Fed Up Documentary Essay

“Fed Up” is a documentary film made to scrutinize and educate people about the root cause of the increasing rate of obesity and diabetes in America. Different scientists worked on finding a solution to this complication that endangers people especially the youth. The “Fed Up” production interviewed and studied certain corpulent teenagers who are subjects of bullying, in the verge of getting sick for diabetes, heart attack and, even worse, the possibility of dying. Long before, ‘eat less and exercise more’ is the key to be fit and healthy which apparently would not entirely solve the case. Most locals are used to eat fast food almost every day in their lives that it became a normal routine. Even at school cafeterias, burgers, pizzas and fries in bigger quantity are being served which targets the youth. Sugars in foods were

Food industries and other businesses’ main objective are to sell and make profit. They disregard giving emphasis to health issues brought by their product and exaggerate details to entice the public. Misrepresentations of the products were allowed to make the advertisement attractive. The use of well-known celebrities appeals to the viewers and encourage more sales. The role of the marketing department is to get their product known and do whatever it takes to sell even though it is already misleading. Medias also do not regulate advertisements. Air time is counted as income and necessary for the business to go on. All of these advertising scenarios make people believe that their product is needed and important but the truth is that they are just manipulating consumers to buy more even if it is not really essential. Marketing ethics are slowly losing its significance of introducing a product of what it really is. Many added propaganda were made and marketing strategists are genius. They could create a better approach to sell even simple