Considering that junk food is being dispensed for school lunches is a compendium of garbage. In general, these products have a high calorie content and low nutritional value. In addition, they are characterized by trans fats and omega 6, sugary, and low in dietary fiber, proteins and micronutrients, including phytochemicals.
It is the feeding of children and youth that creates new patients for the pharmaceutical industry, it is the coexistence of BigPharma and the agri-food industry with the approval of government institutions. They are chips, ice cream, chocolates and candies; packaged breads, packaged cakes; sweetened breakfast cereals; “energy” bars; jams; carbonated drinks and “energy” drinks; sugary drinks with juice or fruit juice; chocolate drinks; ultra-processed products ready to heat or ready to eat, both at home and in fast food establishments.
Junk food can trigger the "happy hormone," dopamine. A hormone that is released when the brain expects a reward and is associated with activities that generate pleasure, such as eating or shopping., which is released in the brain, making us feel good when we eat these foods. This leads to wanting more junk food to get the same feeling of happiness again.
Young people are often the target of deceptive advertising tactics by junk food companies, showing our heroes and icons promoting junk food. In Australia, cricket, one of the favorite sports, is sponsored by a big fast food brand. Elite athletes, like cricket players, don't fuel their bodies with fried chicken, burgers and fries! One study showed that teens ages 12 to 17 see more than 14.4 million food ads in a single year on popular websites, with cakes, cookies, and ice cream being the most frequently advertised products. Another study that examined YouTube videos popular with children reported that 38% of all ads involved food or drinks and 56% of those food ads were for junk food. Despite the serious state of obesity in these populations, sugary drink companies continue to increase their advertising directed at black and Hispanic children, which may negatively influence the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States. Because the Supreme Court has determined that free commercial expression deserves full First Amendment coverage, advertisers' rights often inhibit productive methods of protecting children from junk food ads.
Girls and boys who are overweight have worse school results, are more absent from classrooms, the risk of being bullied at school triples, and as they grow older, their chances of getting a university degree are lower. The consumption of ultra-processed products is associated with the appearance of chronic and degenerative diseases. Among these diseases, junk food causes obesity and diabetes, a disease that affects 1 in 11 people in the world.
Diabetes generates other ailments (eye, kidney, respiratory, nervous and coronary problems) that are not considered when discussing what diseases junk food causes. See the first link
Considering that junk food is being dispensed for school lunches is a compendium of garbage. In general, these products have a high calorie content and low nutritional value. In addition, they are characterized by trans fats and omega 6, sugary, and low in dietary fiber, proteins and micronutrients, including phytochemicals.
It is the feeding of children and youth that creates new patients for the pharmaceutical industry, it is the coexistence of BigPharma and the agri-food industry with the approval of government institutions. They are chips, ice cream, chocolates and candies; packaged breads, packaged cakes; sweetened breakfast cereals; “energy” bars; jams; carbonated drinks and “energy” drinks; sugary drinks with juice or fruit juice; chocolate drinks; ultra-processed products ready to heat or ready to eat, both at home and in fast food establishments.
Junk food can trigger the "happy hormone," dopamine. A hormone that is released when the brain expects a reward and is associated with activities that generate pleasure, such as eating or shopping., which is released in the brain, making us feel good when we eat these foods. This leads to wanting more junk food to get the same feeling of happiness again.
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Young people are often the target of deceptive advertising tactics by junk food companies, showing our heroes and icons promoting junk food. In Australia, cricket, one of the favorite sports, is sponsored by a big fast food brand. Elite athletes, like cricket players, don't fuel their bodies with fried chicken, burgers and fries! One study showed that teens ages 12 to 17 see more than 14.4 million food ads in a single year on popular websites, with cakes, cookies, and ice cream being the most frequently advertised products. Another study that examined YouTube videos popular with children reported that 38% of all ads involved food or drinks and 56% of those food ads were for junk food. Despite the serious state of obesity in these populations, sugary drink companies continue to increase their advertising directed at black and Hispanic children, which may negatively influence the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States. Because the Supreme Court has determined that free commercial expression deserves full First Amendment coverage, advertisers' rights often inhibit productive methods of protecting children from junk food ads.
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Girls and boys who are overweight have worse school results, are more absent from classrooms, the risk of being bullied at school triples, and as they grow older, their chances of getting a university degree are lower. The consumption of ultra-processed products is associated with the appearance of chronic and degenerative diseases. Among these diseases, junk food causes obesity and diabetes, a disease that affects 1 in 11 people in the world.
Diabetes generates other ailments (eye, kidney, respiratory, nervous and coronary problems) that are not considered when discussing what diseases junk food causes. See the first link
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