outline ideas for project 12

Thesis: dominant social practices in the u.s are seen as 'normal' but in reality they are nightmarish atrocities that result in an unhealthy environment.

 *Major claim: the fast food industries major concern is getting profit not supporting their consumers health  and they do this by targeting certain age groups .

(a couple sentences of info leading into claims )

-Evidence:

• super size me film. (outcome of fast food)

~ Claim 1: their number one consumers are kids and teenagers causing them to be  obese and putting them at a high risk of diabetes at such a young age.

-Evidence:    CBS News: Health Watch

• article: "fast food linked to child obesity" . . . quote => "Every day, nearly one-third of U.S. children aged 4 to 19 eat fast food, which likely packs on about six extra pounds per child per year and increases the risk of obesity, a study of 6,212 youngsters found." (link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/05/health/main591325.shtml)
• article: "fast food linked to child obesity"  . . . quote=> "The numbers, though alarming, are not surprising since billions of dollars are spent each year on fast-food advertising directed at kids, said lead author Dr. David Ludwig, director of the obesity program at Children's Hospital Boston." (link:http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/05/health/main591325.shtml)
• article: "fast food linked to child obesity" . . . Quote=> "Children's current levels of fast-food consumption probably are even higher because of an increase in the number of fast-food restaurants and in fast-food marketing since the late 1990s, Ludwig said." (link:http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/05/health/main591325.shtml)