The document summarizes three readings on the topic of overconsumption of sugar. It outlines the problems, causes, effects, and potential actions for each reading. The readings discuss issues such as obesity, disease, sugar addiction, and the food industry prioritizing profits over consumer health. The food industry is cited as a key cause for adding sugar to many products and misleading consumers about health impacts of sugar consumption.
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204 BRAINSTORMING READINGS for CauseEffect Essay Mon 16th (2)
The document summarizes three readings on the topic of overconsumption of sugar. It outlines the problems, causes, effects, and potential actions for each reading. The readings discuss issues such as obesity, disease, sugar addiction, and the food industry prioritizing profits over consumer health. The food industry is cited as a key cause for adding sugar to many products and misleading consumers about health impacts of sugar consumption.
The document summarizes three readings on the topic of overconsumption of sugar. It outlines the problems, causes, effects, and potential actions for each reading. The readings discuss issues such as obesity, disease, sugar addiction, and the food industry prioritizing profits over consumer health. The food industry is cited as a key cause for adding sugar to many products and misleading consumers about health impacts of sugar consumption.
Brainstorming for Essay: Fill in the charts below as you read
ORGANIZING THE READINGS: PROBLEM / CAUSE / EFFECT
Nestle, M. (2009) It’s the Calories (pp. 201-202)
The Problem Cause Effect Action to Promote
Change
Lunau, K. (2014,). Death by Sugar (pp. 280-282)
The Problem Cause Effect Action to Promote
Change - a daily - Overconsumption -Food industry put -Obesity – Childhood recommended of sugar sugar in products obesity sugar limit by WHO - Lack of that did not contain information sugar in the first -heart diseases -Focus on calorie about how much place. intake and burning sugar is safe for a -Sugar addiction through exercise. person to -Firms efforts to consume deny accusations -Alzheimer -clear sugar - Misinformation against their consumption on how calorie products high sugar -Diabetes guidelines intake leads to amount. gain weight -calorie counts on -hidden sugar in menus - Sugar is almost processed food impossible to -Transparency and avoid (80% of -firm putting profits cooperation from 600.000 food ahead of consumer the food industry items have added health. sugar) -Empowering the -Firms launching individual to new healthier understand the products, that are market place. on reality just as bad as the original.
Pollan, M (2013). Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (pp.285-287)
The Problem Cause Effect Action to Promote
Change
People´s health matter most than a profitable company