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Advertisements and Obesity

Food advertisements are made to encourage the public to buy their company product. Since young children and teenagers are easily influenced by the media and their peers, they are persuaded into believing certain foods are cool and they do not realize the non nutritional value of the food they are consuming. ( Food advertising, 1). More than 60 percent of adults over the age of 20 are overweight, and one quarter are obese. Eleven percent of children are obese in the USA. These statistics show that people are not educated enough on the value of a nutritional diet. Because it is unrealistic to change or stop the advertising industry from promoting appetizing commercials and advertisements about food, we should educate the public about the dangers of obesity and the health risks that come along with eating unhealthy foods on a regular basis.
In our society, children view more than 100, 000 commercials that pertain to food each year. Television......

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