Friday, April 30, 2010

should we allowed advertising in school?

Should fast food advertising be allowed in school? No, we should allow this fast food chains post their ads in or around the school. School is a place for knowledge not a place to eat unhealthy. Those company only want this because their trying to brainwash kids to always want to eat from there. They also know that there will increase seals. We shouldn’t allow them to this for their own good.
First, many fast food restaurant like McDonalds and Burger King are advertising everywhere from TV commercial to build-board in front of school of all different ages. You can see adds every minute on TV, you can find a McDonalds bag almost anywhere on the floor, and you can find a fast food chain around in any community. This shows that these big time chains are very popular and have increases throughout the years. Beside find one those fast food chain in the United Stated, you can also find one in other countries like Dominica Republic, Brazil, France, and Australia even in Iraq. So this shows that this chain are around the world franchise that having a great income every year. This has a great impact in the economy because it shows that there making money no matter what.
Second, in past decade or two many states that have big city like New York have seen an alarming rate of obesities children and type 2 diabetes in children. Before it was only adults that would have this diseases but now with all this added chemicals that speed up the growth and size of that food we eat many of our children are getting this disease. This as to with the increases of high corn syrup that could be find in almost any type of food, for sunny delight to ketchup. High corn syrup is a sweetener made from corn: is composed of either 42 percent or 55 percent fructose, with the remaining sugars being primarily glucose and higher sugars. In terms of composition, high fructose corn syrup is nearly identical to table sugar (sucrose), which is composed of 50 percent fructose and 50 percent glucose. Glucose is one of the simplest forms of sugar that serves as a building block for most carbohydrates. Fructose is a simple sugar commonly found in fruits and honey. In the New York Times “A TAX TO COMBAT AMERICA’S SUGARY DIET” they have a section in which they about sugar and high fructose corn syrup “not ordinary table sugar(which the body breaks down to a 50-50 sugar combination of glucose and fructose, the makeup of high-fructose corn syrup); not brown sugar or raw sugar; not honey; not agave syrup; not even fruit juice concentrate. All theses sweetener when added to drinks contribute mostly empty calories that do little to satisfy the appetite and end up as excess energy that the body ultimately turns to fat. And soda, though the most common sugary beverage, is not the only one involved.” With the increases of corn syrup in almost every beverage and food it’s not to have all this extra weight because our body doesn’t break down and we continue consuming this unhealthy product.
Third, with the increases of advertising especially in school many of children either become over weight or already are overweight. Many company like McDonalds and Burger king try to advertise to school like elementary school because it’s easier to brainwash them. They advertise there product so such in our school that we all know their food selections because of all the ads, build boards, we see our favorite celebrities eating there. We see brand like McDonalds everywhere. It’s like they brainwash us for young to know everything about McDonalds. For an exempla; I remember when I was young I would always want a McDonald every time I would see or hear one. Those fast food chains are a big reason why so many young adults and children are overweight. And many children now have a greater chances getting type 2 diabetes. Before only adults was the only one that would get this disease. Now one out of three children would get type 2 diabetes and with the increases of corn syrup in a few years it’s going to be one every 2 children going to have diabetes. This means the next generation of kids half of them will have this illness. Meaning that in the next 30-40 years at less half of your family member will have this. This means that we need to change the way we consume all this high fructose corn syrup. One way is to educate our children for young about corn syrup and tell them the damages it does in the future. Another way is by giving more fruits to eat as snack and cooking more vegetables that comes from organic farms. We also should take kids to public parks and put them in active activities like sports; anything that will have kids out side running around not thinking about unhealthy food.
In conclusions, advertising in school causes a lot of health problems, from overweight to illness. This show how much we need to educative our children in high fructose corn syrup and what are some of the solution that will helps decreases the alarming rate of type 2 debates. Also we need to put a stop on the corn syrup all together because this what affecting us and our children.



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