Articles for Economics of Junk Food

9/10/2013

In class, we discussed the importance of using data and information to support claims or arguments. For the first unit of this project, we will begin by researching the economics of junk food. In class we brainstormed different types information that you might find, including corporate profits, R & D, stocks, marketing, branding, outsourcing jobs, etc.

For your first project assignment, find an article that supplies some information about the economics of junk food. Post the article as a comment to this blog post and include the following information.

1. A link to the article. Post the link in the website line in the comment post as well as in the comment box.

2. How did you find the article. (where did you look, what were key search terms, etc.)

3. What kind of information about the economics of junk food can be found in this article?

This post is due by Wednesday September 11, 2013 (tomorrow). Good Luck

53 Comments

Walker Williams link

9/10/2013 03:35:45 am

I completely agree with this statement of "fast food chains need to give higher pay for the jobs being performed."

walker williams link

9/10/2013 03:48:44 am

i found this information by looking around on google under economy of junk food.

the information that can be found is that fast food chains do not pay a living wage.

walker williams link

9/10/2013 03:48:54 am

i found this information by looking around on google under economy of junk food.

the information that can be found is that fast food chains do not pay a living wage.

walker williams link

9/10/2013 03:49:05 am

i found this information by looking around on google under economy of junk food.

the information that can be found is that fast food chains do not pay a living wage.

Eric link

9/10/2013 03:44:21 am

this website goes into detail on how the componys spend every dollar of junk food.

Aleah Irani link

9/10/2013 07:00:15 am

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/types-economic-factors-can-affect-fast-food-industry-36923.html
This article was found by googling "economics of junk food". In this article you can find information on the merging of fast food restarants and what happens to fast food restarants during economic downturns and recovery.

Rebecca Serna-Ogilvie(Becca)

9/10/2013 07:15:04 am

I found this website on google and I found it very interesting and somewhat helpful. This website talks lots about junk food. http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/junk-food-facts this website also talks about how good it is to stay away from Junk Food. In order for me to get this Web Site I had to look up: " HOW TO CUT OFF ON JUNK FOOD" and this popped up!

Melissa link

9/10/2013 08:20:58 am

I found this article by googling "Economics of Junk food"
While reading this I found very interesting what the statistics say and what people believe that "Consumers living on a tight budget in a bad economy often turn to fast food chains for inexpensive meals"
Just like the conversation in class we had about low-class people turn to Mcdonalds,Burger King, ect. I totally disagree with that because I believe "High class people dont go to Mcdonalds,Burger King, ect because they do think its healthy (Period). Not because its cheap or (To low class).

Nia Rosenblum link

9/10/2013 08:22:22 am

I looked on google and typed in the words 'food articles about junk food'. I talks about how junk food can effect your body and health.

Marley Davis-Hewitt link

9/10/2013 08:24:43 am

2. I found this article by searching in the effects of junk food on Google.

3. What kind of information about the economics of junk food can be found in this article?

I learned that while eating less nutritional foods such as junk food while you are pregnant makes bad effects on you as well as the baby. I was shocked to read that because of the poor diet the mother had during pregnancy the child showed signs of depression and anxiety at as young as 3 years to 5 years old.

Marley

9/11/2013 02:54:30 pm

This article talks more about junk food and health not economics of junk food so my article for the economics of junk food will be with the "health and junk food" articles because i got confused.

Mira Thomas link

9/10/2013 09:57:52 am

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/types-economic-factors-can-affect-fast-food-industry-36923.html
I found this website by searching "Economics of Junk Food" in Google, and it this website showed up and it caught my attention. It talks about how when people out of money they turn to junk food because its really cheap and its fast, but that it has so little nutrition value that its causing people to rapidly gain weight. Also it talks a little bit about how threes a slower economy if fast food restaurants don't constantly add new items to the menu.

Tricia Warrens link

9/10/2013 10:35:05 am

http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2013/07/01/fast-food-economics-how-medium-became-the-new-large/

I found this article by searching 'Economics of Junk Food' into Google. That article talks about how fast food restaurants market the portion sizes of their food and drinks. In the article it mentions how by labeling a product as regular or medium (size) it sort of tricks the consumer into thinking it is the perfect portion size for them.

Juan Cortes

9/10/2013 10:57:43 am

1 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html?pagewanted=all
2 I found this article be asking Siri on my cellular device; economics junk food of science. Then Siri was like "would you like to search the internet for economics junk food of science", and was like yeh you do that Siri. And finally the internet lead me to discovering this article.
3 The type of information provided in this article can be described as science and junk food and economics. The mostly talka bout obesity and it being related to junkfood.

Isaac Patterson link

9/10/2013 11:14:23 am

http://www.nber.org/digest/sep05/w11177.html
I found this article by google searching keywords, like "junk food economics" After scrolling through google I found the article which is attached above. The information in this article is based on junkfood being available in schools, it talks about how schools under financial pressure will start to sell junkfood to students. By doing this, the schools are able to generate revenue off of the food sales, to fund various school programs.

Drym Davis link

9/10/2013 11:27:53 am

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/workers-protests-highlight-fast-food-economics-20129544
I searched on Google "junk food American economy". This article is about workers' protesting against fast-food economics and about the fast-food industry overall. It also includes comments from the employees about how much they get paid, when they get paid and how they feel about the industry.

Ricky Salas

9/10/2013 11:43:55 am

1. http://www.freedomyou.com/why_junk_food_tastes_so_good_freedomyou.aspx

2. How I came across this article was by searching simply, "why is junk food so delicious?"

3. What the article is talking about is how companies make the aroma of food so appealing, and how the companies hire labs to make a chemical to add on to the food.

Brandon Miller link

9/10/2013 11:45:45 am

http://www.socialistalternative.org/publications/fastfood/ch3.html
The key words I typed in were economics of junk food. Their were different sections on this article. The one I focused on was Low wages,few benefits for workers. This talks about how workers get paid minimum wage and they have no benefits. There is data that they took from our nation on how many workers get paid minimum wage. This also includes how they get trapped on staying in one position for a long time.

Niko Zambrano link

9/10/2013 11:50:59 am

All I did was search up"Articles Of Junk Food". It talks about things that relate to junk food such as how it can make kids healthier and how we should cut down our junk food appetite.

Sharon link

9/10/2013 11:56:07 am

You can find htis article by going to news.google.com and typing "junk food advertising" in the search bar.

Breifly, this article explains that fast foods ad, when aimed at kids, may not advertise the food as much as a toy product that comes with the food. This is because for a lot of children, the toy actually holds more allure than the product the company is hoping to sell (fast food). Because of this, children are developing poor eating habits from a young age.

Erick Aguilar link

9/10/2013 12:43:50 pm

2. How I found this article was by simple searching up "fast food problems in America."

3. This article talks about many different topics about fast food but keeps how there are all connected. One of the topics is how Americans have come to depend on fast foods.

Elizabeth link

9/10/2013 12:48:18 pm

I found this article by looking up "junk food marketing strategies" and looking through the results until I found one I liked.

This article says that all junk food advertising tactics falls roughly into five categories, and goes on to explain what the categories are, how they work, and shows examples of how companies use them.

Savanna link

9/10/2013 12:54:18 pm

They key words I used to find this article were " Junk food Branding" because I wanted to see how the branding of junk food changes are perspective. In the article it talks about an experiment done on pre schoolers where they would give them two of the same food items. One with the Mc Donalds brand just because everyone knows what it is. The second item is the same product with no special name brand on it. Automatically the kids picked Mc Donalds brand because it was better known not because it tasted any different.

gus - bus

9/10/2013 12:58:33 pm

http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2013/07/01/fast-food-economics-how-medium-became-the-new-large/
this website talks about how fast food chains have drastically changed there portions from when they opened to now. I found this buy searching up fast food economics.

Trevor Brown link

9/10/2013 01:01:04 pm

1. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/06/28/food-prices-linked-to-obesity-rates/
2. The magical words I used to find this article were "economics of junk food."
3. It discusses the connection between prices of healthier groceries and fast food to obesity rates in children.

Con this De Loza

9/10/2013 01:03:03 pm

http://www.rawfoodexplained.com/junk-foods/the-economics-of-junk-food.html
I found this article by typing in google "economics of junk good" it talks about the profits.

Chi this De Loza

9/10/2013 01:04:47 pm

http://www.rawfoodexplained.com/junk-foods/the-economics-of-junk-food.html
I found this article by typing in google "economics of junk good" it talks about the profits.

Cinthia De Loza

9/10/2013 01:08:37 pm

http://www.rawfoodexplained.com/junk-foods/the-economics-of-junk-food.html
I found this article by typing in google "economics of junk good" it talks about the profits.

Karlie Flowers link

9/10/2013 01:11:16 pm

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/265039.php

On google I typed in junk food articles.
In this article you can find
"During pregnancy, it can be hard not to give in to those cravings for unhealthy foods. But researchers have found that mothers who eat junk food while pregnant are more likely to have children with mental health problems."
This is straight from the text!

Jimmy link

9/10/2013 01:12:00 pm

I found this article after searching: "Junk food articles" on Google.

This articles mainly discusses the fact that parents should make sure their children maintain a healthy and "junk free" lifestyle, and that economy plays a huge role in health, because junk food is less money then healthy foods less people can afford to buy it.

krystal anderson link

9/10/2013 01:14:28 pm

http://m.qsrmagazine.com/roy-bergold/when-fast-food-regulations-go-too-far
I found this article by searching "junk food economics"
The article is about how life would be without restuarants or fast food..

Raymund Novencido link

9/10/2013 01:15:33 pm

I found this article by typing in the key words "junk food economics."

Studies prove that if you label food as "half portion, regular," or "double size (even though they're all the same sizes)," it affects how much the consumer will actually eat. If someone eats food of the "half portion" size, they will eat twice as much. If you label the food "regular," they will eat whatever is given. If you label the food "double size," they will leave about 10 times of their food on the plate. The amount of oz. in a soft drink have increased over the years of top fast-food chains. No matter how many oz. are in a cup size, as long as they stick to the medium size, the customer will think of themselves as virtuous (having higher moral standards), not knowing that the amount of soda they'll be drinking is way more than enough.

Alicia Vasquez link

9/10/2013 01:29:54 pm

I typed in economics of junk food under Google search. This article was about food prices. It said since junk food is relatively cheaper than fruits and vegetables people prefer to eat junk. That's why the obesity rate has gone up, because junk food is usually cheaper than healthier foods.

Richie

9/10/2013 01:40:50 pm

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/types-economic-factors-can-affect-fast-food-industry-36923.html

^ I found this article by Googling "Economics of Junk Food"

The article talks about the factors of a fast food industry. For example they tell us about some chains merge to grab more consumers. They also talk about how when the economy is low they tend to get more income from consumers because fast food is cheaper. It reminded me of a movie I watched with my team in 7th grade called Food inc.

SamSam link

9/10/2013 01:57:59 pm

I started by looking up "false advertising for junk food" I was looking for junk food that claims to be healthier but isn't. I found this article using McDonald's "oatmeal" as an example. There is actually a link included in this article that explains specifically about this "oatmeal" that is found here: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/how-to-make-oatmeal-wrong/

This article includes statistics about false advertising and how often it actually happens. I also found an article that talks about how often TV advertisements play and how that is affecting children and what words and tricks they use to lure them in. That can be found here: http://www.fastfoodmarketing.org/media/FastFoodFACTS_360MarketingBriefs.pdf

I started looking into how all this advertising has affected children so I looked up "child obesity rates over the last 30 years" and found how they have spiked recently. I found this page, the video explains a lot as well. That link can be found here:http://www.sparkpe.org/blog/how-has-the-childhood-obesity-rate-changed/

Also while looking up "false junk food advertising" I found this really cool post about how fast food restaurants make their food look in advertisements, verses how they actually look in real life. This guy took pictures of different fast foods, taking the best angle, and put it next to the advertisement. The difference is incredible! He also found that the size that some fast food chains advertise would not fit in the box used to hold the food in when you buy it. It's not really a professional article but it is really cool to see. It can be found here: http://www.alphaila.com/articles/failure/fast-food-false-advertising-vs-reality/

Crockett Willier link

9/10/2013 02:17:20 pm

I found this article by Google searching the key words "junk food economics" and scrolled down a few websites.
This article contains information about how the prices of junk food vs. organic/healthy food relates to the rising rates in obesity.

Grace Donalson link

9/10/2013 02:43:19 pm

I found this article by searching 'Junk Food', on the usnews.com. Lots of interesting articles came up but I found how they related junk food to drugs in their title interesting and didn't think that it could be that addicting.

But I was wrong. This article proves that junk food can be way more addicting than you think, and it isn't lack of self control. It's actually due to a physiological response called hedonic hunger. The article goes into detail of what that is and what it is caused by.

Natalie link

9/10/2013 02:54:25 pm

I found this article by googling "economics of junk food". It talks about how junk food portions are getting bigger and how the size name (small, medium, large, etc.) affects how much the consumer is willing to pay for it, and how much they eat.

Brandon Niegocki link

9/10/2013 03:11:52 pm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/25/fast-food-cities-most-least-recession_n_903896.html#s311702&title=1_Plano_TX
I found this by looking up most obese states. It talks about the most money spent on junkfood in citys. It gives the top ten and gives reasons why.

Josh Ortega link

9/10/2013 03:32:02 pm

http://sobadsogood.com/2013/07/23/fast-food-advertisements-vs-actual-reality/
I found this article by searching "Junk food advertising" on google. It sheds a little light on how deceptive junk food advertising can be just to lure in a customer.

Morgen Keim-Lopez link

9/10/2013 03:35:36 pm

1. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/how-junk-food-can-end-obesity/309396/

2. I searched from google, I typed in "junk food articles" 6th link down.

3. Processed food may be causing many to obesity and disease.

“The food they’re cooking is making people sick,” Pollan has said of big food companies. “It is one of the reasons that we have the obesity and diabetes epidemics that we do … If you’re going to let industries decide how much salt, sugar and fat is in your food, they’re going to put [in] as much as they possibly can … They will push those buttons until we scream or die.”

Czarina link

9/10/2013 03:39:13 pm

I found this by researching " the economics of junk food". It basically states what happens to fast food places when the economy is both down and doing well.

Ryan Burila link

9/10/2013 03:46:51 pm

I stumbled across this website while searching google for any interesting junk food articles. I like it because it kind of goes against the Moss article and states junk food can end, or at least help, obesity.
WARNING: Somewhat long article.

Haven King link

9/11/2013 12:45:51 am

This interesting article describes how by simply making junk food a little bit healthier will help in the war against obesity. This would be an advantage for everyone, as it also acts as a marketing ploy for the companies.

Robby Goebel link

9/11/2013 02:27:19 am

http://www.livestrong.com/article/359768-why-is-junk-food-bad-for-your-health/

Abie Krinsky link

9/11/2013 02:30:46 am

This article is about the food prices of fast food, (junk food) linked to the rates of obesity in people. This might refer to the different income people, and how the low income familie have a higher rate of obesity because of the lower prices of unhealthy junk food. Then, the high income families have a lower rate of obesity because they have more money to spend on healthier foods. Personally, i think that this should not be a problem, because low or high income, anyone should know what is healthy food or not. By spending so much money on fast food, and junk food, you are basically paying the same as if you were to always pay for healthy food.

Robby Goebel

9/11/2013 02:30:52 am

I found this by google searching "junk food is bad for you" and I clicked the first link. This site has information about the nutritional content of junk food and the health issues caused by it.

Gavin Coshatt link

9/11/2013 02:37:08 am

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/06/28/food-prices-linked-to-obesity-rates/

I found this link by google searching economics of junkfood .

This article provides information on how food prices are linked to obesity.

shelby link

9/11/2013 03:13:11 am

to find this I just googled "the economics for junk food" and this showed up or whatever. it's about how much the companys make anually and how much they spend and stuff like that

*shelyb link

9/11/2013 03:15:58 am

http://www.socialistalternative.org/publications/fastfood/ch3.html to find this I just googled "the economics for junk food" and this showed up or whatever. it's about how much the companys make annually and how much they spend and stuff like that

*shelby link

9/11/2013 03:16:42 am

Adrian Phu link

9/11/2013 07:46:42 am

As time progresses days food restaurants and junk food companies have made their serving sizes larger. A medium 12 ounce became a 30 ounce, but still remained labeled "small". Do these drastic changes cause obesity based on how they dictate out consumption of junk food?

Micah Agnes link

9/11/2013 12:01:20 pm

http://www.rawfoodexplained.com/junk-foods/the-economics-of-junk-food.html

I found this by googling "economics of junk food". You can learn junk food statistics from this website.

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