Taste Test: Splenda vs. Sugar Taste Test: Splenda vs. Sugar Introduction Americans are more health conscience now than they were decades ago which is why they are completely dedicated to finding ways to consistently reducing the caloric and sugar intake in their diets. As a result, many are focusing on the use of artificial sweeteners and sugar substitutes. Because of this health conscience era, the use of Splenda, in particular is used in just about every food, drink, candy etc. Splenda, along with other artificial sugar product, is popular because it does not add any calories, but what makes Splenda stand apart from other sugar substitutes is its claim that it is made from sugar and taste exactly like sugar. Although widely accepted, there are those that prefers the use and taste of nothing but regular sugar because they do not like the tast of the artificial sugars on the market, however, although Splenda’s claim of being made from sugar and taste exactly like sugar, there are those that swear that they could taste the difference between the two.
Americans are unhealthy. What is more mind boggling is that we are unhealthy but more so because sugar and unwanted calories are being advertised especially to children who would never pass up that offer. I agree that vending machines in schools should be filled with nutritious options instead of unhealthy ones. Our youth needs to be educated while they are able to understand the risks and consequences on indulging on a daily basis. they need to be taught how to thrive and most important how to survive by making healthier choices.
With the recent increase of overweight and obese Americans, a debate has surfaced over whether the government should tax sugary drinks. Taxing sugary drinks is the right step because it could change people’s choices behavior, it reduces the number of people who purchase these drinks, it could pay for health education and medical expenses, and it helps prevent obesity. Taxing sugary drinks could change people’s choices behavior. People need to change their life style and learn to live more healthily. Healthy choices are always more expensive than bad choices.
In education, students are not being properly educated about how important it is to be in shape. If kids are taught at a young age how to keep their bodies healthy, they are more likely to lead healthy adult lives. If students, in the education systems were to study health more, it could help reduce the rising obesity rate by catching the problem before it starts. Obesity is not just a personal trouble, but a societal issue. Changes in America’s social structure are needed to lower the rate of obesity in America.
I believe that many teenagers do not have sufficient fibre in their diet, the older age group will be more health conscious of their weight and health, the lower range of target audience will be attracted by the golden star shaped cereal and its fun shape. Pest Power is used by all children within the target range so using an eye-catching and persuasive marketing campaign would be necessary in order to hook the buyer. Their parents would mostly agree that it is healthy; it is free of sugar and any artificial additives, whilst adding necessary vitamins naturally to a child’s diet. In addition it would make a good alternative for children
WIC is significantly different than other hunger alleviation programs because it targets children. Many professional opinions against the WIC program allude to the fact that it is like any food program that people take advantage of and should be discontinued. However, the items able to be purchased are very limited, which allows for proper use of the program and its benefits, which many supporters point out. As of 2011, WIC has been running a budget surplus, due in large part to a decline in the price of milk- milk costs represent 20% of the WIC food cost
This inflates questions about the ethics of children’s marketing and its impact on the health and well being of kids. The documentary Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood focuses directly on the huge impact this is making. You are what you buy; you are what you own, if you don’t have it you are seen as less fortunate than others. What you buy is who you are. Education and consumerism blindly targets you and is easily mistaken for happiness and satisfaction.
Instead of profiting from a high yield the producers will lose customers because of their anxiety towards the foreign milk. Hypothetically the producers would have benefited from the advancement, but realistically, nations worldwide would want a guarantee that their people are not going to be harmed. It is natural for people to be scared of change, and the fear of genetically altered food is a prime example of
English Expository III September 15, 2011 Responsibility? In the article The Battle Against Fast Food begins at Home by Daniel Wientraub, he argues that it’s not the fast food industry or the video game manufactures that are at fault for children obesity, it is the parents who are at fault. Two arguments Wientraub made were, that parents are responsible for teaching their children good eating habits as well as good exercising habits. I agree with both those arguments. However the first argument he made which was that parents are in the best position to fight obesity , I disagree because parents don’t always know what their children are eating.
Another point made by Daniels is that the effect of obesity doesn’t stop at this point, but it may go to the extent to reverse the stable increase in life expectancy which makes of obesity one of the most public concerns; thus efforts are being made to determine what causes obesity among children(Stephen, & Daniels, 2006, p 47-67). One reality is obvious, children are usually not born overweight, but the environment around them makes from them what they are, and the principal cause of that is the fact that parents don’t run to the doctors to check their child as soon as they notice on him an overweight because they may think that their child just got a bit of baby fat (Holecko, 2010), or they may not know that their child is actually obese, not just overweight. The norms used by doctors to determine whether a child is obese or overweight are based on the BMI,” A child (between the ages of 2 and 18) is