...How Junk Food Affects Children Frendester Shanna Williams DeVry University How Junk Food Affects Children It is getting late as a busy mother of three, wife, and nurse is rushing to pick up her kids and head to softball practice. Its thirty minutes until the oldest child is expected to be on the field. The kids are crying and screaming that they are hungry. What is the mother to do? McDonalds bails her out again. The kids get a quick, hot, and fun meal. This mother doesn’t have to face the challenge of balancing work and life situations, especially cooking a dinner. All may seem at ease, but let’s reveal what is really at stake here. Once at softball practice the mother notices that her child is lagging behind during drills, becoming agitated, and is easily fatigued. She also notices that her child is not as lean as the other girls. The other children seem to be running circles around her child. It seems that her child is continuing to become more and more behind the expectations of her team at each practice. What is wrong? She does some research and is quickly taken by surprise. A diet comprised of an increased intake of sugars, sodium, and additives has numerous repercussions. “However, the potential negative psychosocial aspects of obesity, such as poor body image (BI), social isolation, and stigmatization, are also relevant in the lives of youth” (Martin, 2011, p.245). Parents and other youth leaders are strongly encouraged to be the defense against such harsh ramifications...
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...Junk Food In the essay “How Science Supports Junk Food Addiction,” the author, Cynthia Andrzejczyk, explains junk food companies’ efforts to perfect the taste of their foods and create an addiction for their products. In 1999, a meeting between the biggest junk food companies took place to discuss the problem of obesity in America. Despite the severity of the problem, Stephen Sanger, the CEO of General Mills, stated that his companies worry “was not about good nutrition; it was about what tasted good” (qtd. In Andrzejczyk 375). This statement ended all efforts to make food healthier. When it comes to taste, junk food companies have it down to a science. Junk food companies have hired specialists to increase the desirability of certain foods. One of these specialists is Howard Moscowitz, a Harvard graduate with a degree in Experimental Psychology (Andrzejczyk 375). Moscowitz’s main goal is getting certain foods to their maximum “optimization” and “bliss point”” (Andrzejczyk 375). The “bliss point” of a food is the best version of itself. This bliss point is normally the culprit for fast food addiction. It gets you to the point where you need to eat more because it tastes so good. Potato chips are deemed as the “perfect junk food” (Andrzejczyk 375 . However one of the biggest issues, associated with potato chips, was people deemed them unhealthy. In 1957, potato chip sales were dropping off. Ernest Dichter, a psychologist, found that the reason for this drop off was that...
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...Thesis statement: Can junk food addiction be called a bad habit, such as smoking in the modern society? Supporting points: 1) What is junk food? Categories of junk food. 2) Statistics about fast-food. Health problems fast food can cause. 3) Why are people still visiting fast-food places if fast-food is often blamed for the poor health of many people? Everyday millions of people get addicted to junk food. These are people who do not have enough time, children, or those who find it affordable to eat in fast food places because of the low prices there. The junk food can be classified in few categories - snacks, fast food, and soft drinks. The first category are the snacks, which are being brought everyday by millions of people who are not concerned about how unhealthy it is and care only about the taste. The products from the fast food restaurants such as hamburgers are the second category. A person will buy a hamburger because it is very good in taste but he or she does not consider what really is inside this "meal" and how those ingredients might harm his or her health. It is hardly possible to pass McDonalds nowadays without stopping there and having a hamburger with a big Coke. Soft drinks are also a part of the junk food area. Soft drinks are incredibly bad for people's health due to their high level of sugar and other components. Fast food is a major reason for obesity and other health problems. A research on causes of obesity done by the medical center...
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...The idea of taxing junk food and sugary drinks while sound like it could only do good but it more likely to do only more harm. A tax on junk food is said to lower child and adult obesity, create more money for the state and still give the people the choice of junk food if they want. The truth is that taxes on junk food does not help combat obesity, lower junk food consumption and takes away some freedoms from the american people. In this day in age where kids get twelve percent of their calories from fast-food restaurants and child obesity has more than doubled scenes 1980 going from seven percent to eighteen percent in 2012 it is important to worry about children's health but a food tax doesn't do much to help childhood obesity (Szabo, Liz)....
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...Introductions (no hook yet): Children depend on junk food when they get to school. Whether it be the flaming hot cheetos they always walk past in the lunch line that they just can´t resist, or a pizza that they serve daily. As much as the kids will appreciate the never ending pizza and soda lunches, their bodies would say otherwise. This kind of food being served to students is extremely unhealthy. Kids will most likely alway choose junk food over the healthier option, causing the amount of obese children to increase drasticly, enabling unhealthy habits for these students in the future, and to their children. Paragraph 1: Moreover, kids are constantly choosing junk food over healthy food, and who's to blame them? In other words, if...
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...Causes and Effects: Junk Food Most of the people nowadays, especially youngsters, prefer to have their meals outside at fast-food restaurants or cafeterias instead of having home-made food. According to a research, 70% of the young children eat fast food frequently in the California, USA (Driscoll, 2013). That type of food is called ‘Junk Food’, which contains high amount of calories and less essential nutrients that are necessary for our body (Anonymous, 2014). Pizzas, hamburgers, soft-drinks, chips, candies etc. are some of the examples of the junk food. Excessiveness in anything is bad, and so is the in-take of junk food. This essay will be discussing about several causes and effects of eating too much junk food on our lives. To start with, junk food’s appealing price and delivery services are causes that motivate people to eat junk food a lot. Junk food prices are comparatively less than that of a healthy food. In a study it is shown that junk food costs $1.50 less per day than healthy food or approximately $550 per year (Polis, 2013). Another leading cause is it is ubiquitous that means it is almost available everywhere. Places like shopping centres where chocolates and candies are placed near the counter or the soda coolers at every exit point of the stores or even fast-food stores within the petrol stations make junk food easily accessible to us (Yum, 2012). Moreover, the junk food is mainly targeting the areas where low-income people live. In a research, it was found...
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...The Science of Addictive Junk Food A well known reporter, Michael Moss, shared his concerns with junk food in an article he wrote called, “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food”. Not only is Moss writing this article to show his concerns for the road fast food is taking but he is providing facts to persuade the audience the fast food is not the answer. He is ready to motivate the world that junk food is bad.Moss uses a series of rhetorical appeals such as, the use of a flashback , pathos, logos, and the use of rhetorical questions to support his text on the frightening aspects of junk food itself. Moss beings to approach his topic by providing flashback moment to mention the evening of “April 8, 1999.” In his descriptive Moss is mentioning the day that most fast food C.E.O’s met to discuss the health hazards of fast food. He mentions only the most popular companies, such as Coca-Cola,to get the audience interested in the food that they are actually eating. The flashback was meant to also give the audience the sense of credibility. Moss wanted the audience to feel like they were there living in the moment. He uses descriptive details to make the meeting come to life...
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...Shedding light on the marketing of junk food to children Shedding light on the marketing of junk food to children Imagine, if you will, a big pile of money. Let’s call it a million dollars. It’s all yours to spend, any way you want. What would you buy? An hour later you get another million to spend. Now what would you do with that money? How about if you got another million dollars an hour later — and kept it up around the clock, all year long? Well, now imagine that deluge of money aimed right at our kids — spent convincing them to eat and drink more and more of the foods and beverages that are least healthy for them. That’s how much money the food and beverage industry in the U.S. spends to reach our children with their messages. One million dollars an hour, every hour of every day, targeted at children and youth. It adds up to $10 to $12 billion dollars a year spent on youth marketing alone. Marketing to children needs to be abolished because it is endangering children’s lives and is extremely out of control. Marketing to children has helped to contribute to the decline in the health of children. Since 1980, overweight rates have doubled among children and tripled among adolescents. According to the National Center for Chronic Disease more than one out of every three U.S. children born in 2000 is expected to get diabetes in their lifetime.. According to the CDC, among overweight children between 5 and 10 years of age, 60 percent already have at least one cardiovascular...
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...Removing Junk Food from Public Schools Christopher Bisping ILR 260 Dr. Dee Griffin February 2013 Abstract Should junk food be removed from public schools? Those who support removing junk food from public schools say that it has no real nutritional value, and disrupts children’s learning capabilities. They also say that junk food is a leading factor of childhood obesity. On the other hand, those who oppose removing junk food from public schools say that it eliminates sources of funding that the U.S. government doesn’t provide. They also say that it usurps the responsibility of parents, and violates the First Amendment. To overcome the obesity epidemic, and give the children the nutrition they need to learn and become productive citizens we need to remove junk food from public schools. Removing Junk Food from Public Schools For the first time, the United States (U.S.) government is proposing standards to ensure schools serve more nutritious foods, ultimately leading to a ban on serving or selling junk food. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is setting new rules requiring schools to sell items such as water, diet sodas, baked chips, and low-calorie sport drinks instead of junk food. Lunchrooms will also be required to replace fatty à la carte items like nachos and fried cheese sticks with healthier items like low-fat burgers, fruit cups, yogurt and healthier pizzas. While some schools in the U.S. have already made improvements to their menus, schools...
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...Nascar (National Association for Stock Car Racing) is a world apart from Formula One. Both are exceedingly popular, yet they lie at diverse ends of the motor sports spectrum. Most people who have an obsession with cars and racing may know about Nascar and Formula One, the two most respected names in motorsports today. At first glance, Nascar and Formula One seem very similar; however, a closer look reveals many differences such as aerodynamics, mechanical caliber, speed and horsepower, race tracks, fan base, and histories. Auto racing is a popular, fast paced sport. Nascar and Formula One draw large audiences on television, radio and at live events. Spectators are drawn by the danger, speed, competition, and displays of automotive machinery and the drivers behind the steering wheels. However, Nascar and Formula One are separated in numerous ways. The car chassis style is so different that they conduct races in notably different ways and the organizational rules that they must follow, makes for a different driving experience. Formula One vehicles depend so much on aerodynamics, passing other cars on the track is not a main part of the Formula One racing strategy. Formula One races aim to be fast, but the cars do not change positions, very often. Nascar, on the other hand, rely on passing other cars on the track, to run and win the races. While Formula One may have too little passing abilities, Nascar may suffer from too much of it. Furthermore, bumping or trading paint, is against...
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...October 1, 2012 as of 7:13 PM Fort Lauderdale, FL86°/ 80°°F°C5-day Latest: Carry-on Fee, Postal Service & Teen Airline set to charge $100 per bagUSPS misses another $5B paymentJoke victim shines at homecoming Queens of Cash: Hollywood's Five Highest-Paid WomenIt pays big bucks to be a popular singer or TV host. Check out Forbes' new list & see who's at the top. Celebs who know how to work social media No question about it: These women have power Celebs: '16 & Pregnant,' 'Bachelorette' & Drew 3 teen mothers expecting again Season 7 star to marryNew mom announces birth & name Sports: Auriemma Lawsuit, Road Rage & More Coach wants case dismissedEx-OSU star jailed in shootingInjuries end season for White, Hart Get Your Home Ready for Winter in a Snap With colder weather on the way for many in the US, it's time to winterize at home. These quick fixes can keep your home warmer & even lower your bills. Home efficiency: What's good, what's best Winter-prep essentials you shouldn't skip Wood Boards a Real Pain for Karate MasterVideo: Usually wood boards are no match for karate pros -- but not so for this poor guy. Despite his perseverance, he just doesn't cut it. Hockey player's goal celebration goes awry How not to launch a yacht Police: Scary Intruder Tweet Was HoaxA NJ teen was still missing Monday after tweeting about someone in her house, but police no longer suspect foul play. The post caused a Twitter uproar. On Facebook: Tell us what you think...
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...Politics, Economy, & International Relation- Sai Quebec votes “no” to Sovereignty Association Pg 374 On May 15, 1980 a vote was taken for those who wanted quebec to be a country of its own or stay within Canada. This topic arouse by Rene Levesque because he believed the French language and culture was being ignored, he also believed quebec was not supported by the federal government. Rene Levesque was for an independent country but Prime Minister Trudeau wanted all provinces to stay together to uphold Canada's unity. With the disappointing loss of the votes another referendum was promised. National Energy Program (NEP) is Established Pg 401 In 1980 the Federal government took further steps to ensure Canadian control of energy supplies. Thus the National Energy Program is introduced. Their goal was to establish 50% Canadian ownership of the Canadian oil and gas industry, to make Canada self sufficient in energy by 1990 and to control oil prices. American oil companies were provoked with Canada's progress which lead American companies to pull many of their drilling rigs out of Canada leaving many unemployed, mainly in the western region. The NEP caused a big divide between Ottawa and Western provinces. Constitution Act is Signed by Queen Elizabeth Pg 375 On April 17, 1982 the Constitution Act was signed. Before this act any changes required the approval of the British government because of the British North America Act. Trudeau took action to make Canada a more independent...
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... Junk Mail Some of the main reasons why I am for junk mail or as they call it, direct or stand mail is simply because they it’s a way for small businesses to advertise themselves, keeps our USPS employees employed, also give companies the advantage to send direct mail pieces to specific buying groups, based on key demographics, such as gender, age, household income, household size and profession (Suttle); on a lighter note it even contains coupons. I know a lot of people are against junk mail because it takes up space, goes into the landfills, and most people just throw their junk mail without even reading it, however, I feel that as long as it’s used in the correct manner, its harmless. In regard to keeping employment for our USPS carriers, as much as we may dislike all that extra bulk mail we receive in our mail, we have to remember behind that junk/bulk mail is a hard working individual like ourselves just trying to make a living. According to an article I read, there is saturation mailing, where the Post Office helps bulk mailers send mail to every address in an area (with addresses only - no names - on the mailings). The bulk mailer has to build up a list containing at least 90% of the addresses in a carrier-route. The Post Office will then supply the remaining 10% for a small fee so that the bulk mailer will reach everyone on the route. ("U.S. Post Office") Whether we like it or not, there is a deadline to be met by our fellow USPS employee. All this junk mail...
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...PALATINE BASEBALL ASSOCIATION 2012 RULES FOR ALL LEAGUES Unless specified in the following, the rules that govern play in Pony, Colt, and Palomino are modeled after the IHSA. The Board of Directors may adopt special rules for playoffs. STARTING/ENDING TIMES- 1. These times are for all fields used by PBA Leagues including PBA Travel teams and they must be followed as listed below | | |Monday - Friday |Saturday |Sunday | |Field |Game # |Start |End |Start |End |Start |End | |Community |1 |6:00 PM |8:15 PM |9:00 AM |11:45 PM |12:00 PM |2:45 PM | | |2 |8:30 PM |10:45 PM |12:00 PM |2:45 PM |3:00 PM |5:45 PM | | |3 | | |3:00 PM |5:45 PM |6:00 PM |8:15 PM | | |2 |8:15 PM |10:20 PM |12:00 PM |2:45 PM |3:00 PM |5:45 PM | | |3 | | |3:00 PM |5:45 PM |6:00 PM |8:05 PM | | |2 | | |12:00 PM |2:45 PM |3:00 PM |5:45 PM | |2 | | |12:00 PM |2:45 PM |3:00 PM...
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