EFFECTS OF JUNK FOOD ADVERTISING ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY
This
video focuses on one negative effect of advertising on children. It states that
junk food advertising causes childhood obesity in America and there are almost
no advertisements for nutritional food. In
addition, it indicates that some fast food companies deceive children by
relating their unhealthy food with active lifestyles and persuade children by
having playgrounds at their restaurants. Moreover, it claims that certain junk
food products are placed at kids’ eye level in markets.
I am off the opinion that
children are interested in active lifestyles and advertising companies
sometimes abuse this interest of children. Almost all advertisements targeting
children have active characters especially cartoon characters in order to be
more attractive. Children watching them think that they will be powerful and
active if they consume the junk food in advertisements because they do not
evaluate them critically and they can be persuaded more easily than adults. I think
advertising companies should this interest of children by promoting healthy and
nutritional food. As a result of this, not only they may still make a profit, but
also children consume more healthy products and are protected from obesity and the
other diseases it may cause. For example, there was an advertising introducing
a milk brand, Sütaş. In the advertisement, cows were flying and it was
interesting for children in my opinion. This type of advertisement both provides companies with profit and for children to consume healthy products.
In
conclusion, advertising companies should be sensitive to children’s health
apart from their profit.
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