DEBATE.4 ADVERTISING AND EATING HABITS

ADVERTISING AND EATING HABITS

“Obesity is a growing health problem, particularly in adolescents and urban children. Eight percent of Australian girls and five percent of boys are severely overweight. Junk food advertising and unhealthy eating habits have been blamed for the high percentage of overweight children.'


“Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Who decides what beauty is or is not -is it simply shifting cultural preference, or is it the media and its portrayal of the human body?
Publications like Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Seventeen give the public a warped perception of reality -portraying exceptionally thin women as the norm. Consumers should keep in mind, however, that the goal of these magazines is not to objectify women and promote unhealthy eating habits, but to make money.”

Is advertising having an effect on our eating habits?

Think about the Mediterranean diet, junk food addicts, health nuts, top models ...... Consider this question from the point of view of the following
a) a health specialist
b) a mother
c) a teenager'