2. Thesis statement.
Refuting their claims.
Advertising Strategies.
Supporters’ point of view.
Physical & psychological hazards.
Conclusion.
Introduction.
3. Introduction:
-Fast food is rapidly becoming
addictive as smoking or taking
drugs.
-Children at this young age are
easily affected by these ads.
-Fast food as burgers, pizza , fries
are what children prefer to eat
because of the TV ads they are
exposed to.
4. Although some people think that fast food
advertisements don’t affect on children’s choice and
don’t contribute to childhood obesity.
5. Fast food ads should be banned as cigarettes
advertisements have been banned because
they are just as bad as cigarettes due to its
physical, commercial, and psychological
hazards.
6. What do supporters think?
- Fast Food ads don’t have a
great impact on children’s
choice.
- It’s the parent’s
responsibility and duty
to prevent their
children to eat these
types of unhealthy
food.
7.
8. -The study found that after these
children where exposed to fast food
adverts they were more likely to
choose unhealthy food rich with fat
and carbohydrate. These food
commercials increase the children’s
selection of unhealthy food even it’s
branded or unbranded.
- A study was done by researchers in the institute of
psychology at the University of Liverpool, they examined
the food which is desired by a group of 281 children their
ages between 6-13 from England.
Statistics:
Conclusion:
9. -Parents should guide their children
but it’s not only their responsibility
to prevent them from eating such
types of unhealthy food.
-There should be some type of
protection to children as
preventing these ads during the
children’s viewing hours.
-Advertisements can indirectly
affect people by creating social
norms.
10. physical hazards:
-Encourage unhealthy eating which
increase the risk to be obese.
-Obesity leads to serious health
consequences.
Example: stroke, heart diseases and
cancer.
-Just the sight of the food in a food
advertisement increases dopamine
levels and can lead to craving and
hunger (Fast Food Addiction)
11. Psychological hazards:
-It doesn’t contains the nutrients
that combat depression.
-Fast food is linked to depression as
it is rich with fats and carbohydrates
which make us happy while eating it.
According to a study done by scientists of the University
of Granada, eating fast food is linked to depression.
Published in the Public Health Nutrition journal, the results
reveal that people who eat fast food compared to those
who eat little or none are 51% more likely to develop
depression.
12. Advertising strategies:
-It’s a business, a business doing its job by using
some strategies that have great influence on
people.
-Advertisements aren’t telling the whole truth.
13. - Fast food industry spends more
than $5 million every day marketing
unhealthy foods to children. Kids
watch an average of over ten food
ads every day (nearly 4,000 per
year). And it’s working a study
found that when children were
exposed food advertisements, they
consumed 45% more food than
children exposed to non-food
advertisements.
Statistics:
16. -Fast food adverts encourage people to be
unhealthy and less active. It’s a big responsibility
and parents shouldn’t be blamed.
-Some actions should be taken as banning these
ads as cigarette’s ads have been banned or at least
preventing them during the children’s viewing
hours.
Conclusion:
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