Young children are the ones who are most on social media and they see so many advertisements it is unbelievable. Companies target children because they are too young to know the truth about what they are really eating. Children don’t care about how many calories or how much sugar s in a bowl of Lucky Charms cereal, for example. But, there is only one group that can make their children stop them from eating this, the parents. Parents have the power to not make their children eat junk food and to decrease the chances of their child ending up with a long term illness.
Most families turn to technology to keep their children occupied without realizing that excessive consumption may harm their health. For example, when kids spend late night hours sitting in front of the TV screen, they get an inadequate amount of sleep which leads to obesity overtime. Childhood Obesity & Technology – What’s the Connection,
Canady 1 Taylor Canady Mrs. Freeman 7th Period 28 April 2015 Healthier School Lunches School lunches around the world need to be healthier for our body’s health. The things the world needs to work on is that kids are not eating the fruits, vegetables, and grains they need to eat in a day. The people in this world need to help the kids break their habit of eating junk food all the time. The world need to start by taking away some of the junk food in schools and exchange it with fruits and vegetables. School lunch ladies need to give the kids the nutrients they need so they do not gain weight.
Many people believe that it is not the responsibility of the food industry that obesity is becoming a serious issue because it is based on sole responsibility of what they choose to eat, whether they choose to exercise or not, and in the case of child obesity, the lack of responsibility the parents maintain; and the food industry concurs when addressed by the government. They are very defensive when they are resistant when the government tries to restrict the food industry from marketing to children in Australia. Legislation has begun to have fast-food restaurants display the nutritional
When they see that it makes them want high and fatty foods. Some even cry for it. Parents don’t realize that they are hurting their children when they give them the lots of junk food. Some just don’t want to hear their children mouth. For each extra hour children spend watching TV children gained more than two extra pounds of body fat.
For most children, overweight is the result of unhealthy eating patterns and too little physical activity. Parents should help prevent childhood obesity by providing healthy meals and snacks, daily physical activity, and nutrition education begin . Small children are not aware of their daily intakes unless their mommy or daddy says it is okay to have a small portion of fast food. Parents have all the control of children’s health starting at their
Diet of television is the answer. I think parents should not replace a baby sitter for the TV, or even replace them selves for the TV. I know a lot of parents who prefer to sleep 30 minutes alone, and all they do is send their children to watch TV or play violent video games, they totally forget about the damage it is causing to them, and when they grow up parents complaint why their children are so violent with them and everybody else. I think the idea of built-in time-channel lock circuitry is awesome. Imagine a kid solving a puzzle -which will help to develop his brain- instead of watching TV; also this kind of activities will keep him safe from violence.
When parents reward their children with sugary foods (cake, candy, ice cream, etc.) or punish them with fruits and vegetables (broccoli, carrots, grapes, etc. ), children may view nutritious foods negatively, and avoid making healthy food choices. The Food Guide Pyramid is an important tool when balancing a healthy diet; it shows an appropriate number of servings of each food category that should be consumed each day. It is important for children to be familiar with nutritional tools like the Food Guide Pyramid in order to realize the importance of a healthy
She has noticed an epidemic, especially in children ages 2-5, because this is where it begins, and the fact children are doing less exercising and forced to eat life threatening foods. A scientific journal is not needed to understand that fried foods and just add water and/or microwave meals are probably not the healthiest for you. Michelle Obama is the first, first lady, no pun intended, to actually join the legislative fight on agriculture, and school services as they pertain to what American children are eating. She also has influenced how certain people can purchase foods. For example, families on public assistance are only allowed to buy certain foods, healthier options, if they would like to use the governments help to feed their families.
Commercials usually show the use of food as a measure of entertainment and not to satisfy hunger. Rarely would we see an overweight child in these ads, and that sends the message that "inappropriate use of food has no impact on health and nutrition" (Trahms, C.M., & Pipes, P.L., (ed). (1997) Nutrition in Infancy and Childhood. United States: WCB/McGraw-Hill) Therefore, the consequences of media and television advertising are unavoidable, and that is because those advertisements are specifically designed to target those little children who are so vulnerable to "crafted messages of consumptions". (Trahms, C.M., & Pipes, P.L., (ed).