In the article it states that, “ One widely cited estimate is that the average American child sees 10,000 ads a year for food products — and not many of those are for fruits and vegetables. As many as 80 percent of the commercials aired during children 's programming pitch calorie-dense foods” (Greenblatt 90). Shortly after this last statement, the article explains how the food companies have used cheaper sugars, like fructose, which could be a major component to weight gain. All this has led to the statement by the University of Colorado physiologist, Hill, saying that obesity, “is a normal response to the American environment” (qtd. …show more content…
The pyramid has always been looked at as a trusted way to help stop obesity. A problem with the new pyramids is that, “ the federal government 's nutrition-education budget has been so lean in recent years that much of the publicity for the government 's food pyramid has come from private advertising — bakers and raisin growers and others using the pyramid to promote their products as healthy choices” (Greenblatt 93). The USDA, who is greatly trusted by most Americans, creates and revises the pyramid whenever it is needed. This is a big advantage to this plan. The pyramid runs into problems again because foods on the pyramid do not make as much profit as the processed foods, but this has yet to be seen as a major factor in the effectiveness of the pyramid (Greenblatt