Perhaps a staple of the diets in many developed nations, my favorite dish is the traditional hamburger with fries that is typically found in most fast food chains in the Americas and Europe. Hamburgers are an extremely popular dish across many nations, and there are many sociological reasons that the dish is favored, in addition to the arguably almost addictive ingredients and chemical additives added in the most popular servings of this dish. Despite the many qualities of the current hamburger industry that warrant thinking that its popularity is merely due to the ingredients used in this dish, the reality is that a lot of social forces have contributed to the popularity of this dish across the world. Although the popularity of the hamburger
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It is impossible to understate the impact that such advertising may have had in shaping my food preferences in the long run. A huge political issue in many countries suffering from obesity epidemics, such as the United States and Canada, has been over whether advertising for calorie dense and low nutrient food should be curbed. At a societal level, advertising has been shown to significantly increase the gross amount of food consumed. A study conducted in 2009 examined what the effects of food advertising were on the consumption of the food that was being advertised. The study found that children who were exposed to food advertising in television programs consumed a significantly higher amount of snacks than did those who were not exposed to it (Harris). There have also been numerous studies that documented the effects of the advertising of fast food restaurants specifically, which typically serve some form of hamburger. It is important to note that advertising not only affects what type of foods one wants to eat, but also influence taste preferences of children from an early age. A study showed that children that were subjected to brand advertising for fast foods showed that children found foods that were branded with advertised brands to be in general tastier than those that are not, despite the food being identical
It is impossible to understate the impact that such advertising may have had in shaping my food preferences in the long run. A huge political issue in many countries suffering from obesity epidemics, such as the United States and Canada, has been over whether advertising for calorie dense and low nutrient food should be curbed. At a societal level, advertising has been shown to significantly increase the gross amount of food consumed. A study conducted in 2009 examined what the effects of food advertising were on the consumption of the food that was being advertised. The study found that children who were exposed to food advertising in television programs consumed a significantly higher amount of snacks than did those who were not exposed to it (Harris). There have also been numerous studies that documented the effects of the advertising of fast food restaurants specifically, which typically serve some form of hamburger. It is important to note that advertising not only affects what type of foods one wants to eat, but also influence taste preferences of children from an early age. A study showed that children that were subjected to brand advertising for fast foods showed that children found foods that were branded with advertised brands to be in general tastier than those that are not, despite the food being identical