“Many of the dominant social practices in our society - practices that define a "normal" life - on further investigation turn out to involve nightmares and industrial atrocities.”
Major Claim: Our attempts to live healthier lives as Americans, has brought a lot frustration and failure; we know the dangers and risks of the food we consume. We see the warning signs, yet we continue to live an unhealthy life.
Supporting claim one: There was an increase in awareness about the dangers of obesity, especially amongst young ethnic children yet fast food chains continue to expand and the prices of vegetables are still more expensive than the price of a bag of chips.
EVIDENCE: fast food chains target ethnic working class families with multiple children, this is dangerous because they (children) are at the highest risk for having type two diabetes and other food related health issues in the future.
EVIDENCE: obesity rates amongst children of different races
EVIDENCE: the amount of fast food chains in dominantly white neighborhoods and the amount of fast food chains in dominantly ethnic neighborhoods.
EVIDENCE: brochures about childhood obesity in places like hospitals or doctors offices
EVIDENCE: fast food chains are required by law to present the nutrition facts about their products on their food and at their restaurants.
Supporting claim two: We continue to live as though we are invincible, eating whatever we want and not thinking about where it comes from, whats inside or how it is made.
EVIDENCE: The Maury show, the amazingly obese toddlers that weigh 300 pounds
EVIDENCE: The exposure of the fast food chains (the books we have read and the movies we watched) yet we still eat these things.
EVIDENCE: New products made by the fast-food chains that offer the “healthy” alternative however, they still do not consider the workers or try to help the farmers make money ( and anyone else involved in the process of making their food products.)
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