from 5.8% to 17.5% (Obesity Rates 1). 38% of adults in our nation are considered obese, but 33% of the people who are obese didn’t graduate from high school (Obesity 3). Obesity is the product of a refusal to eat healthily and exercise. In “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food” Moss explores the fact that people blame processed food companies for the…
companies have a much higher price tag than expected. These particular food companies have been at fault with the nations growing health concerns. By overloading food products with sugar, salt, and fat, food companies have been poisoning America. “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food” written by Michael Moss gives a new perspective of food companies and their ways to attract people to eat more of their products…
Organic Foods: Extraordinary or Average? Should two nearly identical products have different prices and different perceptions of nutritional value? Morgan Bahl, student at Iowa State University, does not think so. In her article “Organic Foods Are Not Better than Conventionally Grown Foods”, she discusses the role organic labels play in the actual quality of the product and the prices paid for these foods. Organic foods, despite having “clean ingredients”, may not be significantly nutritionally…
speaks of a theory. This theory he calls the “extraordinary man”theory, and is his main justification for his actions in which the novel revolves around. The introduction of this theory in the novel by Raskolnikov gives the reader a more in depth evaluation of Raskolnikov's character because it reveals his justification for his murdering of the pawnbroker and her sister. Raskolnikov’s murder of the pawnbroker was an experiment to prove his Extraordinary Man Theory. Ultimately, in Raskolnikov's…
In Michael Moss’s essay, “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food,” he illustrated that the products of food corporations, such as Prego, General Mills, and Frito-Lays, are the reason for America’s obesity, calling for us to fix this problem. Obesity and addiction of junk food is an epidemic in the United States. However, the businesses that caused this problem know it is a result of their products and would rather stand and watch than fix the problem. These corporations use…
how much sugar is in them all? Without literally reading their nutrition labels, author Michael Moss assembles the facts about snacks and explains what makes these food-products as tempting as they are. Additionally, Moss uses his article, “The Extraordinary Science of Addicting Junk Food,” to establish a case which labels food manufacturers as chief culprits in the American obesity epidemic. Nevertheless, Moss’s article presents a few logical fallacies in the areas of ethos, but beautifully…
The extraordinary educational achievement of Chinese Americans have two explanations that are cultural and structural explanations. The cultural explanation mentions about how the cultures cause the high academic achievement of Chinese Americans. For instance, the culture of afterschool tutoring in Hong Kong helped many Chinese to achieve high educational achievement. On the other hand, the structural explanation mentions about how the family background or racial stereotype causes the high…
The Pope’s Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice della Rovere is the perfect blend of a scholarly read and a sensational history novel. Caroline Murphy did a fantastic job of the telling the life story of Felice della Rovere. Murphy’s book shows how a Renaissance woman achieved great power and respect by not birthright but by working for it. Felice della Rovere was the daughter of “The Warrior Pope” Julius II, and by definition, illegitimate. Julius did not want to be associated with the…
guez-Rivera English 100A Professor Dianna Lobb November 27th, 2014 Mina Murray’s Progression From Dracula to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Written in 1897, Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a social commentary on the idea of the new woman and her role in society in Victorian era. The novels main female character is Mina Harker, a young lady whose personality is a combination of all the characteristics that Bram Stoker believed the ideal woman should have; she is courageous, caring, intelligent,…
to gain success. In Michael Moss’s The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food, he delineates how the food conglomerate Oscar Meyer, led by executive Bob Drane, manufactured and marketed the famous product known as “Lunchables.” Ironically, it is revealed that Bob Drane’s own daughter, Monica, never served “Lunchables” to her three kids for they “eat very healthfully” (Moss 269). From Monica Dranes’s statement about “Lunchables” in The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food, by…