Almost every day today it seems as there are multitude of ways processed foods are introduced to the average American throughout the day. One would have to sit down at their house all day without going on the internet or T.V. to not be introduce to any type of processed foods via advertisements or products itself. Stephanie Soechtig wrote and produced the documentary film Fed Up in 2014 detail the affects of how the high-processed foods that people consumed contribute more to obesity than the lack of exercise. One of the most prominent ideas in the documentary is that the powerful food industry puts personal interest and greed over the well-being of the Americans (especially the youth) by giving half-truths, lies, and denying the detrimental affects of processed foods. …show more content…
Throughout the documentary, the processed food industry was being frequently compared to how tobacco was view and perceived in America and how the high executives would try to negate the health detriments of cigarettes in the early and mid-20th century. There was also a positive correlation between the amount of people exercising and the obesity rates in the country. Although exercise is important, the unhealthy products that are filled with simple carbohydrates, such as sugar and high fructose corn syrup, lead to the alarming high rates of obesity in the country. The documentary also gave interviews between the corporates of the processed food industry and the families being affected. There were several different children interviewed about their weight and how they are possibly trying to lose it. Sadly, these children were educated into thinking that only exercise and eating ‘healthy’ processed foods would help them, not knowing about added simple