Should fast food advertizing be allowed in schools?

Tittle: Should fast food advertizing be allowed in schools?


Thesis statement: Fast food restaurants are the major cause of obesity; they take advantage of kids by promoting irresistible advertizing. Body p#1 During the course of the years, a variety of countries have experienced an epidemic of obesity, in which fast food restaurants have been the major cause. This problem affects not only adults but children most. These fast food companies have grown enormously, and some of the ways in which they show their products is by advertising. This tactic is very effective for these companies, but very damaging for the community, especially for children who are attracted to advertisements, commercials, and posters. In these ones fast-food products look very provocative. The biggest concern of these products is that they are made out of calories and fat, that not only affects our appearance but also our health. One of the most efficient ways to help our community and our children to end obesity or at least reduce the percentage of people enrolled in this problem is stopping fast-food ads, because if we do not see them the temptation to eat is smaller.
body p#2 Children spend half of the day in schools, a place where they learn new things and also get to relate with others. Therefore one of the first places where they should not be allowed Fast food advertising is in schools, because children see posters of food so many times a day that all they’ll have in mind is these food items, and upon arrival home, they will ask their parents to buy them. Another problem that has much to do with childhood obesity is weak parents that to please their children bring them to these places very often. In some cases it is because parents feel guilty for not sharing much time with their children and takes them to eat, in other cases is because fast food is a lot cheaper than healthy food.