The Food Industry and Childhood Obesity

Discussion: Advertising Food to Children
Introduction to the Activity

This Engage discussion activity addresses Module Outcomes 1 and 2. You have reviewed several good readings and optional viewings on the subject of food marketing to children, whether in their homes or at schools etc. Based on these materials, please respond to the following question prompts on the food industry and how they sell food to children.

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Instructions to Learners

Before beginning this activity, be sure to read the Module Notes, assigned readings, and view the assigned videos. Use as much detail from the readings and other learning materials in the module as possible to answer the following question prompts.

    How does the food industry directly market to children?
    Describe a recent food advertisement that you have seen that is specifically targeted at children. How does the ad target the child and why might it be effective?
    In engaging with your peers, please comment as to whether or not you have seen the examples of the advertisements they provided.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words and must substantively integrate the assigned readings with properAPA (Links to an external site.)styleformatting.

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Your initial post is due by Thursday at 11:59 PM EST. Your responses are due by Sunday at 11:59 PM EST.

After you have posted, read through the postings of your peers. Choose (at least) two of your peers posts to respond to. The posts you choose to respond to do not necessarily have to be classmates initial posts.

Each response to a peer should be (at least) approximately 100 words in length and should contribute to the discussion in progress. All responses to classmates should be substantive. That is, they should go beyond simple agreement or disagreement with classmates posts. Also, be sure that your responses are respectful, substantive, and consistent with the expectations for discussion, as stated by the prompt.Be sure to monitor and respond to feedback to your major thread post throughout the module.Be sure also to reply to your classmates postings and that your responses are within the designated due dates for this discussion activity. Please direct any questions you may have to your instructor.

Submission

Be sure to check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors before you post it. When you are ready to post, click on the “Reply” button for a new thread or “Reply” beneath an existing post to respond to the post. Then, copy/paste the text from your document into the message field and click “Post Reply.”
Evaluation

Discussion participation is worth 25% of your overall course grade and is evaluated using theSLA Discussion Rubric.Preview the document Review the rubric carefully so you understand how you will be graded.