Junk food should be taxed for many reasons. First of all it kills! Many Americans choose to eat fatty fast food instead of healthy food. According to the article‚ Tax on junk food can help pay the cost of diet-related
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