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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Advertising is the most important cause of unhealthy eating habits.
Recently some people state that advertising is the major reason for people’s increasing unhealthy eating habits. I concede that some advertisements lead more people to buy unhealthy foods and form adverse habits. However, the statement ignores something more important than the advertising, as discussed below.
There is no denying that advertising has some negative effects to people today. Some companies, which produce unhealthy foods, have made appealing advertisement to increase their sales. And many people, especially young children, become used to those junk foods and bad diets. But, does it mean that advertising is the main culprit of people’s unhealthy eating habits?
Of course not! People’s eating habits are influenced by many factors; advertising is only one part but not the major one. Indeed, most of the advertisements on television, internet and magazines are not related to eating habits and even some public advertisements suggest people choose the health lifestyle. Besides, over 80 percent of citizens prefer to make their own decision to buy food but not follow those food advertisements, according to a recent survey conducted by AC Nielsen eRatings.com which also demonstrates my point. Thus, from the fact and survey, we can see that advertising is not the principal reason of the increasing bad eating habits.
So, what’s the main reason? There are two major reasons. First, the quickening rhythm of life and work make people have no time to keep a healthy eating habit. An extreme case involves my brother, who works for a logistics company. He usually works 12 hours a day, and his eating time is not regular, even once a day. He has no time to watch advertisement but he has a bad eating habits just result from the pressure of work and life.
Second, some people, children in particular, do not aware of their health condition. Nowadays, people like to lie on the sofa to watch TV or sit in front the computer to play games for a long time. Then, they do not care about which things they have to eat or when to eat. At last, they will become the “Couch Potato” or “Mouse Potato”, the typical of unhealthy life style. These two reasons, therefore, are the most fatal factors which increase the rate of unhealthy eating habits
In conclusion, although advertisement is an important reason for unhealthy eating habits, it is not the most significant one. The work and life pressure and people’s own health consciousness are the primary reasons. Furthermore, advertising is a tool. By using our wisdom and perfecting certain related systems, I believe we can not only eliminate those negative effects of it, but use it to help people establish healthy life style as well.
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