Fed Up: Movie Analysis

Fed Up presents a possible solution to help the obesity epidemic - Placing parameters on how big food companies market to children. Cartoon characters, bright colors, and toys are all ways to get children to buy a company's products. Kids consume these unhealthy products and are addicted at too young of an age to even know the foods are bad for them. Small groups of doctors and activists try to change this by regulating big food companies, but the results are always the

Association, kids often do make food choices based on what they see on television. Doctors who study kids have noticed that food advertised is very powerful” (39). In order to prove that idea, the author adds that children and teens who watch more than two hours of television daily are more likely to be overweight than those who do not. Due to the many fast food restaurants and advertisements available to Americans, the realization that their food is unhealthy does not occur. The United States is aware of the consequences that come along with obesity, yet rarely ever are there advertisements promoting a healthy lifestyle. It is uncommon that an overweight person is shown eating a restaurant’s food in their commercial. It will give off the wrong

The number of obese adults now exceeds 25 percent in nearly two thirds of states. The rates of obesity in America have risen in the last thirty years, costing Americans, health, happiness, money, and productivity (Obesity is a serious problem 12). In this research paper I will be telling you about arguments and opposing viewpoints about a growing epidemic in teens and adults, obesity. Currently this topic is very controversial about who is to blame the kids, the parents, or the advertising companies because the cost is so low and the advertisers are getting a lot of views because kids are less active. The biggest issue in my opinion is that the parents and children are not aware of all of the consequences and health risks they are putting not just themselves in but their children. With this paper I want to bring out these issues so the parents especially have a better knowledge of this whole situation. Also, in this paper I will be discussing how advertising, fast food, cost/portion size, and better education about obesity. Obesity is a growing epidemic in teens and adults across the world especially America and people need more education about this epidemic. My position on this topic is that I am against obesity.

In the documentary “Fat,” written, produced, and directed by Antony Thomas, the controversy of obesity is looked at in-depth. Global food issues, advertising, and experiments are looked at as doctors are interviewed about their view of the crisis. The film begins with a study done on the Pima tribe, separated in ancestry between Arizona and Mexico, and the weight issues of the American side compared to the ideally fit Mexican side. The media is largely blamed because of the extreme amount of advertising done, especially to children. Children are exposed to thousands of ads every year, being mainly sugary cereals, candy, soft drinks, and fast foods.

Childhood obesity is a serious threat to the health of our nation. Currently, the obesity rates among children of every age are greatly higher than they were a generation ago. In the article “Physical Activity and Childhood Obesity: Strategies and Solutions for Schools and Parents” Green, Riley, and Hargrove state that “Today, more than 23 million U.S. children and adolescents are either obese or overweight” (915). The authors explain that overweight during childhood and adolescent years will greatly increase in cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and many other health concerns (915). As a nation, we need to reduce theses health issues in the future to prevent millions of young people from being affected. In addition, a generation ago, fast food was not a great concern for people’s health. Green, Riley, and Hargrove explain that today “the numbers of [obesity] has more than tripled since 1981” (915). Before 1981, fast food companies were not a social norm. So, since fast food has become a social norm, this has led to obesity and many other concerning health problems. I believe that obesity is the consequence of Americans eating too much unhealthy food and consuming portions that are too large. Following this further, obesity is creating more complex problems that are affecting the health of the next generation. In his article “Obesity- Is It a Disease or a Lifestyle Problem?” Kiener states “Each year, the obesity-related diseases kill an

Obesity in America is a developing problem, and not just in adults. Today, one in three American children and teens are either overweight or obese; almost triple the rate previously in 1963. Child obesity has expeditiously become one of the most genuine health challenges of the 21st century (“10 Surprising Facts About Childhood Obesity”). Physical inactivity, race, junk food in schools, the mass media, and the child’s parents flaws are all factors that have resulted in the prevalence of childhood obesity today.

70 percent of adolescences become overweight by the time they become an adult (Reinert 34-36). This shocking statistic shows how obesity has become a huge problem in the United States. Obesity is a huge concern to our health, causing high blood pressure, type two diabetes, and even death (The Obesity Society). By 2050, one in three people will have type two diabetes (Fed Up). Being overweight is hard to overcome. I believe exercise, sugar intake, and advertising play key roles in obesity factors in our personal life, family life, and society.

“Fed up” is a good documentary to make people to think more about the eating food and to take more about eating responsibility for our health. Because, we are in the obesity epidemic which causes many diseases and threatens our health.

The documentary explores and supports how parental feeding relates to childhood obesity. The documentary administrates the mentality of parents, goes into depth about the food parents allow their children to consume, and explores other causes and effects of childhood obesity. The documentary emphasizes how parents believe their children will grow out of it and how their eating practices influence their children through the portrayal of the life of four Spokane families struggling with obesity. The informative documentary provides strong anecdotes and the references as well as opinions of many physicians, pediatricians, and other medical practitioners. The anecdotes show us the detrimental consequences of obesity on children and their troubles that manifested from it. The documentary is interesting and contains recent information, which still reflects society currently. In particular, this documentary is vital in connecting childhood obesity and parents together. It is helpful in allowing the viewers to understand and to see firsthand the impact of being obese as a child.

Currently, in the United States of America, there is rampant issue of obesity which is making it difficult to achieve a healthy life style. In nearly three decades, obesity cases have been on the rise with all age groups, ethnicities, and social standings in America. There have been leaders and organizations desperately on the hunt for a solution to the impact of America’s food industry regulations, on social constructs, and technological growth. The first hindrance to achieving a healthy life style starts with the children, who are conditioned with television and other media outlets to be obese. It is something that lays in the open and is rarely acknowledged as having a direct influence on a child’s eating perspective. Studies have shown

As part of the “Out at the Movies” LGBT+ film festival, Packed in a Trunk: the Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson, was screened in Hanes Auditorium at Salem College. Exactly as its name denotes, the film focused on exploring the life and art of Edith Lake Wilkinson specifically through the eyes of her great niece, Jane Anderson, who co-wrote and produced the film. In 1934, Wilkinson was put into a mental asylum and all her belongings were packed into trunks. Passed through the family, these trunks were never really explored until Anderson’s mother decided to open one, only to find some beautiful art inside, which she asked to keep. In this manner, Anderson was raised with Wilkinson’s art surrounding her and – in her words – helped have Wilkinson exist through her. The event also featured a short film preceding the feature in which lesbian women discussed “their first clue” as well as a question and answer period at the end, which

From the downsizing of happy meals to the BMI (body mass index) worksheets now being sent home from schools, the increasing problem of childhood obesity has been brought to our attention over the past several years. According to the NCSL, “In sheer numbers, more than 12 million American children and adolescents are obese and more than 23 million are either obese or overweight.” Blame has been dealt across a wide range of origins. Some of those including children’s parents, the media, and even school lunches the children are being served.

How has obesity affected children in the United States? In this paper I will talk about how obesity has affected the United States and has made us the most “obese country in the world.” I will persuade my audience that there are obstacles people face such as fast food restaurants, emotional effects, bad parenting, etc., that are affecting our country health wise. My audience will be cognizant that obesity can be stopped and that there are many solutions to fighting obesity. The audience will be persuaded that obesity has become an epidemic for years and will continue if no actions are taken.

In the article " Childhood obesity: is it being taken seriously?” the author, Honor Whiteman, quickly explains how childhood obesity affects children. She goes into detail on how outside influences affect children and brainwash them into having unhealthy lifestyles. These bad habits, that Whiteman describes, lead children into a tunnel that ends with lifetime obesity. There are moves people can take that will allow them to avoid this preventable issue, yet hardly anyone considers them. This article covers the steps and helps express them to other people.

Over the years as our nation grows, so does the appetite of many Americans, and this is why is important to prevent obesity. In recent studies, as obesity rates in the United State continue to increase, childhood obesity is among a persistent concern for the public health. Children between the age of two and five have grown in obesity rate and adolescents aged twelve to nineteen have tripled in that rate. Obesity has not only grown over the span of fifteen years but has become an epidemic among young Americans. But who has to be at fault for the increase of weight in youth? Why is important to prevent obesity in our youths? The cause of this epidemic of obesity is not always parents or the lack of good nutrition/exercise but also the tricks and schemes advertising do to attraction in consumers into buying their products but primary targeting the younger crowd. “Americans today are exposed to an unprecedented amount of readily available high-fat,