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    In an article published in the New York Times, journalist Mark Bittman explores the common misconception that junk food is more cost efficient than buying and preparing your own food. In the article “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?” Bittman attempts to unravel common arguments revolving around the affordability and convenience of fast food and proposes some alternatives to what he deems as a contributing factor to obesity in America. Though Bittman makes an understandable argument in the article the

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    change the obesity rate? In the article “How Junk Food Can End Obesity,” the author David H. Freeman demonstrates how so many people are very poorly informed on the facts of processed foods and how bad it is for one’s health, he goes on to explain how wholesome foods are supposed to be primarily better for the health of an individual, but that is not necessarily true. In our society, we loudly blame processed food companies mainly directed at fast food companies, for the sole contribution to the increasing

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    such, foods to avoid during pregnancy are important to be followed since whatever you eat affects you, your health, your growing fetus and his health. So, what are some of the foodstuffs to be avoided during pregnancy?  Junk foods are obvious foods to sidestep during pregnancy. Junk foods are alive with fats, processed sugars, food additives, are highly processed, and are low in nutritional value. Instances of junk foods are fast foods, fried foodstuffs, soft drinks, sweets and most boxed foods. 

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    While deciding what to eat one night when I was left to fend for myself I came to the realization: if I wanted something healthy I am going to have to spend more money to get the same amount of food of a meal of unhealthy food. I decided on either getting a salad from subway (starting at around 6.50 depending on what type of meat you choose and an extra 1.50-2.50 for a drink) that usually fills me up for an hour and then I am rummaging around for something else. Or a fill up meal from KFC (starting

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    kids with childhood obesity has tripled from 1980 from one major cause? Junk food does not give nutrition or energy to students, there are many health effects that come with being obese. Also, fast food is more expensive than regular school food and the government should not associate with private companies like McDonalds. I believe that schools should not be the problem for childhood obesity and I think it should stop. Junk food does not give a student a legitimate meal for the day. Many students

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    Not a long time ago, I was a strong junk food consumer. McDonalds was my second home on the weekends when I demanded my dad to buy me kid's meal. In that time, I was not aware of how much I was hurting my body. Until one day, I said "no more" and took the initiative to work on my eating habits. Nowadays, I am informed of how dangerous the fast food can be. In fact, family relatives suffer from obesity due to eating fast food almost daily. Therefore, fast food restaurants should be accountable for

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    Mark Bittman falls short on solid proof! Rhetorical analysis on “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?” Why do (overweight and poor) Americans choose (expensive) junk food over real food? Well,it seems that one man named Mark Bittman may have all the answers to this question. However, upon further scrutiny, his rock-hard evidence falls short of the mark! In the beginning of his article called “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?” author Mark Bittman does a spectacular job capturing the reader almost instantly

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    The constant consumption of junk food can cause type 2 diabetes. When people eat a lot of junk food they are consuming in excess sugar and fats because this meal is full of it and high in calories, if people eat it constantly they tend to gain a lot of weight because of the amount fat they are putting into their body, this leads to obesity, worst of all nowadays a lot of parents allow their children to consume this kind of food and 15% of children suffer from childhood obesity at a very young age

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    fast food Nation of bulging waistlines and high blood pressures.”,said Ronnie Cummins in his article, “ Tax on Junk Food Can Help Pay the Costs of Diet-Related Diseases.” Diet related obesity,diabetes and heart diseases are now USA’s number 1 public health problems because of non-healthy foods,this is why there should be a tax on junk food,why we should serve healthier lunches in school cafeterias ,and why we should restrict advertisements of junk foods in the mass media.Would taxing junk food ,eating

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    The article “How Junk Food Can End Obesity was written by David H. Freedman and published in The Atlantic. The article is about how healthier junk food could actually have more of an effect on losing weight than wholesome food. Furthermore, the article goes more in-depth about the health benefits and difference between the wholesome food and junk foods. The title contradicts itself in many ways. The author talks about the problems with obesity but says that junk food as a whole could possibly

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