AGR 203: Fed Up by https://padlet.com/jfauten/9t19kkyhtsnz Obesity in America en-us 2018-08-08 22:06:44 UTC 2024-11-21 08:33:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pizza.png "I just saw a new major analysis that says that soft drinks have nothing to do with obesity and the study was sponsored in part by Coca a Cola." jfauten https://padlet.com/jfauten/9t19kkyhtsnz/wish/272413078 I chose this quote because I found it interesting for a company, whose product has been found to be unhealthy to consume, make such a claim. It may not be just that soda may be packed with sugar. There are also other problems with drinking it. One article I found stated that caffeine and sugar are in soda which are in itself mildly addictive (Wang, et al. 2017). The article also pointed out the caffeine is in about 60% of all United States soft drinks. The article shows that soda could actually be just addictive which may be why 
Americans consume it as much as they do.
Heterogeneous behavior, obesity, and storability…

]]> 2018-08-08 22:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jfauten/9t19kkyhtsnz/wish/272413078 "It costs more to eat healthier." jfauten https://padlet.com/jfauten/9t19kkyhtsnz/wish/272417342 It may appear that eating healthy is more expensive especially with places that have cheaper priced food such as McDonald's dollar menu. In some instances eating possibly may be more expensive but that is actually not always the case. One article in particular points out that thinking that eating healthy is expensive usually comes from biased sampling and personal experiences (Haws, et al. 2017). Every day we society is presented with media showing commercials of low priced food such as the so called deals from fast food restaurants. This article looks at lay theory to describe this by continuing to explain that when consumers make judgments about food and health they access lay theory (Haws, et al. 2017). Sometimes a person's judgements are actually just based on the information presented to them instead of facts.
Healthy diets make empty wallets…


]]> 2018-08-08 23:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jfauten/9t19kkyhtsnz/wish/272417342 "When I was young the obesity rates were actually pretty rare among children. There has been a stunning increase. jfauten https://padlet.com/jfauten/9t19kkyhtsnz/wish/272418047 It is scary to think that youth obesity rates are increasing. I know that when I was in high school a lot of kids in my hometown ate at fast food restaurants mostly because I believe it was convenient for them. When I was in high school, we were given many unhealthy options for our school lunch such as cheese sticks and french fries. Although students were able to make a choice if they wanted to purchase those items or not they were still presented to them by the school. An article I found stated that about one in three children are either overweight or obese (Moore, et al. 2017). 
All in the family? Parental roles in the epidemic…


]]> 2018-08-08 23:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jfauten/9t19kkyhtsnz/wish/272418047 "Lobbyists for the sugar industry recommended that 25% of calories in a daily diet should come from sugar 2.5 times the WHO recommendation." jfauten https://padlet.com/jfauten/9t19kkyhtsnz/wish/272418378 The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends less daily sugar than what sugar industry lobbyists are suggesting. I chose this quote because I thought this was insane. It appears to be that obesity rates have in risen in recent years and are continuing to do so. One article in particular explained that the WHO did 38 cohort studies which found that there is a relationship between the risk of being either overweight or obese and the consumption of sugary drinks (Khan & Sievenpiper, 2016). It baffles me that 2.5 times the recommend amount of daily sugar intake would be suggested when their appears to be a link between sugar and being either overweight or obese.
Controversies about sugars…

]]> 2018-08-08 23:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jfauten/9t19kkyhtsnz/wish/272418378 "We have a food industry that's feeding America mostly highly processed sugary foods that are killing us that are making us fat and sick. This is the fundamental problem that nobody is talking about in society jfauten https://padlet.com/jfauten/9t19kkyhtsnz/wish/272418713 A lot of the foods that Americans consume every day appear to be linked to becoming overweight obese. I chose this quote because I believe there should be more awareness brought to this topic. An article I found stated that about 66 million people are obese and 74 million are overweight in the United States (Rippe & Angelopoulos, 2016). The article also explained that within the last 30 years there has been a 40% increase of obesity  (Rippe & Angelopoulos, 2016).  With the growing rates of obesity in America I believe more awareness needs to be brought to this topic.
Sugars, obesity, and cardiovascular disease…

]]> 2018-08-08 23:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jfauten/9t19kkyhtsnz/wish/272418713 jfauten https://padlet.com/jfauten/9t19kkyhtsnz/wish/272428751 2018-08-09 01:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jfauten/9t19kkyhtsnz/wish/272428751