Fed Up: The Comparison Of Fast Food And Unhealthy Food

Hunger is one of the biggest issues that the world faces today. In America, when we hear of hunger, we think about third world countries like Africa, not knowing that we Americans face that problem right here under our nose. A Place at the Table is trying to show us how hunger is being unnoticed in America, and the movie “fed up” is trying to show the viewers how the consumption of junk food has led to obesity and how obesity has caused more deaths than starvation. Both movies shows us of how unhealthy food is being consumed and why people consume the most unhealthy food. Fed Up is more persuasive, because it shows that people lack the knowledge of what to take into their body, and some of the people are just used to eating in that
Some of the Americans have no idea of the side effects of some of the food products they consume into their body daily, and that is why this country is growing with obesity and high death rates from sugar consumption. Young kids are overweight due to lack of information. This movie is more persuasive than A Place at the Table because some people are unaware of the reason why they are just gaining unnecessary weight. Some of the kids that were interviewed were used to eating fattening food, especially those from the South. A kid named Brady Kyle, said he was bullied and called fat. He said he eats what his parents prepare for him and feels that because he is fat he feels like he is failing. Fed Up is showing its audience that being obese does not just affect the health of young kids. It also lowers their self-esteem and it makes them socially unstable. According to the movie, it says 2 out of 3 Americans are obese. The movie wants to understand that some of us know that we are obese and fat, but what are Americans doing about it? What is the American government doing to solve the issue of obesity? 12 year old Maggie Valentine was ordered by her doctor to go see a nutritionist. Her parents called, and the doctors told them they do not see kids her age. What this shows is that Americans complain that the younger kids are overweight for their age, but when action wants to be taken, the
Instead, we shy away from this situation because we do not want to acknowledge that this is a big issue in this country. A Place at the Table shows how our government worries about the wrong areas of agriculture and food production in the United States , instead of concentrating on the main issue which is hunger and the production of unhealthy food that leads to a lot of death, over weight, breathing conditions, etc. Fed Up shows its viewers the rate at which obesity has increased over the years and why obesity continues to grow in this country. Fed Up also states how advertisement has made Americans feel like it is cheaper to eat unhealthy food. Americans lack the information that it is cheaper to eat healthy food because of the message stored in their head that fast foods are cheaper. The movie also states that some people are prone to genetics to be obese, but that is not an excuse to keep eating unhealthy food. It also states that obesity is marked the number one form of malnutrition in the United