Many people do not see the wrong in going to McDonalds everyday, especially since it is so cheap and found on every street corner. Even if a person is seen as “skinny” there is still a high chance of them having an obesity related disease. Since the 1970s it has been statistically proven that people’s health has reached a new low. It can only come to the generation of eighteen to twenty-four year olds to make a change that is needed and will improve the health of generations to come. There are many sides and arguments about why this outrage has occurred and what should be done. When it comes to who is to blame, there are many components that lead to the overall degree of what has become the rising epidemic of obesity and obesity related diseases.
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For example, David Zinczenko believes the rise of obesity related diseases is due to the lack of knowledge kids are getting about fast food. He also vocalizes fast food companies are to blame since they do not advertise the nutritional facts for meals. In the next article, Barboza argues that there are more factors than just company advertisements that lead customers to buy the food. One example given in the article was the partnership of children’s favorite toys with fast foods. Lastly, Brownlee suggests that consumer manipulation led to the degree of high portions of meals there is today. Fast food companies realized by making a meal larger but still be affordable, their revenue would strikingly increase. All three viewpoints provide strong arguments of who should be at fault for creating this monster of an …show more content…
By informing children about being overweight and the obesity related diseases, the next generation, that will turn into adults, will be able to continue to teach a healthy lifestyle. Also, when teaching the next generation about obesity the teaching should not be sugarcoated so they could truly understand the hard facts about what is happening to themselves and their family when they put those artificial chicken nuggets in their system. Changing the amount of fast food being produced will forcibly cause people to eat less since there will be no more food for that certain time between shipments. According to Shannon Brownlee’s It's Portion Distortion That Makes Americans Fat, “If you put more food in front of people, they eat more, as studies have shown over the last decade”(19). This may be because many children are raised to completely finish their plate and leave any left overs, so as an adult they naturally have that same mentality just with larger portions. If there was less food being produced, then people would automatically choose to shop at grocery stores that carry healthier food options. If grocery stores became the main food source for everyone then farmers and other all natural food companies would be able to supply more foods that could be fed to the children
For example, David Zinczenko believes the rise of obesity related diseases is due to the lack of knowledge kids are getting about fast food. He also vocalizes fast food companies are to blame since they do not advertise the nutritional facts for meals. In the next article, Barboza argues that there are more factors than just company advertisements that lead customers to buy the food. One example given in the article was the partnership of children’s favorite toys with fast foods. Lastly, Brownlee suggests that consumer manipulation led to the degree of high portions of meals there is today. Fast food companies realized by making a meal larger but still be affordable, their revenue would strikingly increase. All three viewpoints provide strong arguments of who should be at fault for creating this monster of an …show more content…
By informing children about being overweight and the obesity related diseases, the next generation, that will turn into adults, will be able to continue to teach a healthy lifestyle. Also, when teaching the next generation about obesity the teaching should not be sugarcoated so they could truly understand the hard facts about what is happening to themselves and their family when they put those artificial chicken nuggets in their system. Changing the amount of fast food being produced will forcibly cause people to eat less since there will be no more food for that certain time between shipments. According to Shannon Brownlee’s It's Portion Distortion That Makes Americans Fat, “If you put more food in front of people, they eat more, as studies have shown over the last decade”(19). This may be because many children are raised to completely finish their plate and leave any left overs, so as an adult they naturally have that same mentality just with larger portions. If there was less food being produced, then people would automatically choose to shop at grocery stores that carry healthier food options. If grocery stores became the main food source for everyone then farmers and other all natural food companies would be able to supply more foods that could be fed to the children