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To examine: Whether the statement “Food advertising has little effect on what foods most Americans buy and consume” is true or false.
Introduction: Food advertising is done to attract the attention of people towards the product of the company in the market. Advertisements make people aware of different products that are available in the market and in the way they can benefit from them. However, sometimes advertisements are so effective that even though the product is not that beneficial, it makes the people buy the product and thereby increases the product’s sale.
Answer to Problem 1TF
Correct answer: The statement is false.
Explanation of Solution
Products are advertised in a creative way to target a particular age group’s consumer. Even though people do not require the product endorsed in the advertisement, the effect of the advertisement makes them buy that particular product or choose it over another essential one.
Hence, the given statement is false.
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