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1 Holt Rowley 1 Holt Rowley Michelle Szetela English 1010 Annotated Bibliography 10/29/13 Junk Food Bushweller, Kevin. "The Big Mac Attack." Executive Educator. May 1995: SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 28 Oct Should fast food restaurants be allowed to sell children junk food in schools? Why all of sudden are fast food chains working there way into schools? Seven years ago they had almost no presence in schools but now they are moving in very fast. Schools soon will only have choices of fast food. This is said because it has the same nutritional value as meals the school cooks. So what do we do? Bushweller explains schools have to cater to what the students want. If students want junk food do you give it to them? That is a hard decision because if you start serving items they do not want they will simply not eat it and find ways to get what they want. If schools put fast food in their cafeterias does that promote poor nutrition?

2 Holt Rowley 2 Duncan, Emma, and others. "Spoilt for Choice: A Survey of Food." Economist. Dec SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 27 Oct Food has changed over the years. Duncan explains, the poor use to be skinny and the rich use to be fat. In present day we have rich being skinny and poor being fat. She says evolution is mostly blame, but our food has become worse for us. We eat constantly but we don t live in a time of hard labor that forces us to use the food energy we consume. So the food we eat just causes our bellies to expand instead of using its energy. Diets should be started at young ages to help with this problem. If you start a child on something while they are young they are more likely to stick with it. Junk food should be eliminated from schools. If we are trying to stop obesity from junk food why do we continue to have it in schools? With the obesity problem how is so much sugar getting into schools? At the same time schools are starting to turn down soft drink companies because of how unhealthy they are. So could excessive sugars be on the way out of schools? Freedman, David H. "How Junk Food Can End Obesity." Atlantic Monthly. Jul/Aug 2013: SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 27 Oct Freeman is implying that the media is blaming fast food and processed food for our obesity epidemic. He explains how foods found at fast food restaurants are loaded with fats and sugars. Eating like this can be very unhealthy and cause problems. He also ponders that if we were to start eating different types of foods

3 Holt Rowley 3 would it really make that much of a difference? He also states many whole foods are loaded with carbohydrates and sugars. Would already obese people be willing to change and eat different foods if it was made optional? What Freeman goes on to explain is fast food is bad for you but just how willing will people be to make the change? Will people change to whole foods even though it may not be as good tasting, and if it is as good are you willing to pay more? It will help to explain why junk food is eaten more and why whole food companies are halting their own progress. Gardner, Gary, and Brian Halweil. "Escaping Hunger, Escaping Excess." World Watch. July/Aug. 2000: SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 28 Oct How is it some parts of the world are eating so much and some are not? Countries such as Ethiopia have 16 million people starving. Then the United States has more then half of the population overweight. It is a strange world and this happens because the accessibility to food. Some countries do not have the access because of many assorted reasons. Then countries like the U.S. has food available everywhere you go. The U.S. may have access to more food but the majority of the food sold is supersized junk food. Why does the U.S. choose to eat so much junk food? Then when we do eat it we eat in excess. Gardner tells us that we need to appreciate what we have and not eat so unhealthy. Seek out quality and fresh foods and not disrespect your self or the world just because we have more choices.

4 Holt Rowley 4 McMillan, Tracie. "The Action Diet." City Limits. July/Aug SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 28 Oct Is healthy food more expensive or difficult to prepare? McMillan talks to some cooking teenagers who want to help everyone eat better. These kids would like to solve the obesity crises among children. The kids tell McMillan there a lot more reasons of how young people are getting fat and a lot less of how to find a solution. The biggest area with this problem is in poor urban areas. The reason is that there are a large amount of fast food restaurants and supermarkets are scattered. Then once you are in a supermarket produce can be very expensive. The kids then express there should be more supermarkets and more areas where fresh food is grown and sold. We should also understand nutrition and help spread the word so there are less young people who are unhealthy. Miller, Lisa. "Divided We Eat." Newsweek. 29 Nov 2010: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 28 Oct Is it possible to avoid junk food and eat healthy even if you can t afford it? Some children don t even have enough to eat. Then you have others you exclusively live on junk food. The crazy part is, these children live less then 5 miles apart. So how can you afford to eat healthy poor or rich? Miller gives us the information and tells us just how we can connect the gap for everyone to eat healthy. Moss, Michael. "The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food." New York Times

5 Holt Rowley 5 Magazine. 24 Feb SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 28 Oct Junk food is addicting! Moss talks about a secret meeting that had taken place with some CEO s and presidents of different food company s. The meeting was to address the obesity epidemic. More then half of Americans are overweight. Why is this? Could it be because some process foods have ingredients that actually make you still feel hungry after eating? Could there be a way to fix this? Moss talks about how even though this information was being presented to them they didn t want to hear it. Junk food is bad, but if you are in this business and is your livelihood what would you do? Details are then given about how junk food is addicting. It shows us what is really in the food we like so much. Paumgarten, Nick. "Food Fighter." New Yorker Vol. LXXXV, No Jan SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 27 Oct Are whole foods better then junk food? Paumgarten says of course it is, but it also is more expensive. He explains some think it is a luxury to those that have money. It should not be thought of like that. It is a healthier choice and just how much more expensive is it really? He then talks about a man named John Mackey who is a co founder of whole foods market. He talks about his conversation with him and gives a brief description of his life. The problem with whole foods is they are given a bad image to the obese population. The price may be a problem to some but most of the problem is because

6 Holt Rowley 6 people refuse to alter their habits. So how do you get people out of habits they are stuck in? Mackey explains how this can be done and how whole foods have affected his life and how it can affect yours. ProQuest Staff. "At Issue: Junk Food Tax." ProQuest LLC. 2013: n.pag. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 28 Oct Should junk food be taxed? This tax also known as fat tax would put a tax on fattening drinks and food. This might help solve obese problems to the more poor areas. Would it affect the rich areas? The tax could be used to help fund nutrition campaigns. The only question is exactly how much would people care? Would the tax really be a big enough deal for people to stop buying fatty foods? Or would they just accept it and just pay the tax with no worry? In addition, if it passed is that an invasion of privacy or freedoms? Is it not our right to eat what we want? Ruskin, Gary. "The Fast Food Trap." Mothering No Nov/Dec. 2003: SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 28 Oct Why is it that children are getting so obese? Ruskin describes how it is a tragedy that children are getting so fat. Children can have food whenever they would like. There was a time when parents would decide what and where their children ate. Children are constantly eating junk food and any sort of food they can get. Food establishments such as McDonalds started associating cartoon characters to their restaurants to sell happy meals to children.

7 Holt Rowley 7 We wonder why children are fat. Everywhere you look junk food, soda, and fast food restaurants are being advertised. They are targeting teens by putting product placement on popular TV shows. Product placement is a big problem. When kids see there favorite characters eating certain products it motivates them to do the same. He then explains how we can we fight and end child obesity? ston, and Nicholas Kohler. "L.A.'s Fast- Food Drive- By." Maclean's (Toronto, Canada) Vol., No. Aug : SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 28 Oct Just how important is junk food to you? Are you willing to walk into your favorite fast food restaurant even though bulletproof glass is in front of the counter? To some people this is the only option and to some the strange set up is worth getting their junk food. In south L.A. there are many fast food restaurants. Some say they do not want so many of them but junk food is king. Some City Council members would like to shut down fast food stores in south L.A. This would be healthier and would stop people from eating so much junk food. The only problem is. Would it work? Would people get healthy or would they find another alternative for their junk food? Yadav, Kushal Pal Singh. "What Will You Eat?." Down to Earth (New Delhi, India) Vol. 15, No Jun 2006: SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 27 Oct Junk food is not just a problem in the United States but in other places as well. In India they are having problems with junk food but like everywhere else they are figuring ways to fix it. Yadav tells us that being rich or poor makes no difference.

8 Holt Rowley 8 People are still eating the same things. It may be worse for the poor but even the rich are spending their money and getting hooked on junk food. In India junk food such as pizza, burgers, and chips are being sold more frequently. With people buying junk foods more and more it is causing it to be produced at a massive level. Yadav then points out that people are eating junk food for other reasons besides price and taste. Going to the store and buying fresh foods and then cooking at home can be healthier, but can be time consuming. Considering this people are going out to eat more frequently. It then goes into depth how we are not protecting our health and how food habits can change and how it has affected India.