The first article on Media and Risky behaviors is about how when kids reach adolesence that they become less physically active and begin to do unhealthy choices. By that I mean smoking, drinking, and doing drugs. Also the media showing violence all the time could make teen more agressive.
The research has shown that obesity rates have been growing and growing. The reason being that over 1 billion dollars is being spent on advertisement on fast food places around the country.
ReacTion:
I found this to be disgusting. While writing this I heard over 5 commercials for McDonalds alone. The amount of money spent on media air time is outrageous and they advertise the apples fries and fresh salads which have an enormous amount of sugar and preservatives in them which makes them just as bad as everything else at the place.
Questions.
-I want to know how much money people spend on fast food every year?
-How high does the obesity rate have to go before the government steps in to make programs mandatory for weightloss?
-How much is the annual spendings for all the fast food places on media time?
2 comments:
I agree with you a majority of the commercials you see are fast food restraunts. They try and make the food look really good on TV so you get a craving for it and then proceed to buy it. When kids see these commercials they want the food and if you somstantly let your kid have fast food they will be overweight.
I would definately agree with you. Parents today need to stop allowing kids to eat whatever they want. Parents need to know that they are kids and you can say "NO", yes maybe the child will throw a tantrum, but oh well, what do you want a tantrum or an obese kid. I'll take tantrum anyday over an obese kid. When that kid grows up and is obese as an adult, they might resent their parents. I often see chunky kids come into my work just like chowing down on a bunch of food. It makes me so disgusted. When I was younger I was always outside riding my bike with friends and I think that the main problem is that kids aren't getting the physical activity needed.
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