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    solution was to take junk food out of schools. That is a acceptable idea, but it is not the best. Junk foods should not be taken out of schools because, schools only represent a slight portion of childhood obesity problems, junk food in vending machines brings in a great deal of revenue, and television is the biggest contributor to childhood obesity. Schools only represent a slight portion of the childhood obesity issue. Radford said “They can can food at home, they can get food in their neighborhoods

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    Junk Food Here in America, humans rely very much on junk food, which leads to higher obesity rates, more illnesses, and a less healthy society, which means that food manufactures could be placing things in the food making it very unhealthy and a less living life. Most junk foods now have a lot of calories which is usually commercially packaged and prepared. Junk food is almost readily available almost anywhere across this country in all sorts of restaurants in the form of soda, chicken tenders,

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    epidemic that is sweeping across Australia, the conspicuous question arises; what is causing it? On January 29, 2017, an editorial written by an un-named writer, published by The Age, entitled, ‘Block sweetheart deals for junk food makers,’ asserts that the ‘powerful’ junk food industry is to be blamed for tarnishing children’s lives all around the world. The piece is argued in a direct and coherent fashion to appeal to the Australian public. The author argues that child obesity is rampant in Australia

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    the delicious junk food, whether or not it is slowly killing the consumer. This is why people should limit the junk food that they consume; it is simply a death sentence to the body, mind, environment and economy. Many people do not even consider junk food as real food. It is made to be prepared and served as quickly as possible. While consisting of preheated or precooked ingredients, it is served to the customer in a packaged form in order for a quick and easy take-out. Junk food is sold nearly

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    cause of the obesity? Fast food. Fast food has made such an impact since the early 1900s from small town restaurants to international corporations with thousands of restaurants centered in all of the major cities across the world; fast food has made such an impact in everything we can possibly think of, but not in a good way. Its no secret that fast food is bad for you, numerous documentaries has sprung up over the years and while that has brought more facts about fast food to light they have hardly

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    What do you mostly spend your money on? Thesis: Mostly everyone spends their money on junk food and clothes. Most teenagers that are attending high school have jobs. Like I said most teens! They are either working because they believe that having their own money will prevent them from asking their parents for any type of financial help for anything. Most teens start work at fast-foods places, shoe stores and retail jobs. Once they get that bi-weekly check my question to you is what do you spend

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    form of French fries and chips. This shows that junk food has become a staple to most people’s diets, even though it is well-known for its numerous disadvantages. One disadvantage is it being a health risk. Junk food is a risk to one’s health because of its effects to the physical health, its effects to the mental health, and its effects to the environment. The most common drawback of junk food is its deleterious effects to the body. Junk food is known as one of the many factors that lead

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    Junk Food Threats

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    The Threat of Marketing Junk Food to Children “Taste the feeling”, “Trix are for kids”, “I’m loving it”,“Taste the Rainbow”, more like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke. There are a countless number of diseases that can be caused by over eating and the consumption of too much fat and sugars, yet everyone still buys junk food every day. Big companies would never tell you what their products can actually do to you, they just want to seem compelling so people will buy their merchandise

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    documentary The Myth of Choice: How Junk Food Marketers Target Our Kids. 1 in 3 kids each day eat fast food, causing cancer, obesity, and diabetes type 2. This shows that if advertisers don't care about kids health or they're oblivious to the affects. And it's most likely not going to change. Also from the documentary, The Myth of Choice: How Junk Food Marketers Target Our Kids. It states “engineered to target parts of your brain that want fat and sugar”. Junk food companies hire scientists to like

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    Junk Food Analysis

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    Junk food refers to cheap food containing high levels of calories from sugar or fat with little fiber, protein, vitamins or minerals. People in the United States consume massive amounts of these unhealthy products everyday that are produced by big industries like Coca-Cola and McDonald’s. Investigative reporter Michael Moss argues that the food giants have hooked people with addictive foods that are harming our health. How do they do this? I strongly agree with Moss’s agreement because the food giants

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