Should the sale of junk food in school canteens be banned? Junk food is defined as food items which are generally considered to be unhealthy and have low nutritional value. However‚ many children and teenagers enjoy consuming junk food because it tastes good. Nevertheless‚ junk food is commonly outed as one of the main causes of obesity in young people. Some school canteens sell junk food among other things to students. As such‚ it is believed that the sale of junk food in school canteens is
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MBA 5X09-S Legal Environment of Business Law September 26‚ 2012 To Regulate or Not to Regulate Junk Foods Advertising Aimed at Children? United States faces the risk that the percentage of obesity among children will increase. The percentage of children and adolescents who suffer from this epidemic is 17% (CDC). One generation ago‚ the rate was three times less than now. The number of obese children is continuously growing‚ which may cause a danger to children and the future of the country
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Junk food ads to be banned from kids’ TV Tv watchdogs aim to ban junk food adverts during children’s programmes. Ofcom will outline plans tomorrow to stop unhealthy foods being advertised on children’s television. This will prevent firms from targeting children by using cartoon characters and celebrities such as Gary Lineker‚ David Beckham and Britney Spears. Health and consumer groups criticised the proposals‚ insisting they do not go far enough. It is expected Ofcom will ban advertising foods
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salt‚ sauce or sugar. He made the tagline "Eat ’em Like Junk food" for Baby Carrots‚ which gained huge popularity among snack lovers youths and those who tend to skip their daily meals due to tight schedules. Dunn told the author of The New York Times Magazine article‚ that he was paying the karmic debt by selling Baby Carrots instead of Coca Cola. In addition to work done by organizations‚ government also needs to work with giant fast food companies to lower the calorie consumption of people. Since
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“Cheap Home Cooking” In “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?” By Mark Bittman‚ Bittman is expressing his views on how eating wholesome meals at home is healthier and less expensive than buying junk food from fast food restaurants. In his article‚ Bittman is stating the facts that healthy eating is affordable and can be obtained. He writes about how buying meals for a family of four from a fast food restaurant like McDonald’s can cost twice or even triple the amount as eating a simple and healthier
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Junk food companies sponsoring sporting events has become a controversial topic as of late. People are more conscious of their own health and fitness and so questions have been raised as to whether junk food companies should be allowed to sponsor sporting events. This paper discusses whether junk food companies should sponsor sporting events. Specifically‚ it examines athletes as role models‚ the impact sponsorship of sport has on communities and the link it may have to the obesity issue. In recent
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Aileen Alfonso Eng/Rdg 070-03 M. Czekaj Chappilliquen Fall 2012 10/19/2012 Essay on‚ Should schools banned junk food from vending machines. We as fellow americans come across facing desicions‚ some in which we are taking affirmitive action‚ for instence banning junk foods from school vending machines. Into todays society we are in crisis do to our over eating habits‚ causing a massive affect on obesity an other health related issues by the millions. A nationwide survey of
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should stop eating junk food. In the article “New Study Reveals Junk Food Good for You‚” Billy Bunting believe some types of sugary‚ fatty junk foods “are better for you than so-called healthy foods” (Bunting). Throughout the article‚ he accounts evidences to verify his argument that eating large doses of junk food is good and a key to a long and healthy life. In “New Study Reveals Junk Food Good for You‚” Bunting accounts studies‚ action points‚ and seven “tips to enjoy eating junk food so that its benefits
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their article‚ “From Tastes Great to Cool: Children’s Food Marketing and the Rise of the Symbolic‚” analyze food marketing strategies on the lives of youth. After conducting research and studying‚ Schor and Ford concluded that the food industry’s advertising is a major cause of unhealthy lifestyles of children. Schor and Ford’s purpose is to educate readers about the harmful impact of food advertising on young consumers. As the title suggests‚ food marketing impacts
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All such food is categorized as fast food which can be prepared and served quickly. Restaurants and kiosks provide fast food with precooked or preheated ingredients and usually served at a packaged form (Pollan‚ 2009). In the beginning‚ American hamburger and fries was considered as the traditional fast food but now the field has been widely diversified and food like pizzas‚ fish and chips‚ burgers from McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chicken etc. are all considered fast food. Fast food market has
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