Nutrition and healthy eating habits are a major concern for today’s children. Un

Nutrition and healthy eating habits are a major concern for today’s children. Unfortunately, children are exposed to a variety of not-so-helpful messages about food from the media. The purpose of this assignment is to think about the ways in which the media portrays food and eating, and if children (and their parents) are susceptible to the advertising.
Find out from the children’s programs like Paw Patrol or some other cartoon show what is being advertised during the many commercial breaks and to the manner in which the food items are described and shown. Take notes as you watch to help you answer the following questions:
How many advertisements did you see? Of those advertisements, how many were food related?
What types of food were being advertised in the commercials you saw? Were the commercials generally for restaurants or for food to eat at home? Were most of the foods healthy or not?
What elements of the advertisements do you think would influence children? How did the commercials try to make the food appealing to the viewer?
Is the food presented in a way that is inviting to children? Is the food presented as healthy nourishment or as a fun “thing to have”?
Write a one- to two-page write-up based on your viewing experience. Answer the above listed questions. Choose one commercial that you thought was particularly interesting and comment on that commercial. Name the program you viewed. For background information, you can explore the following site: http://www.apa.org/topics/kids-media/food.aspx (Links to an external site.)
Include in your paper information from this site on how advertising has contributed to childhood obesity.