Food Addiction In Canada

Addicting chemicals used by big corporations under the protection of the Canadian Government are causing the general public to consume more and play less. Food addiction has been scientifically proven to have an astounding effect: “When these experiments were replicated by Hoebel and his colleagues using sugar as the possible substance of abuse, the results were the same as for alcohol and narcotics. Thus, laboratory animal research originally designed to mimic human behavior with alcohol and narcotics showed that sugar could cause biochemical cravings”(Werdell). These chemicals are being implemented throughout Canadian society, causing consumers to buy more product and therefore bring in greater sums of money for the production and distribution …show more content…
Addiction to food presents a logical explanation for why consumers persist in purchasing and consuming more food than is necessary for survival”(Rosin). Canadians as a whole consume copious amounts of soft drinks and artificial foods such as sandwich meats because of how cheap and easy-to-use they have become. No rules or regulations are in place to prevent the over-consumption of these foods, which results in Canadians being able to buy, in bulk, the worst items for them, and for much less than if they purchased the foods they should be consuming. Moreover, the people of Canada are consuming fewer fruits and vegetables than ever before, with fifty percent of adults, and thirty percent of children ages four to eight failing to eat the recommended daily servings of vegetables, which are only eight and five servings respectively(Ogilvie). Fake foods are not only unhealthy themselves, but they also promote an unhealthy style of …show more content…
Food addiction has become an issue because of corporations, especially fast food industries; entire engineering teams are put together by these corporations to create new additives that are made to be as addictive as possible to increase the consumption of their products(Rosin). Further effects of increased food consumption include a reduction in physical activity and psychosocial(both psychological and social health) problems. The minimum amount of recommended physical activity is rarely met by the majority of the public; only nine percent of youth, four percent of adolescents, and fifteen per cent of adults regularly meet their minimum weekly requirement(Raine). Because of the decrease in physical activity, use of electronics has skyrocketed over the last decade. On average, Canadians spend forty hours per week using electronics, which in turn leads to increased consumption of snack foods such as chips or