Junk food

Junk food is quickly becoming America's cigarette, causing more death related illnesses than a pack of smokes. Before you judge your friends for lighting one up, take a look at the food you’re ingesting and what it is doing to your body. For the past few years, kids have been consuming a great deal of unhealthy food into their bodies. If having junk food was not enough, they’re wanting to have the option to purchase these fattening foods at school. The debate has been unleashed, Should schools…

In the article “Taxing Junk Food to Counter Obesity” (2013) by Caroline Franck, Sonia Gandhi, and Mark Eisenberg, the authors explains the different proposals that have been made in order to combat obesity and the health epidemic in the United States. Franck discusses the positive and negative aspects of a junk food tax as well as other variations of the tax in different countries. Throughout the article, the authors clearly argue that a junk food tax would have many complications as this is a…

Obesity is a growing problem in America. Maybe it 's because of our lack of exercise? Or is it the results of the poor selection of junk food we eat and how much of it we eat? Junk food is becoming more of a meal than a snack. So is pushing away from the table and saying no more the solution? Or is there a reason why we crave this junk food and why we can 't get enough of it? Eating poorly isn’t our fault it’s all in the science. Companies are manipulating the human brain to not feel full…

overweight people. Maybe one of the reasons why is because people can’t stop eating the food they love, which are the ones that are very unhealthy. People have so little interest when it comes to healthy food, but yet go bananas out of nowhere when they get it all of sudden hungry when they see junk food. A reason why people just eat to eat is that they are addicted to eating junk food all the time. The texture of the food is what drives them eager to love it even more. Our main weakness is salt…

Junk food is characterized as an empty calorie food (Deepthi, 2012). When consumed regularly, it can negatively affect the growth and development of children. ADHD affects 20% of children under the age of 18 (Kim, 2014). ADHD is more prevalent in children than it was a decade ago. The lifespan of children is decreasing because of their lack of physical activity and unhealthy eating habits. The number of obese children is continuing to grow and is heavily impacting the health of the younger…

and minerals needed to maintain a healthy body. Food gives our bodies the energy that we need to do work. But not all categories of food that can be include in nutritious food but can harm to our health. According to dictionary junk means useless, extra and something that is not needed. Pizzas, chaat, samosa, burgers, french fries are called junk food but all these food have become common feature of adolescents’s diet throughout the world. Junk food can cause health disease such as obesity,…

sugary junk foods and chooses them over healthy, unprocessed foods, since junk food is found everywhere and contains additives to make them test well. The major differences between healthy food and junk food is the nutritional value and calorie content of each. Healthy food is natural, unprocessed food that is rich in essential nutrients for the body, whilst satisfying hunger and providing long-lasting energy. Fruits, vegetables, and whole grains are the most common examples of healthy food.…

Dictionaries (2009), Junk food is a food lacking in nutritional balance: food that does not form part of a well-balanced diet, especially highly processed, high-fat snack items eaten in place of or in addition to regular meals. College students with their busy schedule do not really mind of what they put inside their stomach as long as they have something to munch in, satisfy their hunger, and have something to digest inside their stomach. According to Krucik (2014), junk food often contains too…

Finds,” by Tracie McMillan, and article “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?,” by Mark Bittman, shows the American diet quality, and how it can be improved in many ways. In today’s Americans lives consuming the right things into our body is still an issue as well as purchasing the items that we think are cheaper. In the article “Gap in Diet Quality,” by Tracie McMillan, we see how poor people can not afford healthy food where privilege people can afford food and take advantage. The study regards to …

Shrek likes to buy a Ski everyday at Dairy King after school. One day, Shrek tries to pay for his Ski, but he does not have enough money. The employee tells him that there is a new “junk food” tax on all fattening and sugary foods in an effort to keep America healthier. At first, Shrek is outraged. He does not understand why his daily soda requires an extra tax. He does not feel like he needs to be punished for wanting a soda after school. He does not know where the extra money he spends is…