AGR 203: Supersize Me by https://padlet.com/rtahren/s9xgwmiqrge4 Obesity and Misleading Marketing en-us 2018-07-28 18:34:43 UTC 2018-07-28 20:44:02 UTC hello@padlet.com “When Burger King first opened they had a 12 oz small and a 16 oz large. This 12 oz is now kiddie 16 is now the small, medium a 32, and large a 42” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/s9xgwmiqrge4/wish/271340810 In this portion of the documentary the last is discussing how the increased sizes are effecting childhood obesity. They even interview a lady from France who says they don’t have sizes anywhere near what they do here in America. In an article I read it states that fast food consumption has strong positive associations with weight gain and insulin resistance, suggesting that fast food increases the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes (Pereira). I think this plays into our enviornment because the production it takes to satisfy the want of fast food could be hurting our environment. Including the rates at which animals are giving birth and being sent off ]]> 2018-07-28 18:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/s9xgwmiqrge4/wish/271340810 “In the last 20-25 years we’ve seen a doubling of overweight children in adolescence” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/s9xgwmiqrge4/wish/271340937 This is a statement that shocks and worries me. Not only is it unhealthy for children to be so overweight at such a young age but they are setting themself  up for failure in the future. One article I read says that fast food use was reported by 37% of adults and 42% of children (Paeratakul, 1332-1338). Children are eating fast food more because it’s super convenient and cheap. Places also offer toys to entertain the kids so it’s a cycle. ]]> 2018-07-28 18:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/s9xgwmiqrge4/wish/271340937 “A matter of common knowledge that any processing that it’s food undergo serve to make them more harmful than unprocessed foods” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/s9xgwmiqrge4/wish/271341375 This was a quote that was written in a lawsuit involving McDonald’s. It says that people should know that the processing the foods go through at McDonald’s make eating it more harmful than eating unprocessed foods. In a PDF I read from Rutgers is discusses that lack of nutrition education and awareness, along with low cost, widely available processed foods have resulted in the rise of obesity and other health inequalities (Macdonald, 1). This is mostly happening is low income areas which like I said it’s because of how convenient and cheap it is that it’s become such an “epidemic”. ]]> 2018-07-28 19:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/s9xgwmiqrge4/wish/271341375 “I believe we live in a toxic food and physical inactivity environment. That is we live in an enviornment that almost guarantees we become sick” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/s9xgwmiqrge4/wish/271343229 One person in the documentary explains that the frequency and normality of eating fast food is making people less healthy and nutritious leading them to have less energy and be less active. An article online stated that fast food restaurant use is associated with higher energy and fat intake among adolescence (French, 1). Kids are becoming so reliant on the convenience of fast food that it’s axtually affecting their health leading to them to become more overweight at younger ages. ]]> 2018-07-28 20:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/s9xgwmiqrge4/wish/271343229 “The average American child sees 10,000 advertisements a year on television” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/s9xgwmiqrge4/wish/271343643 I think that television and advertisement are also to blame for this obesity epidemic. Commercials are directed at kids by using toys and other things to try and get their parents to take them to these fast food places. One article says that marketers explicitly attempt to undermine family decisions about food choices by convincing children that they, not adults, should control these choices (Nestle, 1). This is a scary thought that these companies are actually convincing kids through their commercials that they know what’s best for themselves and more healthy]]> 2018-07-28 20:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/s9xgwmiqrge4/wish/271343643 Works Cited rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/s9xgwmiqrge4/wish/271343674 Fast-food consumption among US adults and children: Dietary and nutrient intake profile. (2004, October 08). Retrieved July 28, 2018, from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002822303010861

Fast-food habits, weight gain, and insulin resistance (the CARDIA study): 15-year prospective analysis. (2005, January 05). Retrieved July 28, 2018, from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673604176630

Food Marketing and Childhood Obesity - A Matter of Policy | NEJM. (n.d.). Retrieved July 28, 2018, from https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp068014

French, S., Story, M., Neumark-Sztainer, D., Fulkerson, J., & Hannan, P. (2001, November 26). Fast food restaurant use among adolescents: Associations with nutrient intake, food choices and behavioral and psychosocial variables. Retrieved July 28, 2018, from https://www.nature.com/articles/0801820

MacDonald, A., Pizarek-Kmieciak, I., Skula, S. R., & Fagan, J. M., Oh.D. (n.d.). Processed Foods Promote Obesity. Retrieved July 28, 2018, from https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/42721/PDF/1/
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