Thursday, September 27, 2012

Obesity Comment Article

Disney’s Junk Food Crackdown


Gotten from the blogger b7blogger this article was about how television has been a cause in obesity. The advertisements have persuaded young children to go and eat fast food or persuade their parents to take them out to eat in a fast food place. Disney has been trying to lower the consumption in placed were they have high fat and sugar along side Michelle Obama and her campaign.  They say that kids spend too much time infront of a television while multitasking with a phone or his/her laptop. I knew that many kids watch a lot of television but I did not know that they spent so many hours on it. In my young ages I used to be outside playing in the park with my friends all day until the sun went on but many have changed so much over the time. What I did not know was that it was recommended only two hours a day to be infront of a television set and that it actually makes you gain weight. Including the snacks that children eat while watching television has a big impact on obesity and being on the track to getting type 2 diabetes when little kids are supposed to be out healthy, active and loving life.

Obesity

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2012/0925/Too-fat-to-fight-Is-childhood-obesity-a-national-security-threat

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/health/research/obesity-and-type-2-diabetes-cases-take-toll-on-children.html

http://www.cnbc.com/id/36073283

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Influential Rap

There has been many influential rap over the past years especially in old school rap. They did not talk mostly about sex,drugs, and alcohol but on the hardship they have gone through over their years and their experiences that they had to face in order to be sucessful on life. Most started out in the ghetto like the bronx in New York. Most of many appear to be african american. Some examples may be 2pac, Nas, Ice Cube and Notorious B.I.G. that have true stories to tell and have great songs to explain what people go through and let them know that they are not alone. They also explain the hood life and social issues like the famous rapper common which also raps about relationships and spirtuality. Many might think that they are just ghetto people who do bad things in community but in reality they are just exposing the truth and letting people relate to their stories.