How Advertisements Affect Eating Assignment | Nutrition
Before completing this activity, please read the Module Notes, entitled Your Brain and Food. You can also access a PDF version.Preview the document
Discussion: How Advertisements Affect Eatin
Introduction to the Activity
This Engage discussion activity addresses Module Outcomes 1 and 2. In the readings and videos, you learned about how food, specifically food high in fat and sugar, affects our brains. You also learned how the food industry uses this information to create advertisements that ultimately lead us to over-consume unhealthy foods to satisfy our brains’ desires for fat and sugar. Please use the assigned learning materials to further explore the effect of food advertisements in the discussion for Module 3.
You may want to access the Readings and Materials page for review.
Instructions
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.
Describe a food advertisement you saw this week (e.g., television, social media, billboard, etc.). Where was the advertisement? What was the advertisement?
Discuss how the advertisement affected your brain’s desire for you to consume that food.
Finally, did the advertisement work?
Your initial post should be at least 500 words and must substantively integrate the assigned readings with proper APA (Links to an external site.) style formatting.
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Submission
Be sure to check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors before you post it.
Evaluation
Discussion participation is worth 25% of your overall course grade and is evaluated using the SLA Discussion Rubric.Preview the document Review the rubric carefully so you understand how you will be graded.
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