If students would have known that fast food ingredients were found in our school lunches. It would be superior for them to go to a nearby McDonalds during lunch to obtain a better deal and also an appetizing lunch. Sadly, students don't have this knowledge of basic nutrients, or what products goes into our school lunches. Central Valley should create a Home Economics class to teach the basics of nutrients because it will benefit their students lively hood in the
Fast food industries corporate greed took advantage of Americas need for cheap and readily available food. The fast food industry uses shrewd marketing tactics and governmental influences to promote products to the American public, having little or no concern for the people that are put at a disadvantage for the sake of the company making money. Schlosser states that in 1972 Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald’s, gave the Nixon campaign a $250,000.00 donation. That year Congress and the White House were going to pass new legislation known as the “McDonald’s Bill”. The bill allowed employers to pay young teenagers twenty percent less than minimum wage (37).
Ludwig and Nestle states in article Can the Food Industry Play a Constructive Role in the Obesity Epidemic?, “Far greater profits come from highly processed, commodity-derived products-fast food, snack foods, and beverages-primarily composed of refined starch, concentrated sugars, and low quality fats” (1809). I believe that the corporations can if they really want to send the right message to their consumers. Some corporations actually do promote healthy eating habits to their consumers when they come to the fast food corporations. The corporations started to promote healthy eating more after many research have been done to prove how bad fast food has been towards its consumers. Ludwig and Nestle expresses, “Research links frequent consumption of highly processed foods to weight gain and increased risk for diet-related diseases” (1809).
In David Zinczenko's "Don't Blame the Eater", published in the New York Times, on November 23, 2002, Mr. Zinczenko explains how children and teenagers aren’t at fault for being overweight. Zinczenko mentions how teenagers can’t find healthier places to eat instead of fast-food. It’s pretty hard to find a healthier alternative to fast-food when you’re an overweight teenager with a car and you’re hungry. The only places really to go are Subway and Chipotle. Yet there's plenty of fault to go around in explaining the problem of obese children and teenagers.
Essay responding to the articles of Radly Balko and David Zinczenko In the reading “ Don`t blame the eater “ David Zinczenko talks about obesity, growing as a result of fast food eating and he argues about whose responsibility this is . Is it the food company`s responsibility for not providing accurate nutrition information, or is the costumer`s responsibility, especially teenagers, for eating fast food meals on a daily basis ? David Zinczenko relates himself to these kids by telling about his personal experience and how the separation of his parents affected his lifestyle by making fast food his only available option to get affordable meals. Another reason that makes people become more addicted to fast food, other than
He recommends that in search of a better way to serve customers, the fast food industry has negatively infused its way into the American culture. Schlosser brings to light plenty of shocking facts like how the actual cost of a Happy Meal is determined and how it manipulates the children to persuade their parents to treat them out to McDonalds. A growing awareness of the connection between diets and disease is slowly but surely taking hold in the minds of consumers. Natural and organic foods are becoming more popular across the country. However, our government hasn’t taken the steps that most
Working for the fast food industry brings back memories. I remember my first job as a teen working for Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC. Looking back, what seemed like a fun time was really a company using a minor’s ignorance about the workforce. Chapter 3 of Schlosser’s book discusses teens working in the fast food industry. He talks about the ease of hiring unskilled workers, such as teens, and how the “stroking” technique is used in the industry.
It’s HOW you do it There are many careers to choose from in our society. We have the right and the freedom to do what we want in life, how we do it is up to us. With standards raising and the economy going the way it is, we all know that getting a college degree is a requirement to get a job. As Jane Jacobs mentions in Credentialing vs. Educating ‘without it, as North American high school students are forever being warned, they will be doomed to a work life of “flipping hamburgers.”’ Just because someone is flipping burgers doesn’t mean that they are doomed and unsuccessful, if someone wants to flip burgers their whole life they should do it.
In the article “Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age” by John A. Keith, he says, “McDonald’s targets children through advertising, toy promotions, playgrounds, and contracts with school districts they can influence the tastes and preferences of this most impressionable growth market.” Creations such as the “happy-meal” and Ronald McDonald make people nostalgic for McDonalds because they remember it from their youth. Alternatively, some people argue that food corporations are not responsible for obesity in the United States. For example, if a business provides adequate information about its food products, it is obvious then they have fulfilled their ethical obligation. Consequently, consumers are less likely to seek restitution through
Obesity: Society’s epidemic Since the introduction of fast food in the 1980’s, obesity rates have risen due to a variety of factors. Physical activity has decreased among schools while more fast food restaurants are created in the US. Furthermore, the convenience of a meal makes people come back for more, with catchy commercials luring both children and adults in. Moreover, the food is convenient, cheap, and advertised well, and our nation pays for the cost of obesity. Fast food has become part of our culture, forming our adults and children into becoming overweight.