A venti caramel frappuccino from Starbucks has 510 calories, and eighty one grams of sugar. An average meal should be around 700 calories, and the average amount of added sugar you should have in your diet is twenty five grams per day. People are tripling their sugar intake in one drink, and basically eating a meal at the same time. Unfortunately this “meal” has absolutely no nutritional value. America currently has the title of “Most Obese Developed Country”, and the average dress size for a women in America, is a size 14. The average size for a man is a size 44. It seems that being almost plus sized is completely normal. Furthermore, over half of Americans are predicted to be obese by the year 2030. Obesity has become a large problem in America, and billions of dollars are going towards medical costs for it each year. Obesity should be considered a disease nationwide for the fact that it meets the requirements to fulfill the term, it decreases life expectancy due to complications
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It is triggered by parents who don’t educate their kids on the importance of exercise, and nutrition. If parents do not teach their kids, it will set them up for health and even social problems growing up. They will get bullied, and teased for being the “fat” one, and that will decimate their self esteem. According the Federal Trade Commission, the food and beverage industry spent $1.6 billion marketing to children and adolescents in 2006 (Powell, Lisa). This number has only risen since 2006, to 1.79 billion in 2013. The intensive work and concepts that go into these children's ads are devastating. Most adolescents do not have self control, making it easy for them to fall into these marketing traps. They want the sugary, colorful, popular, trendy, food or candy that's on television. Because of this, one in five children are obese, and the numbers are even higher in lower income
It is triggered by parents who don’t educate their kids on the importance of exercise, and nutrition. If parents do not teach their kids, it will set them up for health and even social problems growing up. They will get bullied, and teased for being the “fat” one, and that will decimate their self esteem. According the Federal Trade Commission, the food and beverage industry spent $1.6 billion marketing to children and adolescents in 2006 (Powell, Lisa). This number has only risen since 2006, to 1.79 billion in 2013. The intensive work and concepts that go into these children's ads are devastating. Most adolescents do not have self control, making it easy for them to fall into these marketing traps. They want the sugary, colorful, popular, trendy, food or candy that's on television. Because of this, one in five children are obese, and the numbers are even higher in lower income