Watch the following video and then write one paragraph on what you learned AND whether any of this information resonated with your own childhood memories and food/product wishes/choices. (10 pts)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bop3D7-dDM

2. Read the following article: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/well/eat/how-the-sugar-industry-shifted-blame-to-fat.html (Links to an external site.)

After reading the “Sugar Industry” article, write a one-paragraph reponse to the following question: How does this article about the sugar industry encourage you to look more critically at your own product? As always, connect what you learned in this article to your own product analysis.

3. Respond to two of your classmates’ discussion board posts. As always, grammar, mechanics, and development count.

First one

“The marketing industry has got smarter as it has evolved with technology. This has enabled the food industries to intensify their food product promotions and campaigns. On many occasions, I have received messages and emails concerning products that I have viewed online, and this is the case explained in the video. Many kids are exposed to advertisements through the TV, internet, and even in school products. The exposure creates preference in the kids and they turn to behaviors that are not associated with healthy eating. The information is also linked to my childhood memories in that the packaging of some of my favorite junk food had action figures. This made me to only prefer the brands associated with my favorite action figures.

There are high chances that at one point, we have fallen into misinformation and made decisions that are influenced by what others what us to think. By providing influential material using influential platforms, people’s views are changed into believing what they are told. With the information provided in the article, I am in doubt of the benefits linked to my product. Earlier on, I posted my use of Dettol soap, which some claim has lesser value than what the company states about it. Although I see its value, I am now in doubt of whether the value is as good as stated by the Dettol Company. Chances are, there is more regarding a product that what is said about it. It is upon us to look for legitimate information to help bring out the truth concerning a product. I will therefore be more vigilant in understanding what information to trust before giving my trust on a product.”

second

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I learned how even though food brands are saying they aren’t marketing to kids as much means that they are just doing it in different ways so it doesn’t seem like as much because not every commercial is about food. I can’t really remember anything from my childhood that I was obsessed with. But, one thing that resonated with me was the importance of parents protecting their children from becoming obsessed with these food products just because their favorite character is on the box. I can relate this to my own life with an example from the kids I nanny. These boys actually prefer fruit, veggies, and salad over chicken nuggets and cheeseburgers because they have been raised eating those types of foods, and only eaten fast food products a couple of times. Sure they are still exposed to ads but they don’t have any real interest in eating the cheeseburger because they say “it’s not even that good” and their “dad’s cheeseburgers taste better than McDonald’s.”

This article really drives home the fact that we all need to be doing our own research about the products we are using. Not only perform research about what is commonly said about our products but conducting research about if these rumors are legit or not. Like we talked about in the last class, there’s nothing or no one regulating the “all-natural” claim. This is usually just a meeting scheme to get consumers to think they are making healthy decisions by buying this product. I have fallen for this a bunch of times, this is even why I picked my product, Burt’s Bees. “