The article's " How Candy Conquered America" by Lauren Tarshis and " This Cupcake is Trying to Hurt You" by Lauren Tarshis and Kristen Lewis both Incorporated information on how people can live a better life. In the first article, Tarshis says “ Many scientists believed that candy was just as healthful as steak and potatoes or fish and broccoli.” “ Candy companies wanted people to believe this too.” The candy companies did this by fake advertising. For example “Milky Way suggested that each bar contained a glass of milk (not true).”…
Why would Sesame Street change the Cookie Monster to a Veggie Monster? The cartoon Sesame Street plays a major role in the childhood of most children. The reason behind changing the monster can come from the fact that it has such a major influence on the life of younger children. This show has given the impression for many years that it is okay to indulge in an excessive amount of cookies. This is an issue because most children start watching this at a very young age and this becomes their mentality.…
We all know the way to our children’s heart, just give them anything sweet and they will be happy campers. On the other hand, there are parents who don’t believe in giving their children sweets for obvious reasons. First 5 Contra Costa are those types of parents. They argue that giving children sugary drinks can lead to obesity, tooth decay and type two diabetes. To make parents aware of the bad in sugary dinks, they make a short 30 second TV ad quickly covering the consequences of parents choosing sugary drinks over water.…
Targeted advertising, along with junk food availability, has contributed to unhealthy eating habits in our society. In David Barboza’s “If You Pitch It, They Will Eat” (2003), Barboza claims that “Product tie-ins are everywhere. There are SpongeBob SquarePants Popsicles, Oreo Cookie preschool counting books, and Keebler’s Scooby Doo Cookies”. He is basically saying that there are big junk food companies trying to push their advertising onto things that kids find interesting.…
In the reading of “a ban on marketing of foods/beverages to children: the who, why, what and how of a population health intervention” we have Daniel J Dutton et al and the article of “Treat junk food like tobacco” by TU THANH HA, they discuss the serious problems and issues that have to do with children's health . In this breakdown of the texts I will constantly refer to the constant appeals that run through this text that are: Logos, Pathos, and Ethos. I will first break down the appeals of each and once done, I will compare how they might possibly piggyback off of each other and/or conflict.…
In the article, “Don’t Blame the Eater”, David Zinczenko claims that the leading cause of childhood obesity are due to the recent increase of fast food companies, their advisement, and their lack of nutrition content. The article was first heard from a newspaper headline talking about how kids are suing McDonald for their tremendous weight gain. As he quoted, “Fast-food companies are marketing to children a product with proven health hazards and no warning labels. Advertisements don’t carry warning labels the way tobacco ads do.”…
Fed Up With the Food Industry In 2014 the film “Fed Up” by Stephanie Soechtig was composed to give insight to people about obesity (mostly childhood) and bring out the good and bad facts of the food industry. In this film they use many different rhetorical strategies to try to get the audience to really think about what they are saying. They want people to realize that obesity is an overwhelming problem in this world, and the food industry isn’t a big help with that either. They use many kids and their families to tell their stories about how they became obese and how/why they are trying to fix it.…
Do you ever feel tricked, or duped? Many of us feel that way when we talk about marketing to kids and most importantly, food ads. While many of us don’t think much of food ads and marketing to kids, they are affecting the lives of youths everyday. Starting with online advertising, leading into manipulating the minds of teens, and finally, releasing them into a world of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and more. All of this starts with ads.…
1950’s: In my Retail Revolution report, I am researching and analysing the progress of the advertising of iconic food staples in Australia from the years 1950-2015. Weet-Bix is an iconic breakfast cereal product made of whole wheat created by Bennison Osbourne, who sought out to make a cereal more palatable than “Granose”. Sanitarium, an Australian corporation which specialises in health foods, started manufacturing the product in the early 1920’s.…
Advertisements are with society every single day of their lives. Although some people may say that they never notice it, advertisements are with them from the moment they wake up until they close their eyes at night. Advertising is when a company promotes their product and targets a consumer or a viewer using one or more techniques of ethos, pathos, or logos. Ethos, pathos and logos are important forms of techniques used to persuade a viewer using famous celebrities, emotions, or statistics to catch the viewers’ attention. Advertisements are displayed on TV, radio stations, billboards, motor vehicles and especially on social media.…
It is stated that, “You are what you eat.” Yet, most people do not know what they are eating and where it comes from. People should be well informed about the conditions of the factories their food comes from, how these factories treat the animals and workers, and what is in the food and the effects it will have on you. First of all, others should know how meatpacking companies treat workers and animals. The workers and animals of meatpacking factories are abused and hurt, but workers fear losing their job, and animals can't tell us anything.…
Should there be a law that requires restaurants and fast food places to post nutritional information, including calories, fat calories, and sodium, on their menus? Many Americans eat inn restaurants and consume foods that aren’t healthy. As a result of this, these Americans may eventually have health problems. Without a doubt, restaurants and fast food places should post nutritional information. This is because the labeling will make awareness to people of the food whether it is healthy or not.…
Childhood obesity in the United States considered as a major health issue in the last decades. “Compared with 1973 to 1974, the proportion of children 5 to 17 years of age who were obese was 5 times higher in 2008 to 2009. 23.9 million children ages 2 to 19 are overweight or obese.(Overweight & Obesity) children are at extreme risk of health problems because of many social and environmental factors. Obesity depends on US children’s physical activity and eating habits. Also parents financial status and time managing cause many US families to minimize spending money on these factors childhood obesity in the United States has become epidemic.…
3. In my opinion, it would make sense to defend Kraft, General Mills, and Kellogg’s mission statement with a two-sided nonrefutational message. Consumers already have a predetermined notion linking childhood obesity and advertising. These companies need to rebut these accusations by providing opposing facts.…
Food advertisements have a negative impact on adolescents. Food ads have a way to manipulate children and adults by presenting a good feeling towards their product. Advertisements like to manipulate the body into believing it needs more food leading it into the "hedonic hunger" stage. Persuading parents into believing they should eat what other people eat is one of many things food ads do to manipulate people into buying their product. A major epidemic caused by poor foods ads is children obesity, which has increased throughout the years.…