Obesity is a disease that many Americans develop over the course of their lives. What makes obesity, such a serious matter is that it is the leading cause of life-threatening diseases such as cancer, heart failure, diabetes, and even depression. To make matters worse, the United States had the highest rate of obesity and are estimated that about ¾ of the American population will likely to be overweight or obese by 2020, according to Wikipedia. This is just not for adults, it is also for children who reportedly make up about 17 percent of the population are overweight and 63 percent of teenage girls are predicted to become overweight by age 11 (Wikipedia). The most effective solution to ending obesity would be forming healthy eating habits,
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As Jennifer Harris in her article titled, “The Opportunity to Educate Parents about Junk Food Marketing” published by Psychology Today, breaks down the main reason why kids develop poor eating habits and obesity later in life. Harris states that food marketing is what the food industry uses to persuade children and teens to foods that are high in calories, sugar, and fat. She then points out that food marketing all begins with TV commercials in which she states that, “The food industry spends $1.8 billion per year on marketing specifically aimed at children and teens and about one-third of that is TV advertising” (Harris). The author then talks about the possibilities to protect the children from the life-threatening effects of food marketing is to reduce their exposure to TV commercials and especially radio commercials. The author then states, “That is the most important thing I wish I’d known when my kids were young” (Harris). The marketing of junk food is only the beginning of what’s causing obesity but, schools are also unaware that they are involved in what is called ‘Junk Food …show more content…
As Craig Good in his article titled, “Is this food healthy?” published by Quora breaks down how there is no such thing as junk food to his audiences. Good states that there is no such thing as junk food and to just eat whatever you want. He then points out that there are no such things as organic or GMO foods and you need not worry about your nutrition. The author says that “Your body evolved in scarcity and is perfectly capable of dealing with nutrients coming in at varying rate” (Good). This article would argue that junk food is not the leading cause of obesity and that you need to just eat a little of everything. Good also like Kaplan, claims that sugar is not all that bad for you provided, that you eat in moderation, as Good states, “Sugar doesn’t have evil spirits” (Good). While this claim may be true, there are many people that believe that sugar is the main cause of obesity and some that want to push healthy eating. Despite Good’s belief that there is no such thing as unhealthy foods, the greater number of Americans seem to disagree, Roth’s article titled, “How to Teach Healthy Eating” published by Livestrong breaks down the healthy eating habits for children and adults. Roth states some steps to help introduce you to healthy eating and living to end obesity. I will list some of the main steps that are the most
As Jennifer Harris in her article titled, “The Opportunity to Educate Parents about Junk Food Marketing” published by Psychology Today, breaks down the main reason why kids develop poor eating habits and obesity later in life. Harris states that food marketing is what the food industry uses to persuade children and teens to foods that are high in calories, sugar, and fat. She then points out that food marketing all begins with TV commercials in which she states that, “The food industry spends $1.8 billion per year on marketing specifically aimed at children and teens and about one-third of that is TV advertising” (Harris). The author then talks about the possibilities to protect the children from the life-threatening effects of food marketing is to reduce their exposure to TV commercials and especially radio commercials. The author then states, “That is the most important thing I wish I’d known when my kids were young” (Harris). The marketing of junk food is only the beginning of what’s causing obesity but, schools are also unaware that they are involved in what is called ‘Junk Food …show more content…
As Craig Good in his article titled, “Is this food healthy?” published by Quora breaks down how there is no such thing as junk food to his audiences. Good states that there is no such thing as junk food and to just eat whatever you want. He then points out that there are no such things as organic or GMO foods and you need not worry about your nutrition. The author says that “Your body evolved in scarcity and is perfectly capable of dealing with nutrients coming in at varying rate” (Good). This article would argue that junk food is not the leading cause of obesity and that you need to just eat a little of everything. Good also like Kaplan, claims that sugar is not all that bad for you provided, that you eat in moderation, as Good states, “Sugar doesn’t have evil spirits” (Good). While this claim may be true, there are many people that believe that sugar is the main cause of obesity and some that want to push healthy eating. Despite Good’s belief that there is no such thing as unhealthy foods, the greater number of Americans seem to disagree, Roth’s article titled, “How to Teach Healthy Eating” published by Livestrong breaks down the healthy eating habits for children and adults. Roth states some steps to help introduce you to healthy eating and living to end obesity. I will list some of the main steps that are the most