Majority of us require caffeine in order to survive our day full of adventures with work and school. For some people their outlet is coffee, for others it is soda. Personally, I was a soda addict but I had a life changing experience during a time I was so sick, all that I was allowed to drink was water and this completely changed my habits. Once in a while I am still guilty of wanting a glass of soda when I am tired but need to make it through a work day or even slipping a drink while at an event. This is a challenge many people face. Recent changes were made to increase soda taxes which not only has affected the price of soft drinks but it also has contributed to reducing consumption. Soda consumption has been hypothesized as one of the leading
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Conrad described medicalization as “a process by which nonmedical problems become defined and treated as medical problems” which relates to this in many ways. The MSC seeks to return sick individuals to health norms by adjusting impaired roles making them more comfortable with their condition. They discuss medical ideology’s concept of long term humanitarian trend like alcoholism not being a sin but a disease. This relates to soda in a similar matter where the social control of defining the behavior as illness making it a benefit. Similarly, it connects to Metzel and Kirkland’s Against Health because it talks about how health is a desired state and an ideological position. Saying certain things tend to have different meanings and the value of judgement about others for example obesity is bad for health would be referring to an individual as being lazy. This becomes the conclusion instead of it being that one did not make the wise choice to something as basic as what we eat and …show more content…
In children, 32% are overweight and 17% are obese. Though this is not just an issue in the USA taking the initiatives could make a difference everywhere when seeing the progress. This could be caused because of the consumption of more calories than needed or even because they burn fewer calories. For example, looking at Coke, one can contains 140 calories which has 39g of sugar and one bottle contains 240 calories which has 65g of sugar (Coca-Cola). One bottle of soda contains about 16 teaspoons of sugar and the American Heart Association only recommends to consume no more than 5-9 teaspoons of sugar per day. In order to burn these calories an average adult should walk for about 45 minutes. There are dietary risk factors that could be responsible for these results. Low physical activity and intake of fruits, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy are some reasons (Cabrera 2013). The reason why it is such a concern is because obesity increases the chances of type II diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke and
Conrad described medicalization as “a process by which nonmedical problems become defined and treated as medical problems” which relates to this in many ways. The MSC seeks to return sick individuals to health norms by adjusting impaired roles making them more comfortable with their condition. They discuss medical ideology’s concept of long term humanitarian trend like alcoholism not being a sin but a disease. This relates to soda in a similar matter where the social control of defining the behavior as illness making it a benefit. Similarly, it connects to Metzel and Kirkland’s Against Health because it talks about how health is a desired state and an ideological position. Saying certain things tend to have different meanings and the value of judgement about others for example obesity is bad for health would be referring to an individual as being lazy. This becomes the conclusion instead of it being that one did not make the wise choice to something as basic as what we eat and …show more content…
In children, 32% are overweight and 17% are obese. Though this is not just an issue in the USA taking the initiatives could make a difference everywhere when seeing the progress. This could be caused because of the consumption of more calories than needed or even because they burn fewer calories. For example, looking at Coke, one can contains 140 calories which has 39g of sugar and one bottle contains 240 calories which has 65g of sugar (Coca-Cola). One bottle of soda contains about 16 teaspoons of sugar and the American Heart Association only recommends to consume no more than 5-9 teaspoons of sugar per day. In order to burn these calories an average adult should walk for about 45 minutes. There are dietary risk factors that could be responsible for these results. Low physical activity and intake of fruits, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy are some reasons (Cabrera 2013). The reason why it is such a concern is because obesity increases the chances of type II diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke and