...A Guerilla Gardener in South Central LA. TED. TED, Feb. 2013. Web. 24 Apr. 2014. <http://www.ted.com/talks/ ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la>. Aracelis Andino College Reading Noodle Tools/ 4 stage Analysis 4/24/14 The cause of obesity Stage 1: Proposal Essay on Obesity My focus is to learn about the differences of obesity in general and in Lawrence. Is it problem and solution? What works in this situation? Define obesity? Stage: 2 Ron Finely talks about his importance for his community. Ron talks about obesity is having no access on real food because people are spending their money on unhealthy food. He had an idea of making his own garden so people can have a better community and eat healthier. His importance’s was making people happy and have a better environment. One person had to make a complain so the city came in and put a warrant on him. So the L.A times got a hold of it, and Steve Lopez did a story on it to. He talks to the council man and one of the green grounds members and they decided to put up a petition on change.org with 900 signatures of people agreeing to make the project happen. it was a success they had victory in their hands...
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...English 1010 4 October 2015 Mark Bittman’s “The Food Industry’s Solution to Obesity” For decades, obesity has been a major problem in American society. Some attribute this to the laziness or lack of ambition of Americans. Others blame the marketing strategies of big name food companies. Mark Bittman attributes it to big name food companies not distributing “healthy” food to the public. He insists that they instead distribute food that is terrible for you. Loaded down with excess amounts of sugar, calories, and fats, the food companies have begun to appear to be selling “better” food to society. In his article, “Parasites, Killing Their Hosts: The Food Industry’s Solution to Obesity,” he dives deeper into the corrupted world of public health versus company profit. Published in the New York Times on June 17, 2014, his article covers the world of obesity and how the food industry contributes to this dystopia we’re working towards. Mark Bittman is an American food journalist, columnist for the New York Times, and author of 14 books and cookbooks. One of these books was awarded the James Beard Award for General Cooking. Working for the New York Times since 1996, Bittman has slowly worked his way up to the current lead food writer for the paper. He has been featured on NPR, The Today Show, and PBS’s 2008 American food and travel series “Spain…on the Road Again." As Bittman writes his article he begins to analyze how little the food industry really cares about its consumers. He states...
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...FAST FOOD AND OBESITY In the past, people in the United States used to eat healthy and used to eat freshly prepared food and meals with their families. Today, many young people prefer to eat fast food such as high fat hamburgers, high-carbohydrate French-fries, fried chicken, or pizza in fast food restaurants; therefore, these same people often suffer from obesity. “Obesity is defined as a condition in which the natural energy reserve of mammal (such as humans), which is stored in fat, is expanded far beyond usual levels to the point where it is believed to pose la health risk.” (www.society,guardian.co/publichealth/story). However, some traditional foods are eaten more often than in the past and many changes have occurred, causing serious effects on individuals and society. Obesity has become a major problem in the United States with over sixty percent of Americans being overweight. Obesity can be divided into three main causes – lifestyle, diet and education. There are many reasons for the popularity of fast food. One of the main reasons of obesity is change in lifestyle. Many people in the United States are working long hours, more shifts or extended school days, and do not exercise regularly. Therefore, the society’s attitude toward food and change in lifestyle leads to the over-consumption of convenient fast food, causing obesity. A second cause of obesity is poor diet. A leading nutritionalist, Professor Thomas Sanders, the Director of the Nutrition, Food and Health Research...
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...Fast Food Cause Obesity There has been a rise in obesity in this country for the last forty years. Many scientists and doctors have begun to question whether there is any relationship between fast food and obesity. According to the available information the number of fast food restaurants has doubled since 1970s. (Currie, J et al 2009).Currie J et al (2009) observe that the rise in the obesity cases in the last one decade has been directly related to the rise in the number of people choosing fast food as their main menu. Fast food has been described as food which is prepared in hurry for people who have little time during meal times. These foods are very popular with the students and working people since they do not have enough time to sit and enjoy a full meal course. Fast food include the fries and burgers .These types of foods are usually prepared in hurry to meat the rising demand especially during the peak hours. The popularity of this type of food is pegged on the fact that they are always ready and can be taken within a short notice as opposed to the full meal course where one has to place an order in advance. Most of our cities and towns have fast food chains located on every corner and at the same time our television, newpapers and radio stations are filled with advertisements enticing us to sample the different products in offer in these joints. It is worth noting that most of these commercials are usually directed towards children and youth justifying the reason why...
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...com/locate/ehb Fast food prices, obesity, and the minimum wage Chad Cotti a, Nathan Tefft b,* a b Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901, USA Department of Economics, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Received 1 August 2011 Received in revised form 22 March 2012 Accepted 9 April 2012 Available online 15 April 2012 Recent proposals argue that a fast food tax may be an effective policy lever for reducing population weight. Although there is growing evidence for a negative association between fast food prices and weight among adolescents, less is known about adults. That any measured relationship to date is causal is unclear because there has been no attempt to separate variation in prices on the demand side from that on the supply side. We argue that the minimum wage is an exogenous source of variation in fast food prices, conditional on income and employment. In two-stage least-squares analyses, we find little evidence that fast food price changes affect adult BMI or obesity prevalence. Results are robust to including controls for area and time fixed effects, area time trends, demographic characteristics, substitute prices, numbers of establishments and employment in related industries, and other potentially related factors. ß 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classification: I18 J38 H20 Keywords: Fast food prices Obesity Body mass index ...
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...Fast Food Cause Obesity There has been a rise in obesity in this country for the last forty years. Many scientists and doctors have begun to question whether there is any relationship between fast food and obesity. According to the available information the number of fast food restaurants has doubled since 1970s. (Currie, J et al 2009).Currie J et al (2009) observe that the rise in the obesity cases in the last one decade has been directly related to the rise in the number of people choosing fast food as their main menu. Fast food has been described as food which is prepared in hurry for people who have little time during meal times. These foods are very popular with the students and working people since they do not have enough time to sit and enjoy a full meal course. Fast food include the fries and burgers .These types of foods are usually prepared in hurry to meat the rising demand especially during the peak hours. The popularity of this type of food is pegged on the fact that they are always ready and can be taken within a short notice as opposed to the full meal course where one has to place an order in advance. Most of our cities and towns have fast food chains located on every corner and at the same time our television, newpapers and radio stations are filled with advertisements enticing us to sample the different products in offer in these joints. It is worth noting that most of these commercials are usually directed towards children and youth justifying the reason why...
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...Junk Food and Child Obesity Jaya Sinha Childhood obesity has become a prominent health issue in developed countries and has now gained access in the developing world as well. Secular trends indicate increasing prevalence rates of childhood obesity in India, from 9.8% (2006) to 11.7% (2009). Similar increase can be seen in other developing countries; 4.1% (1974) to 13.9% (1997) in Brazil and from 12.2% (1991) to 15.6% (1993) in Thailand. Important determinants of childhood obesity include poor dietary habits, sedentary lifestyle, high socioeconomic status, unawareness and false beliefs about nutrition, marketing by transnational food companies, increasing academic stress, and poor facilities for physical activity. Obesity among children has medical as well as psychosocial impact leading to huge economic impact on the individual family, health sector as well as the country. Successful prevention/reduction and management of childhood obesity requires a multilevel approach involving the family, school, peer group, government and the society as a whole. Introduction Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally and its prevalence has doubled in the last two decades (1). Over the last 5 years, most developing countries have reported prevalence rates of obesity (inclusive of overweight) > 15% in children and adolescents aged 5–19 year (2–4). Childhood obesity is increasing at an alarming pace in India, giving rise to adult diseases in youth, like high blood pressure...
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...Fast Food Advertising And Childhood Obesity A rise in obesity has been observed in the United States in the last two decades. Obesity is one problem that gives birth to numerous fatal diseases, including but not limited to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and depression. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted a survey and found that, “More than one-third of U.S. adults (35.7%) and approximately 17% (or 12.5 million) of children and adolescents aged 2-19 years are obese” (Ogden, Carroll). One of the main reasons behind obesity is the American’s love for fast food. Fast food contains only a small proportion of essential nutrients, and is loaded with unhealthy and non-essential nutrients which do nothing but contribute to obesity and resulting diseases. An equally increasing trend has been observed in the openings of new fast food locations. The fact sheet issued by National Restaurant Association shows that “970,000 new fast food locations were opened in year 2012 and the restaurant-industry share of each food dollar spent stands at 48%” (2012 forecast). Those parents who know about the adverse effects of fast food consumption try their best to keep their children away from it. But no matter how hard they try to shield their children, some negative forces like advertising provides them a complete exposure to such unhealthy food. A kid may never have eaten a McDonald’s hamburger, but he/she definitely knows what it looks like, thanks to the power of...
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...Out onto an interior atrium). Many cruisers prefer inside staterooms because these rooms usually are the least expensive on the ship. They also may feel that a stateroom “is only a place to sleep.” Late sleepers like inside staterooms because early daylight won’t disturb them. Suites are the most expensive accommodations on a ship. Some vessels have only a few, others boast an entire upper, conciergelike deck madeup of larger staterooms and/or suites. By the traditional definition, a suite should feature a living room, a sleeping room and a bathroom. This is not so on a ship. Except for the very largest-which resemble a room in a luxury hotel-shipboard suites typically feature, in the same rectangular space, a sitting area and a sleeping area, often divided by a curtain and featuring just under 300 square feet of living area. Suites can usually accommodate more than two people, making such accommodations popular for families (the sofa often converts into a bed). On certain vessels, an entire deck may be made up of suites and be called a concierge level. Guests on this deck may have access to concierge who helps arrange certain services for them. They may even have a butler at their call. Here’s what you find in a typical stateroom: Two single lower beds, either parallel to each other or at right angles. Sometimes the beds can be pushed together by staff to create a double or queen-sied bed. Larger staterooms boast double, queen, or even king-size beds. Staterooms with upper...
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...HON 410 Professor Yesudas Choondassery February 22, 2013 Our Future: What Fast Food is Taking From Us We as Americans are facing quite an epidemic when it comes to health. It is not as though the nation was stricken with some sort of plague or fell victim to some conspiracy. Unfortunately, the cause of our issues is much more in our control than I think we would care to admit. Our health is depleting at large numbers all because of our diet. The rates of heart related issues, blood pressure and diabetes are at astounding numbers. These medical concerns are costing the country billions of dollars in healthcare. Why and when did our health begin to plummet? Over past decades America’s love for junk and fast food is the culprit behind this country having one of the unhealthiest populations any continent has to offer. This fascination of fast food had to start somewhere. Not only that but so did awareness that this particular industry may single handedly be responsible for obesity in this country. There are few topics actually that will help to understand this phenomenon a little further beyond the awareness of fast food. There was legislation that was passed that was supposed to help Americans understand what they are consuming on a daily basis. We learn this is only as helpful as one is able to translate the information. Many people are lost when it comes to nutritional food labels and what the numbers mean when it comes to their personal diet and intake. People...
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...Blaming Fast Food Restaurants for Obesity Let’s face it; everyone loves a Whopper every now and then. Yet we are all aware that one too many can bring on dangerous and life-threatening results. Obesity is a growing problem in the United States and more and more children are being affected. But do uneducated families have the right to put the blame on fast food restaurants for their health issues they could have easily prevented? I believe that we are taking it too far by blaming fast food restaurants for obesity and that it is an individual’s responsibility to take the blame. The first fast food restaurants developed in America in the 1920’s and the United States has grown to have the largest fast food industry in the world. Currently one third of American children are obese or at risk of becoming obese and 67% of Americans are obese. McDonald’s was invented in the 1940’s and has since acquired millions of lawsuits for their extremely unhealthy food. Burger King soon followed in the 50’s and has also received its fair share of lawsuits. Some believe that suing consistently is acceptable because they are using their freedom of using the court system but many believe that it is a frivolous waste of time. Because fast food has become increasingly available, many Americans use the opportunity to eat their food whenever they want it and at a low cost. Yet when the visits are far too often they look for someone else to blame for their mistakes. Take Gregory Rhymes...
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...High Glycemic Foods: Affects on Obesity & Disease Are high glycemic diets a cause of obesity and disease in America today? Obesity and chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease are at an all time high in the United States; studies link a high glycemic diet with obesity and chronic disease. The Worldwide Health Organization (WHO) reports that there are more than 1 billion overweight adults globally” (WHO, 2010). According to a 2005-2006 CDC study of the United States population, 34% of adults are obese. In addition, the International Diabetes Federation announced in 2006 that diabetes is becoming the epidemic of the 21st century with 246 million people affected worldwide (Lefebvre, 2006). Diabetes currently affects 23.5 million adults and 2 million adolescents in the United States with 1.6 million new cases diagnosed each year (American Diabetes Association, 2007). The WHO also reports that heart disease is the top cause of death in the world and in high-income countries like the United States (WHO, 2004). In 2006 the American Heart Association estimated that 81,100,000 million people in the United States have some form of Heart Disease (American Heart Association, 2006). Despite the fact that high glycemic foods do not affect all people the same way, high glycemic diets are killing Americans because they increase the risk of obesity and disease. High glycemic diets are prevalent in America today. Due to the rise of coronary heart disease in the 1970’s...
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...Fast Food Restaurants Contribute to Obesity? Business Research Methods 642 Donna Wall September 10, 2012 Abstract Within the scope of this research paper I will present the contributions that fast food restaurants have on obesity. The paper will identify some of the causal effect that were discovered through surveys and research of recent studies that were related to obesity. A definition of obesity will be present as well. Does Fast Food Restaurants Contribute to Obesity? Obesity has become an epidemic in America. Fast food restaurants are everywhere you look. We hear fast food restaurants advertisements on the radio, on billboards along the highways, in magazines and commercials on our televisions. Every child that is of age to talk can easily identify the arch and relate that to McDonald’s. Americans all over America have become consumed by these advertisements and have become over weight due to their food selection at such restaurants. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable deaths in America. For that reason alone obesity has become a topic that has been recently researched and discussed more and more over the last few decades. Researchers have thrived to develop a cause to such an increase in Americans that struggle with the problem of obesity. Are there variations between Americans who most often have home cooked meals than those who eat at fast food restaurants more that are often affected with obesity? Are there other contributions to food selection...
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...Food addiction is a major leading cause in obesity during this time. Many people think that food addiction is not a big deal since it is not as harmful as drugs or alcohol, but in reality, it can be just as bad. While some people believe that fast food is the only thing leading to obesity, others may say that TV- advertisements, and the promotion of unhealthy foods is what causes addiction, leading to obesity. There is, in fact, such a thing as unhealthy food addiction. In the Article “Food addiction plays a major role in obesity epidemic” Dr. Valerie Taylor stated, “Compulsive and out of control tendency to eat plays a fundamental role in causing obesity,” This statement from Dr. Taylor proves that the tendency to eat, also known as food addiction, is a major role in leading to obesity....
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...Humanity or Food Industries? Over the years food industries have been the blame for obesity when in reality it's the people's fault. They disregard the fact that fast food is atrocious because they still manage to invest their money into it. People show indifference when it comes to eating healthy which leads to bad eating habits and eventually obesity. It seems as people don't care about eating healthy and maintaining a stable diet. Obesity is optional, it is never mandatory to eat fast food. People just blame the fast food industries for personal reasons. Fast food throughout the world is advertised to the public but never forced to purchase. Article Fast Food Culture Serves Up Super Size America “hard for people to constrain...
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