Tuesday, November 10, 2009

junk food and children

Junk food and children

http://baby.163.com/09/1014/10/5LJ2Q8AO00262HR6.html
This is a Chinese article about the junk food bring negative effects on children's healthy. It listed some measurements about the scary influence of children. And showing the reactions of parents about the junk food.
http://www.indiaparenting.com/food-and-nutrition/56_1186/children-and-junk-food.html

This is the English article.

There are linked two articles in different languages, Chinese and English, have the same topic- junk food and children. According to the two articles, the children's health is destroyed by junk food all over the world. Likewise, these two articles clarify that junk food brought lots negative effects on children’s healthy in the modern society. The Chinese article explains the influence to children’s health by predicting that there would be more than 55% girls and 70% boys over fat in 2050. It is similar to the English article’s supports which the food colors are harmful to children’s bodies, which both destroy children’s health. In addition, the Chinese article shows the reasons that caused children infatuating the junk food. The English article describes it, too. The Chinese one points out the television commercial is propagating wrong understanding about junk food to children, the same as the English article. At last of two articles, they both emphasize the importance of channeling off children’s eating habits in a right way. One way in which Chinese article is similar to the English one is eating more regular food instead of junk food. However, they explain these ideas in different ways and have their own emphases. Although, they expound the junk food harms children’s body; the Chinese article listed some numbers of the healthy status of Chinese children, and the English article gives an example of the food colors, which can affect digestive systems. Nevertheless, two articles all clarify these reasons caused the phenomenon of junk food. But the Chinese article emphasis these influences from the social environment, such as the inapprehensive television commercial. It is different from the English article, which is focus on the family’s affects; the parents are neglectful for their children’s eating habits. In conclusion, these two article both emphasis a topic that junk food is not good for children’s healthy growth. We should do something to protect the children from these junk food.

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