David starts by teasing these overweight individuals that are bring a lawsuit against McDonalds, but then later admits that he used to be overweight as a child and was able to change his life around. He made a point to show health concerns with being obese and eating fast food regularly, such as type two diabetes which has risen about twenty-five percent since 1994. This raise in diabetes also requires much funding for the United States to spend to try to find a cure. David explains how there is very few alternatives for the youth of America because those health alternatives are more expensive and harder to find. False advertising is also another unpleasant practice that fast food companies use to lure in costumers.
Spurlock travels around the states of America to see what school children are eating for lunch on a daily basis. ‘It’s For Kids’ Spurlock shoots the scene in Naperville, Illinois specifically he visited Maderison Junior High. His investigations proved that the students there were consuming more than 1000 calories per meal, which is accessibly high. Whether it was totally true or not Spurlock claimed that most kids either brought lunch from home or brought lunch from the canteen and shared. Basically the unhealthy choices from the canteen proved to be the biggest problem.
After seeing, “Super Size Me,” it has shown me the devastating effects of excessively eating fast food. The documentary shows Morgan Spurlock was made to show the increasing spread of obesity throughout the United States society. Many lawsuits were brought against McDonald’s for increase in obesity. In “Super Size Me”, Places like McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s also advertise toys that are included in kid’s meals to cause children to want to get those meals rather than something healthier. The increasing spread of obesity has become an epidemic and if Americans do not change their eating habits it will greatly effect the world to come.
Obesity as a Health Priority in Australia Name University Obesity as a Government Priority in Australia Obesity is becoming an inevitable menace in Australia; this has been ascertained by epidemiological statistics which show that obesity and overweight problems are common a phenomena in Australia. According to Thorburn (2005) 22% and 19% of women and men respectively in Australia are currently affected by obesity. The situation has further been exacerbated by the fact that approximately 900 Million Dollars is spent every fiscal year to directly cater for the obese patients. This has had a negative effect on the economic growth in Australia and needs national-wide address. Intensive studies also
The fast food industry spends on average over $4.2 billion dollars a year solely on television advertisements (Fast Food Facts). Many of these commercials are targeted towards younger children and are shown on networks specifically for kids. These commercials use cartoon animation that will appeal to the eyes of children. The average preschooler views roughly three fast food commercials per day, children age’s six to eleven viewed four, and teens ages twelve to seventeen viewed roughly five (Fast Food Facts). During early childhood and teenage years humans undergo extremely important growth and development.
As we all know, the most popular fast-food restaurant in the world also has the reputation for being the unhealthiest place around. McDonald's is a favorite of many households in America and it seems that today people can't get enough of it. In the documentary called Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock attempts to prove that the effects of eating Big Macs, supersized fries, and half-gallons of coke can be extremely dangerous to one's health. Spurlock goes through a thirty day adventure of eating only McDonald's food. He effectively shows to doctors, himself, and his audience that, fast-food eating Americans are in danger of destroying their health.
In the opinion piece published in The Age, entitled ‘C’mon Aussie, enough of the junk food ads during the cricket’ Michael Valenzuela proposes that the Australian cricket organization and their athletes’ endorsement of junk food during game play is contributing to an obesity epidemic. By presenting a broad spectrum of health concerns, Valenzuela attempts to instil fear in his intended audience. Valenzuela sanctimoniously and rationally suggests that the issue is a ‘national emergency’ and is a major health concern to current and future generations. Initially, the writer encapsulates the main contention by portraying the ‘junk food’ industry in a distasteful manner. Referring to the fast food business as ‘junk food’ suggests to the readers,
By making these foods their market is getting smaller because it is destroying the consumers, literally. Nowadays, someone has some sort of illness like cardiovascular disease or diabetes. Consumers are surrounded by advertisements, especially young children. Young children watch television a lot. Young children are the ones who are most on social media and they see so many advertisements it is unbelievable.
Cody Dilsaver Ms.Martin English 110 11/3/14 Childhood Obesity in America Childhood obesity has developed into one of the biggest problems America faces today. Around the world, America has developed a reputation of obesity, something we should be humiliated of. It wasn’t like that 30 years ago; our society has developed a lifestyle accustomed to binge eating and immobility. Portion sizes have increased, fast food has become a cheap and convenient alternative for dinner, and children’s social lives have deformed into web-based. The responsibility to prevent and repair childhood obesity is primarily on the shoulders of parents, government, and children themselves.
Childhood Obesity Epidemic Everybody is always talking about childhood obesity in the Houston. They say we feed our children junk food, and that they get very little playing time outside, but do you know that childhood obesity happens not only in the Houston but all over the United States? Even in some other countries. The childhood obesity rate has climbed in other cities such as St. Louis, Great Britain, Washington D.C, and Philadelphia. But the main question this paper will answer is, “What causes the childhood obesity rate to rise in these different cities and how can we prevent them?” As we know the main causes to obesity is lack of exercise or poor eating habits, but in these different cities those aren’t the only reasons that childhood