Statistics show 1 in 3 children from the age 2-19 are overweight or obese in the United States in the year 2016. Childhood obesity is an epidemic that needs to be stopped. Looking back in time, the number of people smoking cigarettes is close to our numbers now for childhood obesity, so is there a correlation? Yes, the numbers show, there is. There are many reasons why the numbers are so similar but the main reason is we advertise both of these issues in a positive way both in the past and now in the present. Cigarettes are becoming the cigarette of the 21st century. We, the people of the United States, need to take a stand, step in, stop advertising these sugary products positively and start taking control of these products, stop allowing marketers to teach the wrong thing to children about sugar resembling what they have done in the past with cigarettes.
Addiction is a very serious matter and a word that should not be used lightly. Soechtig notes that a study shows “93 percent of lab rats chose sugar water over cocaine” (qtd. in Nicholson). Sugar has shown to be just as addictive as a drug in many studies. Once a …show more content…
Therefore, we need to start using our freedom of speech to make a difference in the world. The big chain companies need to open up their eyes and stop worrying about their paycheck they get every week for selling these awful products and start worrying about their fellow people. Sugar has shown to be just as addictive as a drug, so let us stop advertising it in a good way. Products that contain sugar should be advertised the same way as we advertise cigarettes now. Stop selling the sugar products to kids by putting an age requirement on the purchase. By taking these steps, we are helping not only children put the population in the end. Sugar has become the cigarette of the 21st century, and it needs to be known to the public so we can put a stop to
Addiction is a very serious matter and a word that should not be used lightly. Soechtig notes that a study shows “93 percent of lab rats chose sugar water over cocaine” (qtd. in Nicholson). Sugar has shown to be just as addictive as a drug in many studies. Once a …show more content…
Therefore, we need to start using our freedom of speech to make a difference in the world. The big chain companies need to open up their eyes and stop worrying about their paycheck they get every week for selling these awful products and start worrying about their fellow people. Sugar has shown to be just as addictive as a drug, so let us stop advertising it in a good way. Products that contain sugar should be advertised the same way as we advertise cigarettes now. Stop selling the sugar products to kids by putting an age requirement on the purchase. By taking these steps, we are helping not only children put the population in the end. Sugar has become the cigarette of the 21st century, and it needs to be known to the public so we can put a stop to