Do you supersize? Do read the labels on all of your grocery items to find out what exactly is in them? Most Americans would like to say that they do, or at the very least try to be conscious of what they are consuming. In this paper I will be discussing the lack of consciousness of the food we are ingesting the effects it has on our bodies, as well as the role the government plays in regards to American obesity and disease. In a survey done by the FDA in 2008 in every state including The District of Columbia on adults, it indicates that “55 percent “often” use the label to get a general idea of the food's nutritional content. That is a little more than half of the general public. The study also shows that “Thirty-eight percent of consumers
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BMC Medicine journal published a study conducted by researchers from the University of Zurich, showing an association between processed meat and higher mortality rate due to heart disease and cancers. Even after taking into account other contributing factors, such as location, ethnicity, and level of daily activity or exercise processed meat consumption was still shown to raise the risk of illness such as heart disease and various cancers. Researchers estimated that if consumers stopped eating as little as a matchbook sized amount of processed meat it would prevent an upwards of 3.3 percent of deaths directly related to ingesting processed …show more content…
This organization has come to the same consensus and concern about our consumption and awareness of processed meats. The safety of consuming products from clones and genetically engineered animals has not been thoroughly studied. I feel that the FDA has prematurely approved these products for commercial sale and has not put strong enough safeguards in place to ensure public and environmental health. At the very least the products should be labeled to allow consumers to be able to make informed decisions about the food they eat. If such concern is felt by medical professionals and the public why not issue a mass notification to the public something in the way of, “Cloned meats gone commercial, find them at your local markets or burger
BMC Medicine journal published a study conducted by researchers from the University of Zurich, showing an association between processed meat and higher mortality rate due to heart disease and cancers. Even after taking into account other contributing factors, such as location, ethnicity, and level of daily activity or exercise processed meat consumption was still shown to raise the risk of illness such as heart disease and various cancers. Researchers estimated that if consumers stopped eating as little as a matchbook sized amount of processed meat it would prevent an upwards of 3.3 percent of deaths directly related to ingesting processed …show more content…
This organization has come to the same consensus and concern about our consumption and awareness of processed meats. The safety of consuming products from clones and genetically engineered animals has not been thoroughly studied. I feel that the FDA has prematurely approved these products for commercial sale and has not put strong enough safeguards in place to ensure public and environmental health. At the very least the products should be labeled to allow consumers to be able to make informed decisions about the food they eat. If such concern is felt by medical professionals and the public why not issue a mass notification to the public something in the way of, “Cloned meats gone commercial, find them at your local markets or burger