Saturday, May 8, 2010

Psych assignment on fast food

So I did an assignment for Psych class about fast food and I felt like sharing my answer because I felt so intensly about my answer. So here it goes:
"In regards to fast food; everyone knows it's bad for our bodies, yet pretty much everyone is america eats it and we are the 'fatest nation'. Everyday on TV we see advertisements for fast food restaurants and can't help but get tempted to want what we see repeatedly. Our brains get intoxicated with the media feeds us. (no pun intended). McDonalds advertises snack wraps, salads, and fruit parfaits; subway and their footlongs; taco bell and the fresco menu and then we see a Bally Total Fitness Commercial, weightwatchers, Alli, nutrisystem, etc.. Just because the fast food resturants are promoting these 'healthy' menus doesn't mean they are healthy at all. Fast food is called fast food for a reason because of the preservatives and not so fresh food they are able to keep prices low. As americans we make ourselves believe we can go through a drive through and order something off the fresco menu everyday and then go to the gym for 30 minute 2 times a week and wonder why were not losing weight. Or even be on weightwatchers or nutrisystem and not exercise and see no results it's because we are convinced by what we see on TV. We are humans we can't just pop pills and expect results with out the work. Psychologically we are pressured to look like Kim Kardashian, those guys from jersy shore and the models we see everyday on TV and the magazines because it's what society sees as beautiful. But realistically we don't see what happens behind the scenes and I think we fail to believe it. These social icons workout 6-7 days a week for 2-3 hours a time and pay for personal trainers to get them results, average americans can do that."

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