A Report On The Food Marketing Environment

In this generation, new health issues are arising faster than treatments for health issues already present in our world. The intake of food and drinks are what reflects our health. An interesting fact I have learnt is that having a routine of consuming diet coke, even 1 a day can result in chances of getting heart diseases, stroke, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and high blood pressure. Another fact I have learnt is that diet coke works as a short addictive in a similar way cocaine works. Lastly I have learned that diet coke or as a matter of fact, no carbonated drinks provide nourishment but rather dehydrates your body and makes you thirstier. These interesting facts can all be linked to the death of Natasha Harris, a 30-year-old women who died in February 2010 from consuming 2.2 gallons of coke a day. Records show that she had many health conditions because of the large consumption of coke which played a vital role in the cardiac arrhythmia that killed her. Harris, who did not consume alcohol was known to have an enlarged liver due to fatty deposits caused by excessive sugar consumption which affected her cardiac function. Her family said that she would go crazy she ran out of coke, this shows her addiction, her family also provided the details saying she has all her teeth removed after they went rotten. One of her eight child was both with no enamel. In reality, Diet coke or rather all

In the article “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food”, the writer Michael Moss mentioned that growing weight problem happened in America has become a major health crisis issue. While people are talking about obesity, they care more about how much sugar, salt and fat they consume during a day, which kind of processed food does harm to their body. It seems that food companies have an inalienable relationship with consumers’ health conditions, because they provide us with what we eat. These companies made their food taste better (putting sugar, salt and fat in product) for attracting more customers, and also tried to protect their individual customers from the “obesity epidemic”, which is named by Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Moss, 260), without losing market share. It put them a moral judgment of creating food that customers like or be good to customers’ health. However, another writer Ethan Watters describe a story in his article “The Mega-Marketing of Depression in Japan” that in the market of the depressant drug in Japan, pharmaceutical companies faced a dilemma. They found it so hard to construct a Western-view concept of “depression” among a large-scale demographic of Japanese people, to contribute to their mental health problem, and to make a profit for sure. In the former case, food companies applied multiple marketing strategies to collective demographics to create more individuals’ desire of consumption, while they were striving to protect

Having one severe disease can lead to have a tuff life or even more it can cost someone's life. In the earlier years before the 70’s obesity started to increase, and people were not aware of what was causing this epidemic. In these earlier years fast food restaurants started to increase so did their costumer's this caused more and more people to consume meals out of their homes. Now the big problem in this day is that many individuals don’t put a stop to this epidemic. Or many don't accept the truth behind these bad foods that can cause a big problem to the body. There are many solutions for the obesity, but it is for individuals to make a change. But many of the people depend on these types of products people love the taste

In conclusion, there is nothing healthy about diet soda and it is simply water with artificial sweeteners and other additives, especially phosphoric acid. So the less soda you drink, the better. In addition, people should not keep sodas in their home such as refrigerator because it is a big temptation. Instead, people can put healthier options include fresh juice, low fat milk, green tea, hot chocolate, and ginger tea. Moreover, people should drink more water instead of reaching for diet soda. Liquid helps human’s body get rid of toxins that can cause a big risk for diseases like cancer. As you know, water has zero calories so it is one of the healthiest ways for people to stay hydrated. According to my research, people should drink at least

According to statistics, in the past couple year’s soft drinks have become much more consumed by Americans. Although most people enjoy the taste of these sugary drinks most research shows that they are bad for you. Drinking soda can cause the enamel on your teeth to dissolve, take calcium out of your bones and cause them to weaken, cause a person to become overweight possibly obese, and cause acne breakouts. Whether you call it soda, pop, a tonic, coke, or a soft drink they all can have the same harmful effects on the human body.

Over the years food has gone from essentially healthy to very unhealthy. Fast food is the number one problem people face everyday in their lives. Due to the fact of different types of fast food places people have available to them and the unlimited supply of options. This has lead to people making poor choices that cause problems in their lives. The unhealthy fast foods people have chosen to eat has lead people to sue the fast food industry because people are becoming obese. The problem is that people do not know how to read the nutrition labels correctly which has lead to companies being sued. This is a problem that needs to be solved by both parties, the consumers and the food industries. People need to be educated on how to properly: manage

The government is already interfering by providing affordable healthy food to low income salaries. However, we need them to sponsor and advertise new healthy food restaurant chain in order to create a competitor to fast food restaurant. Furthermore, educational institutions are asked to introduce healthy meal and obesity causes and effect to student; as a result, we would have less obese percentage among future generations. Some people support the idea of raising awareness about how low-quality fast foods are; they believe that kids are unaware of fast food quality. Needless to say that raising awareness is a crucial step, the government as well as education institution should play a bigger role in providing American kids with healthy food beside raising

Parental neglect of offering healthy food for their kids led to compound the crisis. Recently, the consumption of fast food has dramatically risen in the U.S. The huge relevance of fast food restaurants, such as McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Taco Bell and others, could be a contributor in changing the Americans style of food, and increasing their intake of these unhealthy foods. According to a research conducted about fast food consumption in the U SS, 22% of parents said that their kids consume fast food meals at least once a week, which might easily drive to obesity. As known, the main aim of fast food companies is raising their profitability, and therefore, their plan is to sell food as much as they could despite their knowledge that it is unhealthy. So, they focused on attracting kids to buy from them by enticing advertisements. They know how to draw kids’ attention, especially when they describe the taste of their meals and show their toys that come with them. There is no doubt that TV programs and advertisements have a strong impact on children. Many studies have confirmed that watching TV for a long time during a day is able to influence kids in their attitudes and habits. The problem of eating fast food is that it has a lack of fiber and dairy, contains a high density of energy, and has big amounts of protein, fat and sugar, which makes it the unhealthy

Today the food industry makes lucrative deals with television companies to promote their products through advertisements. Large food corporations make billions of dollars off the consumers by giving them what they want. However, many of the products they are selling us are consequential to our health, the environment, and the workers in the industry. Food companies are targeting specific consumers like children, teens, and other minorities who are exposed to their advertisements. The consumers are persuaded into buying unhealthy and inexpensive food products.

Whether or not you’re health conscious, it’s safe to assume that you already know the dangers of consuming too much sugar. Sugar laden foods have been associated with a variety of diseases or conditions, such as obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart disease. Yet, most of us continue to consume these products, without much after-thought. Now, a new review of study literature is spelling out exactly why we all should permanently ban soda.

Did you know that soft drinks that are sugar sweetened contribute to the development of diabetes? Well, drinking soda not only causes diabetes but it also causes heart disease, high cholesterol, obesity, strokes and tooth decay. High consumption of sugary drinks can obstruct with a number of neurological processes, mostly those associated with memory making and with that everyday intellectual work like memory formations and learning become much more difficult as a result. And also a research states that it can also increase people’s risk of getting chronic heart disease and an inflated risk of pulmonary complications, such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (“Effects of Soda”). Soda is consisted of high-fructose corn syrup, many different

While obesity is something that can generally be seen in physical appearance, things like brittle teeth and diabetes aren’t as easily seen, along with many other health complications. According to Kanigel, soda contains acid that causes teeth to decay. She says the acid is more damaging than “solid sugar…in candy” (P?). The acid in soda eats away at the protective outer layer of teeth, causing them to deteriorate. I can attest to this because it has happened to me, and I am still recovering from the effects. As a child, my parents did not monitor my soda intake. I did not know any better, so soda was all I drank. That eventually led to many cavities which would later lead to decaying spots on my teeth. I now have permanently sensitive teeth. It wasn’t long after the spots started showing up that I learned a hard lesson; soda was not for me. I was reluctant to drinking water due to the lack of flavor, but it is now my favorite drink. Making that choice to put down soda and pick up water was the best decision I ever made. Another negative effect of drinking soda is diabetes. The excess sugar consumed causes the bodies insulin to increase. The amount of people suffering type two diabetes has significantly increased since 1980. In the 80’s only “6.6 million” people suffered, but that number has now grown to “20.8 million” people (Kanigel P). In addition to that, women taking in “one or more sugary

On one hand, the main advantage is that it contains a decent amount of caffeine. Caffeine makes the consumer become more alert and energized, especially when tired. Thus, in some cases it might help increase someone’s performance when working on important things that requires a lot of attention. Moreover, the FDA has concluded that caffeine is safe as long as taken in considerable amounts and is said that around 300mg of caffeine is healthy. A can of pop contains around 34 mg of caffeine, which is way less than the maximum amount of caffeine that is considered safe. On the other hand, the disadvantages of soda overcome its advantages. Other than soda being a source of water, soda doesn’t in any way offer any nutritional or health benefits. According to many recent researches conducted by different research centers and universities, conclude that consuming pop is linked to all kinds of diseases that include: heart disease, asthma, pancreatic cancer and type-2 diabetes. Moreover, soda has a high amount of calories, mostly coming from sugar. It is told, that a person that consumes 2 cans of soda a day will gain around 2 lb. within a

Do we really need to be notified that sodas can kill you if you drink too much? Additionally, people have to be foolish in order not to know that soda can lead to illnesses, people should not have to put labels on the drink. As you may know, sugary drink have the tendency to rot your teeth, and occasionally, lead to damage or pain throughout your body. Sodas are the biggest source of added sugar in the diets of young Americans. Before sugary drinks slowly take the youth America down from inside and out, companies have come up with a possible solution to fixing this problem. According to “Your Favorite Drinks can Wreck your Body,” by Evan Cook,“Soda Warning Labels: Rated F for Futility”By: Martina M. Cartwright, and, “Soda is not the #1 Cause of Obesity,” by Cameron English, companies all over America are

Thousands of advertisements on junk food, fast food, soft-drink, etc are shown on TV and heard over radio have indirectly lead to the grown of obesity and anorexia in teenagers. This is one of the critical global problem of today which is threatening our next generations for being unhealthy and being exposed to many serious diseases and sicknesses such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart problem and anorexia.