...the constant bombardment of controversial television commercials is all around us. It's hard not to notice the non-stop flood of commercials that are aimed directly at children. These commercials encourage today's children to purchase all types of unhealthy food items, as well as toys and clothing. Not only are these food items full of fat and sugar, I cannot go to a toy store or clothing store without my children asking specifically for items promoted through television commercials. My children have even asked for certain types of fast food restaurant to receive a desired happy meal toy. Food products are the most commonly advertised item during peak hours of children's TV watching. A study of broadcasting during the peak hours of children's television watching found that 16% of the time was consumed with ads. Almost half of the ads were related to food (food products, restaurants, and beverages). The nutritional contents of the foods advertised weren't good. Almost 70% of the foods advertised were high in sugar, 40% were high in fat, and 20% high in salt. About 9% of the foods advertised were classified as healthy (low in sugar, fat, and salt). (Pediatrics for parents 1997) Not coincidentally, childhood diabetes is on the rise. Dr. Robin S. Goland, co-director of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, told the New York Times that "With the numbers we are starting to see, this could be the beginning of an epidemic"(Thompson 1998). In a society in which children are becoming...
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...has become a hot topic in the united states and around the world. Many people ask what is nutrition education? Nutrition education is “any combination of educational strategies, accompanied by environmental supports, designed to facilitate voluntary adoption of food choices and other food- and nutrition-related behaviors conducive to health and well-being” (Wikipedia). Many people state that the federal government should not have a role in nutrition education and there are those who are for it. Most believe the government should be involved because it provides people with healthy eating, health benefits, and the power to deal with corporations. Healthy eating and its resources is one way the government is doing a great job by being involved in our nutrition education. An example is the school lunch program, “This rule requires most schools to increase the availability of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat- free and low-fat fluid milk in school meals; reduce the levels of sodium, saturated fat and trans fat in meals; and meet the nutrition needs of school children within their calorie requirements” (department of agriculture). This program recently renewed in 2010 by Michelle Obama to help kids have a better, healthier and free meals including breakfast and lunch. “My Plate” is the new symbol, which seeks to promote a balanced and healthy diet among the American people, and hopefully may extend to the whole world. “My plate“ demonstrates that eating well is not complicated...
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...Advertisement and Children In today's world, advertising is becoming more widespread. The major point is to increase market and educate consumers about the new products .There are many ways of advertising which are television, radio, local newspapers, magazines and etc.. Advertisers have realized that children would become the most influenced group by advertising, and also started producing childrenswear and foods besides toys and games. There is an increasing amount of advertising directed at children which encourages them to buy goods such as toys and snacks. Many parents are worried that these advertisements put too much pressure on children. Advertisements are everywhere nowadays and especially advertising targeting children. Some advertisers claim that they provide beneficial information to children. I am going to discuss ads on toys, fast food and educative programs. Another advertisement is on toy industry, because children under a certain age don’t understand what they want. They are attracted by colorful pictures on advertisement and influence by misleading information. So they annoy their parents to buy those things and this can upset the budget of many families. “According to the Consumer Union's report, “elementary-age” school children spend around $ 15 billion, $11 billion of which goes for products from toys and games to food and clothes also elementary-age children influence $160 billion spending controlled by their parents- for cereals, shampoos, and even...
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...would take a toll on him. She knew that nothing positive would result from this so she kept warning him and advised him to quit. Partly, due to the fact that during the experiment Spurlock was experiencing sexual dysfunctions. The way he interacted with his girlfriend was changed because he was easily irritated before and after he ate. The way he interacted with the world also changed. For instance he made sure to not exercise any more than the average sedentary individual. So that limited him to engaging in only light physical activity, walking sporadically throughout the day. Sometime not at all in case of bad weather. Thus, he is consuming over 5,000 calories a day and he is working off very little of it. In the end there was nothing beneficial that came from this experiments. This reiterates what McDonald's said, their food wasn't meant to be nutritional for the consumer. In spite of that, consumption of fast food shouldn't have such negative impact on a person who does consume...
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...leave consumers and businesses on the hook to foot the bill which is not acceptable • The government has a duty to make sure that this does not affect consumers because congress specifically designed the sugar policy to run at the lowest possible cost to American taxpayers. Snap! Crackle! Pop! Rice Krispies May be Banished From Schools • Fruit Rollups, Rice Krispies, Doritos and other popular products are among items that may no longer sold at schools under newly proposed federal regulations. • Some snack foods are spared, including baked chips, low-fat granola bars, and reduced fat cheese but the proposed rules would banish a large number of snacks from school cafeteria stores and vending machines across the country. • This regulation is aimed to help fight child obesity. Since the USDA is responsible for administering foods in school programs, they have to abide by the new rules • This is a great regulation to help kids start eating healthier at a young age, and for them to engage in healthy physical exercise combined with a healthy eating. India’s Taste for Coffee to Affect Bean Prices • Booming coffee demand is prompting international companies such as Lavassa and Starbucks to set up shops in the tea-drinking country, offering growing returns in a newer...
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...CASE 27 McDonald’s and Obesity THE PROBLEM Governments and influential health advocates around the world, spooked that their nations’ kids will become as fat as American kids, are cracking down on the marketers they blame for the explosion in childhood obesity. Across the globe, efforts are under way to slow the march of obesity. In the United States, roughly 30 percent of American children are overweight or obese. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 64.5 percent of Americans tip the scales as overweight or obese, the highest percentage of fat people of any country in the world. However, adults and kids in other countries are catching up. THE WORLD The World Heart Federation reports that globally there are now more than 1 billion overweight adults and that at least 400 million of those are obese. An estimated 155 million children are overweight worldwide including 30–45 million who are obese.1 In many countries, the worst increases in obesity have occurred in young people. About half a million children in Europe are suffering classic middle-aged health problems because they are too fat. Obesity among European children has been on the rise over the last 25 years. The number of overweight children in Europe did not change much from 1974 to 1984; then the rate started to creep up during the next 10 years, and it exploded after 1995. In Britain, one in five children is overweight or obese; in Spain 30 percent;...
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...CASE 27 McDonald’s and Obesity THE PROBLEM Governments and influential health advocates around the world, spooked that their nations’ kids will become as fat as American kids, are cracking down on the marketers they blame for the explosion in childhood obesity. Across the globe, efforts are under way to slow the march of obesity. In the United States, roughly 30 percent of American children are overweight or obese. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 64.5 percent of Americans tip the scales as overweight or obese, the highest percentage of fat people of any country in the world. However, adults and kids in other countries are catching up. THE WORLD The World Heart Federation reports that globally there are now more than 1 billion overweight adults and that at least 400 million of those are obese. An estimated 155 million children are overweight worldwide including 30–45 million who are obese.1 In many countries, the worst increases in obesity have occurred in young people. About half a million children in Europe are suffering classic middle-aged health problems because they are too fat. Obesity among European children has been on the rise over the last 25 years. The number of overweight children in Europe did not change much from 1974 to 1984; then the rate started to creep up during the next 10 years, and it exploded after 1995. In Britain, one in five children is overweight or obese; in Spain 30 percent;...
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...CASE 27 McDonald’s and Obesity THE PROBLEM Governments and influential health advocates around the world, spooked that their nations’ kids will become as fat as American kids, are cracking down on the marketers they blame for the explosion in childhood obesity. Across the globe, efforts are under way to slow the march of obesity. In the United States, roughly 30 percent of American children are overweight or obese. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 64.5 percent of Americans tip the scales as overweight or obese, the highest percentage of fat people of any country in the world. However, adults and kids in other countries are catching up. THE WORLD The World Heart Federation reports that globally there are now more than 1 billion overweight adults and that at least 400 million of those are obese. An estimated 155 million children are overweight worldwide including 30–45 million who are obese.1 In many countries, the worst increases in obesity have occurred in young people. About half a million children in Europe are suffering classic middle-aged health problems because they are too fat. Obesity among European children has been on the rise over the last 25 years. The number of overweight children in Europe did not change much from 1974 to 1984; then the rate started to creep up during the next 10 years, and it exploded after 1995. In Britain, one in five children is overweight or obese; in Spain 30 percent;...
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...Just about everyone in this world has always wished that things were more equal between people. Imagine if you actually lived in a world that was equal in every aspect. We can see what is like in the story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut. He opens with a very telling sentence “The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal”. (Jr.). In this year 2081 their culture values equality so much that everyone is equal in every way. For instance when Hazel suggests that George remove the forty seven pound handicap he replies “If I tried to get away with it….then other people would get away with it…and pretty soon we’d be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else”. (Jr.) In this world of “Harrison Bergeron”,...
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...also found that losing 5 to 7 percent of your body weight and doing moderate exercise (like fast paced walking) for 2.5 hours a week may prevent or delay the ever present risk of type 2 diabetes. According to A study published by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), Sleep Apnea is most dangerous for kids and it’s becoming ever so present in younger generations. It is no less dangerous for the 18 million adults struggling with it. A 20-year review of obesity related diseases among children 6 to 17 conducted by the(CDC) The Center for Disease Control found a major increase in hospital discharges for a number of obesity linked medical conditions. Discharges for sleep apnea quadrupled. Sleep Apnea is a disease in which the person may stop breathing or breathing may be disrupted. This may last up to 10 seconds. There are two forms of this disease : Obstructive and Central Sleep Apnea. Central sleep apnea is when the brain fails to correctly control breathing, fatty tissue around the brain may not allow it to perform in the same way if it wasn’t there. In Obstructive Sleep Apnea Being overweight increases your risk of getting this because the fat around the person's neck causes the muscles not to work correctly and in turn doesn’t allow air to flow freely. There...
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...it was used data comparison as research strategy. This data was collected from the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the American Centro for Diseases Control (CDC). Currently, research shows that an epidemiological change is happening in the nutritional status of the population. Previously malnutrition was predominant, now obesity is taking its place. There are several factors leading to these changes, like inadequate food intake with the predominance of snacks and junk food. However, the most important factor is the changes in the feeding in the first five years of age, which strongly influence if someone will or will not become an obese adult. Ensuring that children receive adequate nutrition, Brazil and the United States established rules in the case of school meals. Forming healthy dietary practices through actions of nutritional education contributes to educational development and improves school performance. However, The U.S. and the Brazil government should develop better policies for nutritional education, and food sales to prevent diseases related to childhood obesity. Nutrition is important in many different cycles of life, but in childhood it has an important role due to the significant body changes that occur. Also in this stage of life children are a...
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...& Fitch CEO Explains Why He Hates Fat Chicks Articles taken from: The Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com/abercrombie-wants-thin-customers-2013-5#ixzz2So251mlk) Clutch Magazine Online: http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2013/05/abercrombie-fitch-ceo-explains-why-he-hates-fat-chicks/ Article by: Ashley Lutz (The Business Insider); Yesha Calahan (Clutch Magazine) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [pic] Teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch doesn't stock XL or XXL sizes in women's clothing because they don't want overweight women wearing their brand. They want the "cool kids," and they don't consider plus-sized women as being a part of that group. Abercrombie is sticking to its guns of conventional beauty, even as that standard becomes outdated. Contrast Abercrombie with H&M, another favorite with the teen set, who just subtly introduced a plus-sized model in its latest swimwear collection. H&M has a plus-sized line. American Eagle, Abercrombie's biggest competitor, offers up to size XXL for men and women. Abercrombie doesn't even list women's XL or XXL on its size chart. Its largest women's pants are a size 10, while H&M's standard line goes up to a size 16, and American Eagle offers up to 18. It's not surprising that Abercrombie excludes plus-sized women considering the attitude of CEO Mike Jeffries, said Robin Lewis, co-author of The New Rules of Retail and CEO of newsletter The...
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...as well as its implementation in the daily lives. However, it was not so effective and failed because of the incomplete participation of people. After many years of independence of India, a most effective campaign of cleanliness is launched to call people for their active participation and complete the mission of cleanliness. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has said in June 2014 while addressing the Parliament that, “For ensuring hygiene, waste management and sanitation across the nation a Swachh Bharat Mission will be launched. This will be our tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary to be celebrated in the year 2019”. In order to fulfil the vision of Mahatma Gandhi and make India an ideal country all over the world, the Prime Minister of India has initiated a campaign called Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (2nd of October 2014). This campaign has the target of completion of mission till 2019 means 150th birthday anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi. Through this campaign the government of India would solve the sanitation problems by enhancing the waste management techniques. Clean India movement is completely associated with the economic strength of the country. The birth date of the Mahatma Gandhi is targeted in both, the launch and completion of the mission. The basic goals behind launching the Swachh Bharat Mission are to make the country full of sanitation facilities as well as eliminate all the unhealthy practices of people...
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...There are way too many humans in this world. They are all fat and filled with food while I have to look for food on the streets like a pitiful monster. Oh! If my kind could rule this planet, I’d make these street rats poop (word suggest that another word for poop is beep-beep: ignore sentence) and pee outside, rain or shine. See how they like it. We would be able to feed ourselves five meals a day and play around as much as we want. We could have kids without worrying about dog-nappings and sold as slaves to random families. We never would have to worry about food, clothing, or shelter. But look at me. I’m thinner than the stop sign down at the corner. I am weaker than the child and hungrier than the “plump” woman. *sees the donut* Oh! Lookie, lookie, oh pitiful fool who is reading this! A donut! A fine wonder of the world! *dashes to donut, shoeing off the little ants crawling upon the already bitten chocolate donut; a thought occurred to Dog as he takes a bite* What am I doing? Am I so pathetic as to eat from the ground? To eat from pitiful human garbage? I am a noble dog who comes from a proud family! I am Marcio, the mag-*stomach growls*I am Mar-*growls louder* I am-*full volume* FINE I’LL EAT THE DAMN DONUT, JUST SHUTUP! One bite at a time. I shall savor each piece… *his stomach said otherwise* I gobbled that thing up like how humans eat bacon. I hadn’t eaten in days; no way was my stomach going to let me nibble on that. Now that I think about it, it might’ve...
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...generation. This is 2 years after Title IX is imposed and rules are being implemented, there is hope and despair in the air for this to be a new move in sports by raising the question how do we create equity for women. In this paper, I will describe the view of an African American women who was born in Southern California and grew up after Title IX was created. She also tell me the other of growing up like being a fat and a tomboy which effected her day to day choices on what sport or physical activity she participated in. Kharyshi Wiginton, interviewed about her choice of physical activity and sport was born in Pomona...
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