Economics Commentary Number: Practice Title of Extract: Calorie Labeling Doesn’t Curb Fast Food Habits Source of Extract: www.izzit.org Date of Extract: Tue Oct 6‚ 2009 Word Count: 702 Date: 10/28/09 Sections Syllabus to which the commentary relates: Section 2.2 Candidate name: Candidate number: According to the mayor of New York‚ Michael Bloomberg‚ Americans has the right to eat what ever they want. It is because of this attitude that makes America one of the leading
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Determine the causes of obesity and the effectiveness of calorie labeling at changing consumer’s eating habits. Analyze results from calorie labeling in other states‚ in addition to actions undertaken by the federal government. Look into substitutes to calorie labeling. Identify likely expanders and contractors of this policy. Recognize and weigh externalities‚ offsetting behaviors‚ and additional problems related to implementing calorie labeling. Investigate the costs and benefits of implementing this policy
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1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND LEADING TO DEVELOPMENT 1.1 Introduction On July 2‚ 2003‚ official agreements were finally made by the European Parliament with regards to new regulations on genetically modified food(GM). Consumer organizations and green groups are content with these results‚ as the voices of consumers are being heard over corporate interests. The United States accounts for two-thirds of bioengineered crops produced globally. Other major suppliers include Argentina‚ Canada‚ and China
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The most common animal food products labeling debates are about dairy cows and chickens. This is where the saying “you are what you eat” applies. When a cow is treated with recombinant bovine somatotrophin‚ or rbST‚ the milk from that cow will also contain rbST. This growth hormone helps improve milk production and is proven to be safe for consumption by multiple health organizations (“RbST”). Many labeling laws have been made to inform the general public of this growth hormones. The chemical injected
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Labeling theory had its origins in Suicide‚ a book by French sociologist Émile Durkheim. He found that crime is not so much a violation of a penal code as it is an act that outrages society. He was the first to suggest that deviant labeling satisfies that function and satisfies society ’s need to control the behavior. As a contributor to American Pragmatism and later a member of the Chicago School‚ George Herbert Mead posited that the self is socially constructed and reconstructed through the interactions
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MARKETING MANAGEMENT 5. Branding‚ Labeling‚ Packaging & Pricing Brand What is a Brand? A Brand is a name‚ term‚ symbol or design to identify the goods or services and to differentiate them from those of the competitors. Effect – A Brand identifies the product for the buyer. A seller can earn the goodwill and have the patronage repeated. Brand – A name‚ term‚ sign‚ symbol or design or a combination of them which is intended to identify the goods or services of one seller or group
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idea of the looking glass self is that people define themselves according to society ’s perception of them (www.d.umn.edu ). Cooley ’s ideas‚ coupled with the works of Mead‚ are very important to labeling theory and its approach to a person ’s acceptance of labels as attached by society. George Mead ’s theory is less concerned with the micro-level focus on the deviant and more concerned with the macro-level process of separating the conventional and the condemned (Pfohl 1994). In Mind‚ Self‚ and Society
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LABELING THEORY Labeling theory‚ which is also known as social reaction theory‚ explains how criminal careers are based on destructive social interactions and encounters. EVOLUTION OF THE LABELING THEORY- Howard Becker developed his theory of labeling in the 1963 book Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance. Becker’s theory evolved during a period of social and political power struggle that was amplified within the world of the college campus. Liberal political movements were embraced by
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labelled as deviant depends on who commits the act‚ where and when it’s committed‚ and how it is interpreted – and the label the individual is given as a result. Functionalists label the typical criminal as a young‚ working class male. They then produce theories based on this label to explain this crime‚ and therefore end up skewed or distorted stats – suggesting that their stereotype of the typical criminal does in fact commit the most crime‚ when this is perhaps not the reality. Functionalist Merton argues
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on GM Food Labeling The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began food labeling in the United States in 1938. It was an initial effort to protect public health through the transparency in food ingredients and their nutritional value. Today‚ with the emergence of genetically modified organisms (GMO) as food‚ another issue regarding labeling to champion consumer choice between GM and non-GM foods has been raised. But experiences of countries that adopted mandatory GMO labeling proved that
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