Viewpoint: America's fast food industry has been extremely successful over the years. Hamburgers and fries have symbolized the american way of life. But have you noticed how many fast food advertisements are directed toward children? The fast food industry's goal is to not only increase current consumption but also future consumption. By doing this they advertise the food to the kids which in effect leads to the kids begging and pleading to their parents to get them fast food hoping that childhood influences will lead to lifetime future purchases. The US workforce of the fast food industry is dominated by adolescents and immigrants. Instead of them relying on well-trained workers they get part-time workers who are easier to control and accept low pay. Steroids and antibiotics are fed to the chicken and cattle which is non-suprising evidence of the poor quality that is fast food. I believe this continues because the government doesn't heavily regulate food properly or they simply don't care and because they think people won't care or won't be able to do much about it. Keep this in mind when considering eating at a fast food restaurant.
Evidence: http://www.mhstheunion.net/2013/fast-food-industry-exposed-in-fast-food-nation/
http://www.medindia.net/news/healthwatch/bitter-truth-about-fast-foods-117085-1.htm
http://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/stories/8-creepy-mystery-ingredients-in-fast-food
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/fastfood.htm
What type of steroids are being used in our meat sources? What are they meant to do? The Huffington Post wrote an article on the growth of our marketed animals compared to that of normal animals and whether or not the common source found in these animals (hormones) are good or bad. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/31/hormones-in-food-should-y_n_815385.html Based on information first stated, salmon are growing twice as fast, dairy cows are producing 15% more milk, and beef cows are growing 20% faster. This is worrisome because of the unnatural concept of this growth. Angel, should citizens worry about this growth? And how does this connect to the fast food chain?
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DeleteI like all the evidence you used to back up your ideas. I had no idea that things like duck feathers or sand have been used in actual foods that are distributed to consumers everyday. I also like what you said about the government not caring enough to regulate the food more heavily. It might have something to do with the fact they are making money and feel like they have other things to worry about. The government is concerned in other matters that blinds them from the issues of food regulation and management. They let these things slip through the cracks and don't do a better job of making the food environment healthier so things like diseases or bacteria don't get exposed to the public. My question is, despite all the things that are used in foods like "soil fertilizer" or "silly putty plastic," we still go out and buy the food without a second thought. How can we better educate the buyers so they know what they're putting in themselves? And should the government even do anything about fast food? There's this debate to think about:
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-Edmund Rospigliosi
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DeleteI have a question: Is there a second meat production business going on that the American public is unaware of? Or, is meat being imported from overseas? The reason that I pose these questions is that both Edmund and Angel both seem to insinuate that the government doesn't care about it's people. I think that if that is the case, the meat that President Obama and congress is eating comes from somewhere else and if that is so, then we can pin carelessness and negligence on the government. Until we find evidence indicative of such acts, we cannot say that the government doesn't care about it's people. We can however, say that the proper precautions to protect aren't being taken. We cannot blame the government entirely. I think that the blame falls on the people as well. In fact, I think that they deserve the most blame. I have evidence from one of my posts, "The Sweetness of Death: It Never Tasted Better" (*1), that shows the amount of views that exposés on the food industry have received. I have further evidence that questions the care of consumers. In fact, I am wondering if they are not the careless and negligent ones.The amount of views on these videos proves that the information is being seen. The records of food borne illnesses show that there isn't much being done with the information.
Delete(*1) http://goveconfood.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-sweetness-of-death-it-never-tasted.html
How the food industry is deceiving you part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZaCKBLTQrc Views: 16,276 Uploaded on Jan 26, 2010
Genetically Modified Foods in America - Health Documentary | Food industry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i8ZMFJG3wE Views: 3,755 Published on Apr 7, 2013
Jeffrey M. Smith: The GMO Threat (Full Length • HD) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPvkZv5MfRw Views: 28,175 Uploaded on Jan 16, 2011
~Zipporah Sumner
Angel,
ReplyDeleteYou raise an interesting point about the experience of the people who are working in these factories. I know that I wouldn't really trust someone who is being mistreated and underpaid to take their job too seriously. Good info.
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i completely agree with this statement. It's actually a smart idea to target children for future investments. Thats why fast food restaurant like mcdonalds, burger king, chuck E cheese's,etc. Your also right about workers will do anything in order to get a job no matter what it is to help their family. Chickens are being fed drugs, corn, and all kinds of different substances. Also, the amount of food inspections that are going on year round has decreased drastically which was talked about in Food inc. How do you think that we can show people what people are eating and what is inside of it.
ReplyDeleteEvidence: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1867957/
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DeleteI agree with your viewpoint, fast food restaurants might taste good and be successful but are effecting the children, animals and workers. The fast food advertisements are brain washing children while workers are being mistreated and being payed low wage. Also chickens are being genetically altered which leads to diseases.http://www.nber.org/papers/w11879 this website another piece of evidence that affects children because the advertisements not only brain washes them but will lead to obesity.
ReplyDeleteINFO ABOUT WORKERS:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/low-wage-workers
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ReplyDeleteThe evidence that use explained you statement about the fast food nation. i agree with this because now a day you will see everyone fast food restaurant advertising to children by bribing them with toys with their meal. But does not care that what they are feeding them is not healthy for them and can lead them to be a customer to them but also can the children can also get sick in the process. In the Fast Food Nation book explains that when fast food restaurant began to boom is when the problem with health problem with children and adults.
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I like how you said the government don't regulate food properly. I think that if people sign a petition about the food that aren't regulate properly, the government will try to regulate the food and tell companies to do it..A question I have is what you think will happened if the companies hired skilled workers and fire part time workers?
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your right ! The advertisement for fast food really are aiming for children! many children have seen fast food advertisement and would want to eat it. they would beg and beg their parents to bring them their. and the parents would take them. "a whopping 40% of parents reported that their child asked to go to McDonald’s at least once a week, and 15% of preschoolers’ parents said they fielded such a request every day. Most of the parents gave in." most advertisement period would try to get the children attention because it would be a good sale because parents would give in and give them what ever they want.
ReplyDeleteevidence- http://healthland.time.com/2010/11/08/study-fast-food-ads-target-kids-with-unhealthy-food-and-it-works/
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