A Healthy Diet

In the United States, asking people to have a healthy diet can be a challenge for most. It is hard to have a healthy diet when there are fast food restaurants on every street that people walk by. Not only that, but if a person walks into any grocery store more than 50% of the products in the store will be junk food. These two factors make it a challenge to maintain a healthy diet. In the article “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food,” Michael Moss exposes the various ways junk food corporations make products tasty and appealing to consumers. His article allows the readers to see the link between obesity and the junk food corporations. Moss states that “Today, one in three adults is considered clinically obese, along with one in

It is hard to ask people to have a healthy diet when they grew up consuming sweet and salty snacks and food in general. In his article, Michael Moss mentions how “as people aged, their consumption of cookies, candies, chips and other junk food goes up,” (485). People that start consuming junk food at a young age get addicted to it and as they grow old they consume a larger quantity. This is the problem that gets in the way of having a healthy diet. How can people stop consuming junk food if they have been doing so their whole life. People will have to go through a long process of “rehabilitation” to stop consuming junk food. Most people in America will have to reprogram their bodies so that their bodies become addictive to fruit and vegetables instead of junk

Americans start eating junk food at a very early age which eventually becomes an addiction and they end up having an unhealthy diet throughout their lives. But the problem that exist with most american 's diet is not their fault. The food industry are the ones that should be blame for this problem. They were never honest with their consumers and they were unfair. The information that they provide about the food is hard to understand which does not help the customer when they are choosing between a health food and junk food. In addition, they are misleading with the false advertisement about the food that they sell. They make the food appealing and affordable in order for people to consume what they are advertising. If I was in a position of authority, I would start off asking preschools and elementary schools to stop giving kids frozen food and start preparing fresh meals every day. This will help kids start to build a healthy diet at an early age. I think this will also decrease the amount of diabetes and obesity in America. This not only targets obesity, it also targets the food industry. The food industry will be forced to start producing healthier options if they want to keep their business running. If people start demanding for healthier food than the food industry will be