Who Is To Blame? Daniel Weintraub’s article, “The Battle Against Fast Food Begins in the Home,” argues “26 percent of school children (in California) are overweight.” (42) So who’s to blame for this epidemic? According to Weintraub, “It’s the fault of parents who let their kids eat unhealthy food and sit in front of the television or computer for hours at a time,” (42) Many of our country’s people blame the fast food industry for over-advertising, selling unhealthy food, and selling oversized portions. However, others such as Weintraub argue that obesity is a matter of parent responsibility. I do agree with him at a certain degree that parents are the ones to blame instead of fast food companies.
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.
These entertainment devices are taking away from physical activities and are leading to increased energy intake through snacking and eating meals in front of the TV; and, influence children to make unhealthy food choices through exposure to food advertisements. The parents need to limit the inside entertainment time, such as T.V and gaming systems from their homes and swap that time for things such as outside family time. That allows time for exercising such as a walk. These children need to burn calories by being physically active. It’s sad to say that Obesity now affects 17% (12.5 million) of all children and adolescents in the United States.
In this essay I will be talking about how children are affected by television. Although many parents these days do not want their children to watch television, there are a lot of educational shows available today. Many parents may not want their children to watch modern television, and I would have to tell those parents that there are some shows out there these days that are very educational and they are aimed towards the young. Watching the educational cartoons can be very helpful for a child’s mind. There can be positive results emotionally, physically, and psychologically.
Television: A Distortion of Reality Television has become a false reality for millions of Americans and the majority of the global society. “The use of television to promote primarily materialistic values has become a severe, although largely unacknowledged, mental health and public health problem for the United States and the world” (Elgin 105). Duane Elgin speaks about the impact of television on the youth of our nation and how it is “being used to promote mindless consumerism around the planet” (Elgin 104). The negative effects of television are clear, and the reality is that this communication device is changing the important values of the global youth. The lucid shift in values has been from developing a meaningful philosophy in life to being well-off financially.
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.
EFFECT WATCHING TELEVISION ON STUDY HABITS Televison effect Television is so awful, and students watch so much of it, that it's not surprising that there's been much sociological research on its effects. Most of the studies, though, suffer from the third-factor effect - yes, student who watch a lot of TV tend to be more aggressive, but could a third factor explain both behaviors? Student with lower IQ scores also tend to watch more TV and be more violent, as do person from poorer families. The correlations between heavy TV watching and other behaviors could be merely effects from common cause. Definition Television habits consist of patterns of behavior determined by the amount of time and importance individuals give to watching television broadcasts and recorded videos and DVDs.
Many people believe that all you really have to do is exercise in order to burn off the calories that have been consumed throughout the day. However, it’s not that simple since there are other factors to consider. These foods that these children eat are not healthy and don’t have the nutrients that are needed for growing kids. Trying to exercise the calories away won’t do much since they already have a poor diet. They increase their levels of sugar, sodium and fats.
In the United States, television is sometimes censored for offensive language and behavior. Many audiences that watch TV or films usually get bothered based on the offensive languages. What can be done by parents? How can it help with censored channels? Censorship in television really relies on the person whom is watching either TV or a movie.
The most significant cause of childhood obesity is behavioral and environmental factors (Hubert, HB). According to American Obesity Association, average American child spends significant amount of their free time playing video games or watching TV. During this immobility very few calories are used and larger number of calories is stored in the form of fat. It’s very clear that children who are not participating in outdoor physical activities are in higher risk of being