If most people really cared about their health they would look at the labels.
If most people really cared about their health they would look at the labels.
It is important for us to understand that the real problem here is not limiting the soft drinks, but informing people as to what is and is not healthy. Many people turn to other drinks in order to try and be a bit healthier, such as fruit juice, thinking that it…
Americans are consuming so much sugar that it’s causing deaths and health issues like diabetes. As stated in the text,”and sugary drinks are said to contribute to 25,000 deaths a year in the United States.” This evidence reveals that sugary drinks are actually so unhealthy they are causing deaths. If this type of information doesn’t concern people then what will? Start cutting down on sugary drinks to avoid death.…
As of recently “a handful of cities, including Philadelphia and Berkeley, California, have approved taxes on sugary beverages to discourage people from drinking them” (Smith) These taxes have been hard to set in stone as a result of the soda industry's relentlessness to keep their name clean. Similarly “In 2015, a new city law required that billboards and other ads for sugary drinks carry a warning, similar to those required for tobacco, saying that sugary beverages contribute to obesity, tooth decay, and diabetes.” (Smith) Again this action was opposed, “The beverage industry sued, calling the warnings about health hazards “misleading” and a violation of the industry’s right to free speech.”…
The obesogenic environment group says we cannot continue to do it alone. Marketing tactics of unhealthy snacks and beverages is where the enormous changes need to happen. Conniff (2010), notes a 2010 article by Kelly Brownell stating “what 's happening now with soda is precisely what happened in the debate over tobacco.” Beverage companies are utilizing the same sort of systems that tobacco lobbyist once used. There is data linking sugared beverages to obesity, diabetes, and coronary illness and these beverages are forcefully showcased, particularly to kids.…
The American population has a love of soda. They also have an obesity epidemic and a rising rate of obesity related diseases. Many city politicians have attempted to pass a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in an effort to decrease consumption. However, a soda tax has met with opposition by consumers, some politicians, and the soft drink industry. The tax proposal continues to come up for debate by city officials and public health experts as the nation attempts to decrease empty carbohydrate intake, improve nutrition and reduce diabetes.…
A health crisis has been taking place with the excessive selling of food products that have an excess of calories and no nutritional value. This is the case of beverages that contain high amounts of sweeteners and whose consumption has increased progressively in the last decades. This increase is partly due to many people prefer to drink a can of soda to accompany their meals or refresh their thirst, instead of preparing a natural juice or drinking water. This reality has made these drinks become part of the regular diet of most Americans, which has contributed to the increase of diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. These and many other illnesses have a greater impact on children and adolescents, whom by being in the stage of growth…
Advertisements don’t carry warning the way tobacco ads do. Prepared foods aren’t covered under Food And Drug Administration labeling laws” (393). It is not only Zinczenko who has taken notice of the faulty food labeling of the fast food industry. Radley Balko states that “Congress is now considering menu-labeling legislation, which would force restaurants to send every menu item to the laboratory for nutritional testing” (396). The thinking behind polices like these is that if consumers are more aware of exactly what they’re consuming while eating fast-food, one could prevent the consumption of ingredients that cause unwanted…
One main reason why labeling foods should be a law is so we could know how many calories our foods have. It's best if we know especially if we are people who workout. I know this because it states,"Healthy people are happier and more productive. One part of the healthy person equation is, of course fitness, and that is clearly good for the individual. "…
Putting Warning Labels on sugary drinks Would save Lives Dosen't it feel like your in heaven when you drink a nice cold soda can? Well that nice soda can is slowly killing your insides you just don't know it or feel it. Drinking soda can give you obesity risk for heart disease,diabetes, and so many other health problems. Soda is probably one of your favorite drinks right? Well its also very unhealthy and dangerous it pretty much shortens your life you could have lived for 98 years now your living for 94 just because of a drink?…
Sugar: Is it Food or Poison? Refined sugar is ubiquitous in our culture. Simply visiting a local supermarket, one is convinced that the most common ingredient found in our food today is refined sugar.…
Diet Soda: Healthy or Unhealthy When people are on a diet, people want to limit their calorie intake, often by measuring the calories in the food they consume. When it comes to drinking soda, some people avoid drinking soda or turning to diet soda. Diet sodas claim to be free of calorie; however are diet sodas truly free of sugar? Mostly all diet sodas contain artificial sugars but what is the result of consuming artificial sugars contained in diet sodas? Furthermore, what are the side effects of consuming artificial sugars on a person’s health?…
Many Americans or almost the majority get addicted to sugary beverages. Have you ever asked yourself what consequences of those big addiction on sugary drink? The typical consequence of consumption on sugary beverages is obesity, diabetes, heart failure. Technically the people are killing themselves in a slowly form, the Americans must be responsible with the quantity of sugar they consume.…
The New York Soda Ban Obesity has become a serious issue and danger for our society’s health. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases’ National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for 2009-2010, more than two in three adults are considered to be overweight or obese. But is this caused solely by the fact that we have become incontrollable consumers of everything or can there be a more complex reason? As the world develops, it is becoming faster, richer in choice of products, but at the same time poorer in terms of time.…
Introduction: The first artificial sweetener was discovered in 1879 when scientist Constantin Fahlberg at Johns Hopkins was preforming experiments on coal tar derivatives when he inadvertently discovered saccharin.1 A few years after its discovery, saccharin was mainly being marketed towards people with diabetes.1 Around the 1940’s, when there was a sugar shortage due to World War II and being thin was becoming a desired body type artificial sweeteners started to be consumed by the general public.1 This trend has continued into modern times, and has even increased. In 2003, 15% of Americans consumed Non-nutritive sweeteners compared to just 3% in 1965.…
Thankfully, it’s required by law to put nutrition labels on edible products sold in the U.S. This information helps the consumer understand how much of what in each serving. How does this help the consumer? Well, if you are watching what you are eating, this is essential information.…