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Processed Food In American Culture A History Of War And Advertising Siebel

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Over processed foods are all over and hard to tell apart. This unfortunately means people eat them everyday without knowing the consequences. There are many arguable effects of over processed foods such as the link to being overweight, nutritional values, and the effect on energy levels. The history of processed foods was researched to further understand what they are and how the process has improved. Then the current controversies of over processed foods was looked at and analyzed. Future predictions were researched to see what could be changed to help people be aware of what they could be doing to their bodies. Finally a survey was taken to see how much people know about processed foods and how much they consume them. It was found …show more content…

In his article “Processed Food in American Culture: A History of War and Advertising” Siebel (2016) explains that the use of processed food in America was jump started by World War Two (para 1). He explains how processed food was less of a necessity in the American diet before the war started. Because of the war processed foods became cheaper and easier to obtain. The government needed to keep food prices down to keep the economy in check. Propaganda became a catalyst for processed food. It led people to believe that by eating processed foods they were being patriotic (Siebel pg 52). Advertisements would show that by canning food they were helping with the war effort. After the war canned and processed food became the new …show more content…

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