Argumentative Essay On Low Income Family

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For many, there are various particular interests that are important to them. A particular interest that is important to me is, low-income families and the ways they can change their diets by eating healthy foods that are actually good for them. This topic interest me because, it affects me greatly, I come from a low-income family and I know exactly how it feels to not be able to eat all healthy foods, because they are more expensive, and it’s always easier to go to fast food restaurants since we don’t have time to make food at home sometimes and it’s cheaper. My central argument about this topic is that there are many ways to encourage low-income families to buy healthier foods that are at a higher cost. This can be done by showing them how …show more content…

The way I created this game was by adding the questions based on three of my sources that had very useful information and can be used to educated low-income families on knowing more about diet and how we are influenced by what we eat. My first source which is (Bowman, Shanthy. "Low Economic Status Is Associated With Suboptimal Intakes Of Nutritious Foods By Adults In The National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002.") States that the leading causes of death among Americans are chronic diseases, due to poor nutrition. IT is also clarified that food stamps are given to low-income families, and that there are only three fourths of low-income household families that are fully food secure. The very next source is (Sheldon, Glenn. "“What 's On Their Plates?” Or Feeding the Hungry Mouths: Laborers, Families, and Food in the Late Twentieth Century."). This journal explains how we are affected by social media, and how it’s connected to the foods we eat and how we are influenced by it. It also gives some historical facts about recopies, and where the things we eat today originate from. The last set of questions on the trivia game come from a book (Pollan, Michael. In Defense Of Food: An Eater 's Manifesto). The topic most discussed in this book is weather people are aware of the things they eat and if they know the type of relationship they have with food, also states the percentage of …show more content…

I have created two separate menu’s, one of the menu’s cheap fast foods with the majority of the junk food that’s offered to us today, and the other menu is a healthier and organic one with a few couple dollars added to the prices of the foods. Both menus have a variety of choices that people can choose from it’s not just a few specific things. The thing that I consider the best part about these menus is that they show all of the calories the items contain, and the audience can see the difference between the prices and how much fat they are putting in their bodies. This supports my main argument because it shows how unhealthy cheap foods can be with all of the calories they contain. The way these menus connect with all of my other pieces is by reinforcing the fact that low0income families need to be more educated on healthy foods and need to be more encouraged on spending a little bit more on the foods they

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