Fed Up Movie Reaction/Summary
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Olivia Repasky
October 20, 2014
PFFT 113-040
Fed Up Movie Reaction/Summary
This film focused on the issue of the excessive amount of sugar Americans consume in our diets and the dangers and negative effects consuming too much sugar can have on our health. It also focused on the negative effects, such as obesity and diabetes and other health related problems, which the youth of America in particular is experiencing because of the overconsumption of sugar in our diets. The first dietary guidelines issued around 30 years ago did not pay attention to how too much sugar in our diets can increase the risk of obesity, diabetes, and other health related problems and that has resulted in children becoming more and more obese and having a shorter lifespan because companies did not have to monitor the amount of sugar they put in foods thus they could add as much sugar as they wanted. Now there have been many efforts being made by people in society and by our government to try to limit the consumption of sugar and ultimately decrease this sickeningly large increase in the amount of obesity and health related problems in our country. I think it is good that there are efforts being made to try to make an impact for the better on our diets because obesity and diabetes are becoming such large problems.
The movie also highlights the need for not only the monitoring of amount of sugar in foods but for the need to just educate people in society about what is a healthy diet and what is too much sugar and what we should try to stay away from in terms of what we eat. I think this is extremely important because if people don’t know what they are eating is unhealthy, if they don’t know what is good sugar and what is bad sugar, and if they don’t know what is too much sugar and what is an adequate amount of sugar, than the problem with sugar consumption related health problems can’t really be resolved. People, especially parents, need to know about the dangers of consuming too...
October 20, 2014
PFFT 113-040
Fed Up Movie Reaction/Summary
This film focused on the issue of the excessive amount of sugar Americans consume in our diets and the dangers and negative effects consuming too much sugar can have on our health. It also focused on the negative effects, such as obesity and diabetes and other health related problems, which the youth of America in particular is experiencing because of the overconsumption of sugar in our diets. The first dietary guidelines issued around 30 years ago did not pay attention to how too much sugar in our diets can increase the risk of obesity, diabetes, and other health related problems and that has resulted in children becoming more and more obese and having a shorter lifespan because companies did not have to monitor the amount of sugar they put in foods thus they could add as much sugar as they wanted. Now there have been many efforts being made by people in society and by our government to try to limit the consumption of sugar and ultimately decrease this sickeningly large increase in the amount of obesity and health related problems in our country. I think it is good that there are efforts being made to try to make an impact for the better on our diets because obesity and diabetes are becoming such large problems.
The movie also highlights the need for not only the monitoring of amount of sugar in foods but for the need to just educate people in society about what is a healthy diet and what is too much sugar and what we should try to stay away from in terms of what we eat. I think this is extremely important because if people don’t know what they are eating is unhealthy, if they don’t know what is good sugar and what is bad sugar, and if they don’t know what is too much sugar and what is an adequate amount of sugar, than the problem with sugar consumption related health problems can’t really be resolved. People, especially parents, need to know about the dangers of consuming too...