My One Research Task is about how sugar effects children's behavior wether it's in a positive or negative way.
Sugar has many effects on children some positive as it gives children enough energy and it helps there se stems function.
Sugar also has negative effects of children as it can give to much energy which creates hyperactive children. Which makes them have a limited amount of focus.
This research task also gives you an idea of different diets and things you can do to burn high amounts of sugar and prevent the sugar from effecting you harmfully eg. a healthy substitute for sugar so that you won't get as much sugar as before best substitute natural sugars such as apples, oranges and pears.
It also shows you based on a questionnaire,
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Generally gathering the sugary items which have a high content of sugar is difficult as there are many items for example sweets specifically tong sweets that have high sugar levels of fizzy drinks. to choose from and they might have different sugar types in as sugars from cold drinks are different to the sugar in fruits or kinds that have different levels of energy given. The class has to be willing and interested in the experiment so that they cannot ruin it or mess with the data by sabotaging it in anyway. They might just feel like being disrespectful so to convince them to make it fare I could motivate them by giving some sort of prize for the completion of the experiment.
What I hope to achieve from the questionnaire conducted is what's the purpose of some sugars, why do people consume sugar in the first place and not find alternative sources of sweetness, how much sugar do people consume in a day and what is the purpose of it because of what are they addicted or is there other reasons. If sweeteners are becoming a common thing in the household, if sugar habits are to blame for the parents or is it something you have started on your own. And from the future how would you learn and treat your sugar habits knowing what it does to the
Lustig, Robert, Laura Schmidt, and Claire Brindis. “The Toxic Truth About Sugar.” The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition. Ed. Thomas Cooley. 8th ed. New York: Norton, 2013. 284-289. Print.
Jon Gabriel explains how sugar has become an addictive drug like nicotine, the only difference is that its legal. Once we become hooked on it we become habituated to its effects and need more and more to satisfy ourselves. As a result of the increase in marketing and the on going dependence on sugary foods and beverages, children are taking in more and more sugar and obtaining less and less nutrients. According to Gentry Lasater,
Active kids who need more calories than the federal limits are also at risk, and may end up feeling weak, fatigued or nauseous during sports and exercise. According to a 2012 article written by registered dietitian Timi Gustafson, not getting enough essential nutrients at meals may lower kids’ IQ scores, memory capacities, fine motor skills, social skills and languages skills into early adulthood and beyond. A child’s poor dietary habits can even influence his sleep patterns, which may have an effect on cognitive behaviors and academic abilities. The results of a research review published in 2004 in the "British Journal of Nutrition," children who are micronutrient-deficient may exhibit more aggressiveness, less mental endurance and lower intelligence test scores. our school lunches are affecting our learning abilities and this is a problem that needs to be resolved
Since nearly the invention of commercially sweetened foods and advertising that celebrates their goodness, sugary foods and drinks have been identified as the cause of several chronic diseases, contributing to poor health. When a person’s diet contains a lot of sugar, especially when it begins early in life, it is likely to cause health problems and possibly death at a young age. For these and many other reasons, it is essential to carry out research in order to establish the extent to which these foods affect people’s health. In gaining more information on this issue, the argument can be made that the government should ban sugary foods and drinks should be sold in elementary and middle schools.
Anything that is used to replace regular sugar, or sucrose, can be considered an artificial sweetener or sugar. Americans are increasingly using artificial sugar. “Fake sugar” is toxic, not just to the body, but to the metabolism as well. Artificial sweeteners were designed to be sugar substitutes as a less fattening alternative because seventy five percent of the population is overweight in United States. These are in the brand names that most people recognize such as Splenda, Sweet One, Equal, Sweet 'N Low, and many more. These artificial sweeteners are all synthetically made in labs and can legally be labeled as 'natural' because it appears somewhere on the Earth, despite it being made in a lab. The reason people use artificial sweeteners in their food is because these products do not add calories to the food. Dieters and people who are aggressively trying to lose weight see this as a golden opportunity to eat something that is just as sweet, but does not contain the calories. Likewise, artificial sweeteners do not need to be used in huge quantities to sweeten something. In fact, it takes much less than regular sugar to sweeten the same product. Perhaps this seems way too good to be true. This would then lead us to investigate the following question: How do artificial sugars affect our body?
Today 7 percent of people have diabetes, whereas in 1980 only 3 percent had the disease. Research suggests that sugar may very well cause diseases that kill hundreds of thousands of Americans every year. With all that being said you have to understand how and why sugar has affected our people. You have to understand how sugar consumption is linked to Diabetes. You have to understand that even though it’s killing our people, Sugar is the most traded commodity for some countries, and if you took that away there economy would implode. Why has sugar had such an effect on our society, and how has that transitioned into Diabetes?
You are out for a quiet lunch with your family, the waitress walks over and your 6 year old child asks for a lemonade with their lunch. Sure, you think one glass of soft drink won’t hurt right? Wrong. That one, seemingly innocent glass of lemonade contains a whopping 6 teaspoons of sugar. I doubt that you would let your child eat 6 teaspoons of sugar from a bowl, so why would you allow them to consume it in the form of a sugary soft drink? Sugar is highly addictive, can cause cancer and is causing childhood obesity. The proliferation of sugar in society is causing widespread problems like obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancers, tooth decay and acid wear. Additionally, Rethink Sugary Drink claims that one can of soft drink a day can lead to an annual
Sugar is considered a toxic poison. Sugar leaches the calcium out of the skeletal frame of a human’s body. Sugar literally sucks the calcium straight from our bones; therefore it is known to many as a “skeletal poisonous powder.” There are thousands of individuals struggling throughout the United States with sugar addiction. Sugar is a leading cause of a number of health-related issues. Sugar causes health issues such as, fibromyalgia, diabetes, obesity, and osteoporosis. Like me, many individuals have no clue that they are addicted to sugar. Up until this single subject design, I thought my eating habits were quite normal. I honestly did not realize how much sugar I was taking in everyday. This single subject design has truly encouraged me to live a healthier lifestyle. The purpose of this study is to indirectly determine my sugar intake, by counting calories daily and reducing my caloric intake.
Consumption of soft drinks has an impact on childhood obesity. According to France Ellisle from France’s Institute of Health and Medical Research, there is a direct connection between weight gain and sugar. The average adolescent is consuming about fifteen to twenty teaspoons of sugar daily. (Scott, 2) Along with the sugar children are eating more and more fast food. The sit down dinner has come to an end. In most families both parents work fulltime leaving little time to prepare healthy meals. Parents look for food that is quick, cheap and satisfies the child. The problem with fast food is that has very little nutritious value and is often high in fat and salt content, with a good measure of preservative thrown in....
She explains that there are two factors leading to childhood obesity. These factors are sugar and the lack of “playing” children do nowadays (April 2014). Sugar appears in almost all tasty treats that kids eat ranging from the obvious soda and sports drinks, to the not so obvious yogurt and milk. Almost everything that children, as well as adults, consume contains sugar (April 2014). Most kids today own some type of electronic device whether it is an iPad, laptop, or kindle. Children are now being discouraged to go outside and are being encouraged to play with these devices (April 2014).
Children would come home from school and eat a healthy snack, which in turn would regulate their blood sugar levels by gradually secreting small amounts of insulin to the pancreas. The excess sugar is then escorted to the muscle cells, and the body continues to function, which later will be used as energy when the child starts playing again. Then the blood sugar level of the child will start to drop to a normal range before the child even begins to get hungry, which by this stage would already be dinnertime. However, this is no longer the case.
Many parents may be surprised when they realize how sugar can affect their children. All parents want their kids to be well behaved and do well in school. To encourage their kids to behave themselves in school and get good grades, parents often reward their children with sweets such as candy, a special trip to the ice cream parlor, or any other store full of great treats to motivate the young children to keep up the good work.
With such an obsession with sweet foods, there is an obvious desire for an explanation of how such a once unknown substance took center stage on everybody's snack, dessert, and candy list. That's where Sidney W. Mintz comes into play. He decided to write this book Sweetness and Power, and from the looks of all the sources he used to substantiate his ideas and data, it seems that he is not the first person to find the role that sugar plays in modern society important. By analyzing who Mintz's audience is meant to be, what goals he has in writing this book, what structure his book incorporates, what type, or types, of history he represents within the book, what kind of sources he uses, and what important information and conclusions he presents, we can come to better understand Mintz's views and research of the role of sugar in history, and how much it really affects our lives as we know them.
We are all familiar with sugar. It is sweet, delicious, and addictive; yet only a few of us know that it is deadly. When it comes to sugar, it seems like most people are in the mind frame knowing that it could be bad for our health, but only a few are really taking the moderate amounts. In fact, as a whole population, each and everyone of us are still eating about 500 extra calories per day from sugar. Yes, that seems like an exaggerated number judging from the tiny sweet crystals we sprinkle on our coffee, but it is not. Sugar is not only present in the form of sweets and flavourings, it is hidden in all the processed foods we eat. We have heard about the dangers of eating too much fat or salt, but we know very little about the harmful effects of consuming too much sugar. There still isn’t any warnings about sugar on our food labels, nor has there been any broadcasts on the serious damages it could do to our health. It has come to my concern during my research that few
Desserts are all around the corners. Who does not love eating sweets? Anyone can get in touch with delicious fatting foods so quick. These fluffy cakes makes us feel unharmed all the time. The sugariness blinds the eyes of the people, because no one is aware that these sugary foods are our worst enemies. It affects our children, our weight development, and cause health issue to ourselves.