Question

In at least 500 words, answer the following questions: The fast food industry spends billions of dollars each year in advertising. Convenience food manufactures and fast food restaurants try to sell as much food as they can. They use a number of marketing tactics including advertising aimed at children, pricing structures aimed at getting people to purchase food they don't need a good example is super sizing, the increase in portion sizes for just a small increase in price), and advertising aimed at subconscious urges and desires (like the desire to be cool and with the "in crowd"). Should these advertising practices be prohibited or limited in some way through government regulation? Does your answer change for advertising geared toward children? Should Ronald McDonald be banned? Do you think the fast food industry should be taxed to help pay for the high cost of health care problems associated with its product? •

Answer 1

Answer: Advertisement plays major role in product selling. Marketing strategies aimed to target particular community or specific age of people. But the advertising practices should be prohibited through government regulations. This is because in the advertisement the side effects or it's adverse effects.

Children usually gets attracts with visuals shown in advertisement. So, marketing of products such as chocolates, beverages etc. It increases the health risks specially in children. The increased risk of disease occurs in children. Creating awareness about eating healthy food can reduce risk of disease.

Burgers, pizza as well as all the fast foods should be banned or should not be advertised. It could be better that there should be increased tax on the fast food, caffeinated beverages so that amount can be utilized in the health care problems. Treatment can be provided to the people with low socio economic status.