Diet, Class, and Jenny Craig
Presentation Type
Historical Research
Release Option
Event
Description
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Abstract
This essay will discuss the effects that fast food has on America and how social class is tied into which class is affected the most. This essay begins off discussing the origins of fast food and where it derived from. From there I began to talk about its target audience and how companies thrived from the social class that it targeted. After that I will discuss how fast food and junk food have negatively impacted its target audience, which is mostly the working and middle class. In addition to the take over fast food had on the average American family; obesity began to play apart in that too. I discussed how obesity was primarily in communities that didn’t have access to healthier food items. Social classes that had better access to healthier foods didn’t suffer from obesity at the same rates as someone from the working or lower class. Towards the end of the essay, I discussed how companies took advantage of the rising obesity rates and would use that data to target the people that are suffering from obesity. I concluded with the idea that healthier food options should be accessible to all social classes not just select ones.
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Cathy Skidmore-Hess
Department of Primary Presenter's Major
Department of History
Location
Room 1020
Symposium Year
2023
Diet, Class, and Jenny Craig
Room 1020
This essay will discuss the effects that fast food has on America and how social class is tied into which class is affected the most. This essay begins off discussing the origins of fast food and where it derived from. From there I began to talk about its target audience and how companies thrived from the social class that it targeted. After that I will discuss how fast food and junk food have negatively impacted its target audience, which is mostly the working and middle class. In addition to the take over fast food had on the average American family; obesity began to play apart in that too. I discussed how obesity was primarily in communities that didn’t have access to healthier food items. Social classes that had better access to healthier foods didn’t suffer from obesity at the same rates as someone from the working or lower class. Towards the end of the essay, I discussed how companies took advantage of the rising obesity rates and would use that data to target the people that are suffering from obesity. I concluded with the idea that healthier food options should be accessible to all social classes not just select ones.
