Advertisement VS. Reality

What is the main reason that over 30% of people in the America are obese? Many people would argue that eating out fast food is the initiate cause. But, how did people start it with eating?  Fast food was first started off as the go-to and quick serve meal by how the media portrays the product.  The text that I’m going to analyze is how fast food portrays on media. The media helps advertise fast food to get the product to be well known. Many media companies have come up with brilliant ideas for commercials, and images to make fast foods “seem” to be the best thing to eat on Earth. What people did not realize what is behind the media on fast food.

           

            Many people have watched countless number of fast food commercials. And what do they all have in common? The healthy life style! Some commercial would portray on a family eating fast food on a regular daily basis and still remain healthy. Such as a scene playing outdoor activities, studying in a classroom.  But in reality, when we eat fast food, it does not improve our health and instead it will have the opposite effect to it.  I do not think by eating a Mcdouble from McDonald’s will make you want to do any outdoor activities and just be lazy with a stomachache. Even with that being said, people should realize the negative image it is portray on the people. Eating out on fast food can cause people to have diabetes and become obesity.  It does not make you want to be healthy and active.

 

            Although commercial is a common method to portray fast food, another method that media often use is the image. What people sees on magazine, Internet, and anything resource that can project the so called “best taste fast food meal.” Many fast food reflect on the image is being shown to be delicious and well made meal. But when we actually go into the restaurant and buy it in person. You’ll see the major difference from the image and the actual food. For example, the egg from a fast food sandwich meal is more than just an egg. It contains a strange concoction that includes egg and premium egg blend. The blend includes glycerin, which could be found in soap and shaving cream. Could you imagine you are partially eating soap or shaving cream in your meal!

            

The main reason that media makes the fast food to be shown as a healthy meal is to attract customers that does not have fast food often. When you are not eating out on fast food everyday. You are more likely to go back to fast food once in every time period. A lot of people do not know what exactly is in the ingredient. Instead, people are focus on the beauty of the image and fall into the dark side of the fast food. At this day, people are still continuing eating fast food. Majority of people are aware of the negative effect on human body, but yet people are constantly eating fast food to damage their health.