Junk Food Issues In America Summary

In “Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food” by Michael Moss is about the rising numbers of obesity in both adults and children throughout the United States. On the Evening of April 8, 1999, some of the biggest food industries CEO’s ad company presidents come together for a rare, private meeting. Discussing the emerging obesity epidemic and how they should deal with it. Big time companies food is lacking the nutrients that a person needs and is more concentrated on how to make it more desired. Keeping the customers coming for more. While the industries are gaining a profit, the customers are gaining a big belly.

Michael Moss a investigative reporter for New York Times also the author. The Extraordinary Science of Junk Food was first appeared in the New York Times Magazine on February 24, 2013. On April 8, 1999, C.E.O from Nestle, Kraft and Nabisco, General Mills, Procter and Gamble, Coca-Cola, and Mars gathered to talk on the obesity epidemic. The vice president of kraft named Michael Mudd. Mudd gave a presentation about obesity, he told them to cut the use of sugar, salt, and fats. Also to change the manner they advertise their products. After the presentation was over the C.E.O of General Mills rose and said that people chose freely that if they wanted a healthy product then there it was.

Judging from the title of David Freedman’s “How Junk Food Can End Obesity” published in The Atlantic, Freeman's audience, the upper middle class of America, conjures up an image of a crazy Freedman throwing away every piece of scientific data that shows junk food is hazardous to your health. However, this is not the case. Freedman brings to light a more compromising approach to solving America’s obesity problem. His opinion is that by manufacturing healthier fast food we can solve America’s obesity issue and that his method would be able to be established nation-wide in a cheaper, fast and more effortless way than some other methods proposed. Not all, but the majority of The Atlantic’s audience cares about

In today’s society a huge issue is that we constantly hear about the food industry in America. We often hear in the news that obesity rates have increased, or that Americans have many diseases that contribute to being obese. “What You Eat is Your Business” by Radley Balko expresses that people are at fault for making such unhealthy food choices. Others argue that the food industry is to blame for being so unhealthy. According to David Zinczenko in “Don’t Blame the Eater” he blames the fast food industry as well as the consumer. Zinczenko asks “shouldn’t we know better than to eat two meals a day in fast food restaurant’s?” (392). So, who is to blame for American’s eating so much unhealthy food? Should it be the consumers’ burden or the fast food companies? On one hand, as consumers we continue to purchase foods that we know are making us overweight. On the other hand, fast food companies continue to offer high in calories foods.

Obesity has become a great issue in America. Many families eat fast food every day, while ignoring the risks of the foods they eat. Fast food restaurants have expanded over time. Families turn to fast food because it is convenient and cheap. It is embarrassing that we as Americans are automatically thought of as fat. Not only has obesity affected adults but it has also affected many children in this country.

Obesity has become an epidemic in today’s society. Today around 50% of America is now considered to be over weight. Fast-food consumption has been a major contributor to the debate of the twenty-first century. Chapter thirteen, titled “Is Fast-Food the New Tobacco,” in the They Say I Say book, consists of authors discussing the debate of fast-food’s link to obesity. Authors debate the government’s effects on the fast-food industry, along with whether or not the fast-food industry is to blame for the rise in obesity throughout America. While some people blame the fast food industry for the rise in obesity, others believe it is a matter of personal responsibility to watch what someone eats and make sure they get the proper exercise.

The National Health and Nutrition Examination conducted a survey that found, more than 1 in 3 adults are considered to be obese and almost 1 in 6 children are considered to be obese in the United States. This very sad statistic is solely caused by the egotistical, greedy junk food industry that wants to make as much money as possible, while destroying public health at an incredibly fast rate. From ads to eating junk food there is almost a guarantee, that every day someone will come across an aspect of junk food. From the addictive tricks that companies use to lure consumers in, to horrible repercussion from eating junk food consistently, there is no way of avoiding the junk food epidemic that is plaguing the world. This issue has been shunned by most of the world and it’s finally time to shed some light on this issue and bring it to the attention of the world's population, so that they put all of this to an end.

In 2008, the Centers for Disease Control reported that Americans were becoming more obese and faster than when last measured only a few years before. The question that first comes to mind when grasping this fact is who is responsible for this public crisis? Is it the junk food companies advertising for young kids? Is it the fast food industry’s fault in encouraging the increase portion size for a few cents? Are they responsible in whole or in part of this crisis? The Trust for America’s Health reports that over 65 percent of U.S adults are either overweight or obese as defined by the U.S BMI guidelines and rates of severe obesity are continuing to increase, and more than one in ten children becomes obese as early as the ages of 2 to 5 (Obesity

In watching you Super-Size Me by Morgan Surplock it brings up very valid point about today’s society with habits and trends. The movie brings up some alarming facts, how direct medical cost have doubled in the past five years to the drug effect from the foods he was consuming all the and to how Thirty billion dollars is Bing spent on diet programs, pills and weight loss methods ( a quick fix) verse less money spent on actual fitness. It is alarming how the greed of corporations are willing to harm their own species just to have money. It can show how not just McDonalds has not acted alone in addicting the human race to danger foods. Many do not realize how this food can be addictive and how is a company responsible if a person has low-self-control? The facts are simple not just with advertisement there are simple

Ever since the late 1990s, childhood obesity has dramatically increased. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one-third of Americans are now either overweight or obese (Holohan). Don’t believe it? Just take a look around when in public. Spotting out a few overweight children in a crowd won’t be very difficult. This is a growing epidemic in the U.S. and is becoming a major health issue. Obesity kills; it’s now the second leading cause of death in America and is soon very likely to become the first (Johnson). Until the epidemic is successfully addressed, life expectancy will decline. Not only will they die off earlier, but their quality of life will be severely compromised. Children are our future so we

Did you realize that including children “In 2013, 2.1 billion people worldwide were overweight or obese”? (Kraak, Story 107). From 2013 to today the problem of child obesity is becoming a major concern in the world. Children today face many problems that may cause them to become obese. Child Obesity is becoming a major issue in the 21st century because of circumstances like marketing strategies, fast food restaurants, and parental influence.

Obesity is a major issue that has plagued many Americans in the past 50 years. Obesity is not something that should be taken lightly as it is known to lead to multiple health concerns and overall lower life expectancy. Unfortunately, the rate of obesity of children under the age of 19 has drastically increased from where it was in 1971. Also, there was a notable spike in the last 10 years and these rates continue to rise (Pineros-Leano). So why the recent spike? The fast-food industry. Despite the industry effort to reduce the marketing aimed and children, fast-food advertising for kids has only increased (Melnick). Targeting children at such a vulnerable time in their lives is a shameful strategy that has had remarkable success. At the end of the day the goal of these companies is to make as much of a profit as possible, they do not care about the obesity rate or what their food is doing to their consumers. Childhood obesity is an issue that needs to be addressed and in order for us to do that we have to recognize what these fast-food companies are doing and find a solution to ending this advertising to kids.

Junk food has been a part of America’s history since the 1900s and its desire will be growing throughout the future. Junk food can is counted as any unhealthy food which includes: cookies chips cakes and fast food. The first ever fast food restaurant opened in 1947 and more and more are blossoming throughout the country. With this explosion of fast food and junk food consumers have been wondering why companies advertise this horrible products. Companies feel like they should not stop promoting and believe it is the consumer’s decision to decide. While consumers believe that buyers are entitled to a warning to not over consume these products or lethal health risks will follow. Junk food has gotten so bad that companies put sweeteners in their food to make it taste like fruit but in reality they are loaded with lab made chemicals. When presented to the public eye most people could care less about this issue, but eat unhealthy has not just affected our past but it will affect our future.

It’s mind blowing how more and more studies are coming out showing that the majority of teenagers in this generation are being diagnosed with obesity. It is a very controversial subject to discuss, but is it something that needs to be laid out on the line. Nowadays, it’s easier to grab obesogenic foods because of the fast food restaurants that are ubiquitous than to eat a nutritious meal. If a stop is not being made rapidly than it will continue to get worse. The trend of obesity has been steadily increasing in both children and adults despite a few public health efforts to improve nutrition and physical activity. The obesity epidemic have gone way too far with nothing being done in this time, bringing more problems to the table as time is wasted. It not only affects the older generation but the younger generation now teens are experiencing great health concerns. A diet needs to be enforced in order for health problems to diminished. Therefore, with all that has been said it is clear that people need to take personal responsibility in order for the obesity epidemic in America to be solved.

Past the accelerated activity of the 20th century comes the new millennium bringing the modernized world to a throne of leisure and lethargy. Consequently sabotaging the health of our children and our future as a nation, obesity once thought only to be common to the fully grown adult, has now plunged its way belly first into America's freshest gene pool. The epidemic of obesity among children has its roots in consumer culture and in contemporary American society all a part of the environment that accommodates the modern-day American family. Diet pills, surgery, and a whole array of temporary solutions have been offered to fight problem but the real causes and solutions go much deeper into the political, social and economic structures of