Children Of The New Generation

Fast food has a harmful effect on society because it can cause obesity. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry believes obesity “Overweight children are much more likely to become overweight adults unless they adopt and maintain healthier patterns of eating and exercise.” (parag. 1).The causing and treating of obesity is complex but it is the most recognizable disease. Consistently eating fast food and a poor can lead to obesity in anyone. The risks of obesity include an increased risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease. According to the American Heart Association, fast food “Studies have shown that over the past four decades, consumption of food eaten away from home has also risen alarmingly” (parag. 8). This means that fast food is high in fat, sugar, salt, carbs, calories, saturated and trans fats. This type of eating leads to a higher body mass index or gained weight. Children and adolescents are at a

Unhealthy eating habits have contributed to the obesity problem in the United States. About one third of U.S. adults are obese and 17% of children of ages 2-19 years old are obese. Even people

Sugary beverages suggest a poor dietary quality; they are loaded with added sugars and attribute to the body’s energy density. “A 20-year study on 120,000 men and women found that people who increased their sugary drink consumption by one 12-ounce serving per day gained more weight over time—about 4 pounds per year” (19). Through increasing the daily intake in trivial increments, the body substantially results in an increased BMI (body mass index) and an increased body fat percentage score. Another study conducted at Harvard found that a 60 percent increase occurs in children for each 12-ounce they additionally drink daily. (________) The growing correlation between obesity and sugar has led to further studies, and statistical data. Researchers have revealed that in total, “half the people in the U.S. consume sugary drinks; 1 in 4 get at least 200 calories from such drinks; and 5% get at least 567 calories.” It was additionally found that one-fourth of Americans are consuming more than 135 grams of sugar per day from soda and other sweetened beverages, which compares to people of the past who only had 10 grams of fructose a day (_____). Such a high daily intake of sugar and calories illustrates the risk that arises when people consume too much sugar; that is, sugary drinks result in weight issues and medical consequences.

It is commonplace that diet soda is an acceptable diet food. So many people believe that by drinking diet soda they will reduce their calories and sugar intake therefore, lose weight. Even though it is not natural sugar, artificial sweeteners are just as addictive. Cheryl Forberg R.D. author of Flavor First states, when the taste buds sense sweetness, the body expects calories to come with it. There are no calories in diet soda so your body is craving calories for energy, which makes you crave food and overeat, leading to obesity (Lajollamom). In addition, many diet soda drinkers feel that

Recently, people have become worried about the health issues associated with consuming sugary drinks, especially soda. The rate of people being diagnosed with type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease has been going up primarily because of beverages with added sugar (Cited in Crawford, 2016). Several studies have found that soda is linked to over 180,000 deaths per year (Cited in Crawford, 2016). An article by the Huffington Post (2011) said that an average American drinks about 44.7 gallons of carbonated beverages a year, which adds up to over 350 pounds of soda. Comparatively, in 2005 an average American drank only 0.5 gallons, making soft drinks the most consumed beverage in America (n/a, 2011). The way the government is trying to fix

Next, many consumers believe that drinking diet soda is healthier for you than drinking regular soda filled with sugar but studies are starting to show that artificial sweeteners may actually lead to diabetes. Mary Ann Yantis, PhD, RN, a nurse educator for Nursing Education Consultants and Kate Hunter, RD, LD (2010), a clinical dietitian at Adventist Medical Center reports (2010) that drinking more than one serving of diet soda per day can increase your risk of metabolic syndrome by more than 36%. Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors, which includes hypertension, abdominal obesity, hyperglycemia and hypertriglyceridemia. These risk factors increase a person’s risk of developing diabetes, heart disease and stroke. This same study also reports (2010) that one diet soda per day can increase a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes by more the 67%. This is possibly due to the fact that artificial sweeteners can be up to 13,000 times sweeter than sugar and this intense sweetness can be addictive thus creating cravings for more sweetness in order to feel satisfied. Yantis and Hunter (2010) point out that the sweet taste triggers the same dopamine signals that are also triggered by drugs such as cocaine and heroin. Craving for more intense artificial sweetness will result in consuming more calories, increase the likelihood of developing insulin resistance, and more than likely affect the glucose metabolism (Yantis & Hunter, 2010).

Consumption of sugary drink can lead to many health risks such as stroke, diabetes, cancer and many more.

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

“Food choices are made on the basis of taste, cost, and convenience, and, to a lesser extent, health and variety” (2). The current eating environment is characterized by a variety of low cost, energy dense foods served in large portions. The average American diet receives a little under half of total energy intake from added sugars and fats. Between 1977 and 1996, the number of Americans who drank sugared beverages increased 15%, and that number currently has reached around ¾ of the total population. The frequency of consumption also rose to 2 ½ servings per day (3). Soft drinks are only behind bread when it pertains to carbohydrate intake in children ages 2 to 18 at 9% of total caloric intake (3). Most energy dense foods fill menus at Fast Food locations. Consumption of large portions of energy dense

Obesity can be caused by pointless calories. With the average soft drink containing about 300 empty calories in no wonder that the Public Health Experts often point to these high- calorie low nutritional drinks as a major contributor to the obesity epidemic (Bulletin). Drinking one or more can of soda a day can increase the pointless calories.Everybody knows that these drinks are high in calories (Alter, Kanigel). What people don’t realize is that these calories may be particularly effective at making people fat. Perhaps because they pass through the stomach more quickly than food (Alter, Kanigel). The average person needs about 2500 calories a day, so drinking soda can take up a lot of those calories. If the soda is taking up most of a person's calories, then they can not have anything else. Despite the fact that soda takes up pointless calories, soda also had a lot of sugar. Liquid sugar is a problem- but the type of sugar used in the majority of soft drinks may be making things worse (Alter, Kanigel). The sugar in soda is very harmful to the body. Drinking soda not only contributes to making people fat, but it also stresses the body’s ability to process sugar (Alter, Kanigel). People have now replaced healthy drinks with unhealthy drinks like soda. In the 1950’s, children drank 3 cups of milk for every 1 cup of sugary drink (Alter, Kanigel). Today that ratio is reversed: 3 cups of sugary drink to every 1

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

There are a number of evidence and observations to support the hypothesis that sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB), defined as soft drinks, colas, other sweetened carbonated beverage and fruit drinks with added sugar, may play an important role in obesity risk and development (Te Morenga et al., 2013). Indeed, SSBs represent the leading source of free sugars1 in the diet and their effects have been specifically linked to the contribution towards the development of chronic metabolic conditions, including type 2 diabetes and other comorbidities (Malik et al., 2006). However, obesity is not the only condition associated with the SSBs consumption. SSBs intake has been shown to significantly increase the levels of dental caries for instance, in a study of over 6000 14-year-old students in North Western England (Jones et al., 1999). Therefore, the link between obesity, dental

With the increase in the number of the diseases and awareness regarding the health care system, Sugar tax is the simple remedy which will not only reduce the sales of the drinks but also lower the kilojoule intake leading to reduction in the body weight and ultimately improvement in the heath. The sugar-sweetened beverages are less healthy than other sources of added sugars and calories and are more likely to contribute to obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay than other foods. According to the recent research diet soda and artificial sweeteners contained in diet soda may adversely affect glucose levels and may increase the risk of developing metabolic syndrome and diabetes, in part, through impairment of glucose and increase in waist circumference.

The aim of this experiment is to determine the effects of consuming diet sodas containing aspartame and risk of developing cancers. Three types of blood cancers were considered in this research: leukemia and multiple myeloma and non- Hodgkin lymphomas. The participants used included 47,810 men aged between 40-75 years and 77,218 women aged between 30-55 years with no medical account of cancer. The regular diet of the participants was evaluated using a semi quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), which included measuring the consumption of diet soda. The results showed that the risk of developing multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphomas increased linearly for men, but not women, with an intake of 1 or more diet sodas per day. However,