Advertising Aimed at Children Harvard conducted more than 25 years of research signaling the link between excessive TV watching and obesity. There is strong evidence supporting that cutting back on TV time will help with weight control. Before TV’s were even invented kids had to find ways to entertain them selves. This allowed more time for running around in the park and playing recreational sports. There is no wonder why obesity is a growing issue in the United States; once TV’s were invented more time was spent in front of the TV than outside. TV’s have became so popular that many households have more than one. Studies have been shown that “children who have TV sets in their bedrooms are also more likely to gain excess weight than children
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Fast food is a part of a “Unhealthy diet that is a major contributor to the twin NCD epidemics of type 2 diabetes and obesity.” (Jenkin) Type two diabetes can kill you if not properly treated. Is fast food really worth your life? Since all businesses and corporations care about is money they don’t care that their food is causing obesity and possible deaths. They want their fast food chain to be the best so they promote it as best as they can and make their food look better then anyone else’s. McDonalds for example is one of the most popular fast food industries and even though they are at the top they still advertise as much as they can and we see them everywhere. We are only surrounded by McDonalds businesses but their name and logo as well. They sponsor so many people and places so their name can be seen and heard …show more content…
Since famous people are looked at as idols advertisers have this idea that if famous people eat or wear their businesses food or clothes everyone will. When kids see all these beautiful people everywhere they start to think less of themselves. Advertisements have this ideal image to be flawless, thin and natural. Author Vickie Shields wrote an entire book about how advertising has this different purpose for you, “advertising tells me to stay young, it tells me to stay thin, it tells me to be very social.” (Shields)
What happened to be true to who you are? If everyone followed this ideal image the media is portraying then where would individuality come in. Everyone is unique and should own it, instead of trying to change into people they see in the
Fast food is a part of a “Unhealthy diet that is a major contributor to the twin NCD epidemics of type 2 diabetes and obesity.” (Jenkin) Type two diabetes can kill you if not properly treated. Is fast food really worth your life? Since all businesses and corporations care about is money they don’t care that their food is causing obesity and possible deaths. They want their fast food chain to be the best so they promote it as best as they can and make their food look better then anyone else’s. McDonalds for example is one of the most popular fast food industries and even though they are at the top they still advertise as much as they can and we see them everywhere. We are only surrounded by McDonalds businesses but their name and logo as well. They sponsor so many people and places so their name can be seen and heard …show more content…
Since famous people are looked at as idols advertisers have this idea that if famous people eat or wear their businesses food or clothes everyone will. When kids see all these beautiful people everywhere they start to think less of themselves. Advertisements have this ideal image to be flawless, thin and natural. Author Vickie Shields wrote an entire book about how advertising has this different purpose for you, “advertising tells me to stay young, it tells me to stay thin, it tells me to be very social.” (Shields)
What happened to be true to who you are? If everyone followed this ideal image the media is portraying then where would individuality come in. Everyone is unique and should own it, instead of trying to change into people they see in the