Should junk food be banned from schools? Junk food refers to food that contains high amount of trans-fats in the form of sugar and salts but with little or no nutritional content (Damle‚ 2012). With the younger generation being attracted to junk foods‚ they will be suffered from multiple ill effects like diabetes‚ heart diseases‚ obesity‚ and dental caries. Since food and beverage marketing actions are prevalent and potentially detrimental to kids‚ preventing obesity and promoting healthy lifestyle
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McLaughlin Ban Junk Food! DID YOU KNOW junk food has been linked to obesity‚ diabetes‚ and even cancer? Sure‚ junk food is totally yummy‚ but it is definitely not good for us or for the children in this country. Junk food also makes the quality of life worse. It makes you tired‚ and it can make you very unhealthy. There is a law going through congress right now about banning junk food in schools‚ and before you state your opinion‚ please open up your mind to see how junk food is affecting the
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In the articles‚ ‘Is Junk Food Really Cheaper‚” by Mark Bittman and the other being‚ “Gap and Diet‚” by Tracie McMillan the authors show us the truth about food and people. The problem is that there is obesity in America. The first article ‘Is Junk Food Really Cheaper’ is about Junk food not being as cheap as everybody thinks it is. Article says that people are just lazy because they don’t want to cook so they spend their money on fast food instead of real food. The other article ‘Gap and Diet’
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Junk Food in Schools There is something wrong when salsa passes as a vegetable in the school cafeteria and students can buy soda and candy from vending machines on campus. With this in mind we can only begin to wonder what the future holds for today’s adolescents. When students are exposed to a life of poor nutrition‚ the result can be obesity and regrets (CBC‚ 2006). For countless children‚ breakfast or lunch drops out of a vending machine at school. This can be a can of soda‚ perhaps washing
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Christopher Angulo Dr. Aron Levin MKT 320 – Paper reaction The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food Junk food has been present from many decades ago and still surprises me how we cannot deal with it. There are many people dying because of junk food and even though knowing the consequences that might cause‚ we still consume these things. I see people in class drinking Gatorade or drinking from a huge can of energy drink accompanied with a bag of chips early in the morning and I always
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The author‚ Mara Betsch has presented an issue about junk food where nowadays people commonly consume junk food such as ‘Mister Potato’ in their daily life. Most people would preferred junk food compared to fruits while watching television. So‚ in her writing she had list five reasons why she thinks that junk food is addictive. After reading this article‚ I found that this article is not well written based on several reasons such as fallacies. One of the fallacies that can be detected in this article
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numbers raises one question‚ “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?” Mark Bittman proposes several arguments throughout his well-written article. Due to the article being published in Everything’s An Argument‚ as well as the New York Times‚ the audience can interpret that this a very non-biased‚ credible article. The audience can also infer that this article contains well-informed research and gives a reflection of both sides of the arguments. Mark Bittman’s “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?” explicates the burden
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In the articles Is junk food really cheaper by Mark Mittan‚ and gap in diet between wealth and poorest americans doubles‚ study finds by Tracie McMillan we see how lack of money is an issue to obtain healthy foods in the poorer communities. Meanwhile in wealthy communities it is not as difficult for a family to access healthy foods. In Tracie McMillan the articles states that “All parents are interested in feeding their families healthy meals‚ price is a concern for low income families.” The ideal
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Junk food – killing you with kindness While the public much concerns about AIDS and avian flu. I want to talk about the other very serious but easily neglected health issues‚ which are obesity‚ cardiovascular diseases‚ and cancers. All of these are completely preventable for at least 95 percent of people just by changing diet. And I am not going to talk too much about how to change your diet and lifestyle as everyone knows that. I am trying to persuade you to stop eating junk food by figures and
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2014 Intro to Health Care Sugar and Junk Food’s Effect on the Body In the United States today‚ more than two-thirds of adults are obese‚ and in children ages two to five years old about a quarter of them are obese. The main reason for our obese population is high sugar‚ fat‚ cholesterol‚ and carbohydrate intake. You can go anywhere in the U.S. and find fast-food restaurants‚ convenience stores and other places that make money off of selling processed foods. Many people know that refined sugars
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