Junk Food Essay

Demonizing processed food will not end obesity but embracing the true could make a little more difference in making a healthier eating habit with junk food. In recent years the food industry has been trying to break that chain and make wholesome food more convenient and affordable, some restaurants have also joined forces to make sure the serve the best low possible calories in the market. The people that are affected by these processed food endemics are mostly the poor and people who don’t have…

main reason why people might argue that our country is facing a health crisis is because of the rising rates of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and high blood pressure. For example, food activist Michael Pollan argues that our country should stop relying on processed foods and should rely more on fresh organic foods. Michael Pollan also argues, “People eating a Western diet are prone to chronic diseases that seldom strike people eating more traditional diets.” In this case, I would agree with…

obesity the wrong way, they are prohibiting junk food in schools, receiving federal funding for new trails and sidewalks, and demanding more food labels,…

fast food restaurants for his weight gain which lead to his nearly fatal heart attack. “ They said 100 percent beef,” Barber explained. “I thought they meant it was good for you.” How air headed can a person be? Barber has consumed four or five meals per week from fast food restaurants for years. Caesar Barber should not be able to file a lawsuit from the fact he decided to ingest this terrible, non-nutritious food almost daily. Caesar Barber should have been far more educated in the food…

you have fast food today? Are you going to have it tomorrow? How about the day after that? Fast food is eaten around the world and approximately 1 in 4 people consume fast food everyday in the United States (“11 Facts About American Eating Habits”). Public schools already serve unhealthy food as it is, but what if it just got unhealthier? If these chains take over, then the original workers would be fired, the food would be even worse, and students may get bored of the repetitive food.…

People don’t know what is in the food they are eating or what lifestyle the plant or animal had before it was harvested or slaughtered. Wendell Barry covered what you can do to know what goes into your food in his article, “The Pleasures of Eating”. David Barboza showed how food companies are targeting kids to sell their products in his article, “If You Pitch It, They Will Eat It”. In the article, “When a crop Becomes King” it shows that corn is taking over almost everything we eat or drink.…

Moreover, fast food marketing is misleading us and children about fast food. Fast food industry identifies children as their “future customer” and spent a large amount of money to attract children by its marketing strategies. An average fast food company spends $2 billions USD every year on child marketing (Schor,89). As a result, kids watch at least ten junk food ads every day in average and about 98% of those products are high in fat, sugar (Schor, 92). These fast food brands establish their…

Healthy food movements are on the rise more than ever now, people are tired of being fed lies, literally and figuratively. There is now a big push for healthy eating as there has been a large increase of diseases and ailments related to poor diets and mass production of food. For years in the past, people ate food from local markets, you knew what you were getting, where it came from and how it was treated. However, nowadays most food products have been modified in some way and have…

hard to resist a bag of salty chips? When we eat certain foods, chemicals such as serotonin and dopamine are released in the brain, which makes us want to consume it more. The Author Michael Moss describes the science behind how the food industry draws the consumer to buy more of their food. We have seen an epidemic of health issues linked with the consumption of food high in sugar, salt and fat, such as diabetes and heart disease. Although food is only half of the obesity epidemic equation,…

Modern Americans owe many debts to Native Americans. Several pleasures are among the debts. Native Americans originated two fine junk foods. They discovered popcorn. Potato chips were also one of their contributions. The introduction of popcorn to the European settlers came from Native Americans. Massaoit provided popcorn at the first thanksgiving feast. The Aztecs offered popcorn to the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortes. The Aztecs wore popcorn necklaces. So did the Natives of the West Indies.…