Fed Up With the Food Industry
In 2014 the film “Fed Up” by Stephanie Soechtig was composed to give insight to people
about obesity (mostly childhood) and bring out the good and bad facts of the food industry. In
this film they use many different rhetorical strategies to try to get the audience to really think
about what they are saying. They want people to realize that obesity is an overwhelming problem
in this world, and the food industry isn’t a big help with that either. They use many kids and their
families to tell their stories about how they became obese and how/why they are trying to fix it.
They also have a lot of information about the food industry, which I at least have never heard of.
It is very interesting stuff and …show more content…
So what do they do to keep their products still tasting
good but has reduced fat? They fill it with sugar! Have you ever looked at the difference in
nutrition facts between regular foods and somehow made healthier foods? They might have
lower calories or fat but they will sneak something in there to make it taste good that might not
always be the healthiest choice though.
Another big thing the movie talks about is obesity, especially childhood obesity. Obesity
has become a big problem in this world, and they think it needs to be addressed. The obesity
rates have increased from 14.5% in 2000 to 17.3% in 2012 (Obesity Rates). What is that telling
you? Maybe everyone needs to eat a few less cookies and walk just five minutes more, if
everyone in the world did that I bet it would make a big difference. People don’t care about what
they eat or how little they are exercising until it’s too late and they can’t lose all the weight they
just gained. Yes they are kids but parents come on! Stop buying all the junk food and soda, and
start telling your kids no. if you don’t do it now it’s going to be too late. Nobody wants there …show more content…
Companies don’t care about your kids unless they are bringing in money, so you have to be the
one to care and show them the way.
There are many other things the food industry tries to keep secret from consumers. One
is: The food industry spends billions of dollars advertising junk food to kids. Food makers spend
about $1.6 billion each year to reach children through the TV, internet, in-store advertising, and
sweepstakes. Most of these ads are for unhealthy products with high calories, sugar, fat, and
sodium. They have also found that the best way to get to the kids is by using cartoon characters.
The average child sees about 5,500 food commercials about unhealthy foods and less than 100
ads for healthy foods on TV. Another big thing is the food industry has made nutritional
guidelines confusing for consumers so they don’t really know what they are buying and can
maybe trick them into buying less healthy stuff. Nestle explained in her book Food Politics, that
the food industry prefers scientific terms instead of straight talk. They do this so people can’t
always tell what they are trying to say (Food Industry). EX: maltodextrin is in almost
In 2014 the film “Fed Up” by Stephanie Soechtig was composed to give insight to people
about obesity (mostly childhood) and bring out the good and bad facts of the food industry. In
this film they use many different rhetorical strategies to try to get the audience to really think
about what they are saying. They want people to realize that obesity is an overwhelming problem
in this world, and the food industry isn’t a big help with that either. They use many kids and their
families to tell their stories about how they became obese and how/why they are trying to fix it.
They also have a lot of information about the food industry, which I at least have never heard of.
It is very interesting stuff and …show more content…
So what do they do to keep their products still tasting
good but has reduced fat? They fill it with sugar! Have you ever looked at the difference in
nutrition facts between regular foods and somehow made healthier foods? They might have
lower calories or fat but they will sneak something in there to make it taste good that might not
always be the healthiest choice though.
Another big thing the movie talks about is obesity, especially childhood obesity. Obesity
has become a big problem in this world, and they think it needs to be addressed. The obesity
rates have increased from 14.5% in 2000 to 17.3% in 2012 (Obesity Rates). What is that telling
you? Maybe everyone needs to eat a few less cookies and walk just five minutes more, if
everyone in the world did that I bet it would make a big difference. People don’t care about what
they eat or how little they are exercising until it’s too late and they can’t lose all the weight they
just gained. Yes they are kids but parents come on! Stop buying all the junk food and soda, and
start telling your kids no. if you don’t do it now it’s going to be too late. Nobody wants there …show more content…
Companies don’t care about your kids unless they are bringing in money, so you have to be the
one to care and show them the way.
There are many other things the food industry tries to keep secret from consumers. One
is: The food industry spends billions of dollars advertising junk food to kids. Food makers spend
about $1.6 billion each year to reach children through the TV, internet, in-store advertising, and
sweepstakes. Most of these ads are for unhealthy products with high calories, sugar, fat, and
sodium. They have also found that the best way to get to the kids is by using cartoon characters.
The average child sees about 5,500 food commercials about unhealthy foods and less than 100
ads for healthy foods on TV. Another big thing is the food industry has made nutritional
guidelines confusing for consumers so they don’t really know what they are buying and can
maybe trick them into buying less healthy stuff. Nestle explained in her book Food Politics, that
the food industry prefers scientific terms instead of straight talk. They do this so people can’t
always tell what they are trying to say (Food Industry). EX: maltodextrin is in almost