Food Crisis in The World

In relation to my adverting vs. ethical violations blog I wanted to relate this blog about a food crisis in the world. I think these two topics relate because advertisements continue show skinny males and females, naked and beautiful. Our society is accustomed to thinking that this is the way we must look. This is a huge issue. We are human beings, we are all different.


I think the most significant food crisis facing the world today is the actual effect that food is having on our mental health. Basically, there is this obsession with being thin and it is having an impact on society’s wellbeing. I guess that would be described as our “lack” of food consumption crisis then..? This issue affects both men and women around the world. Someone somewhere started this crisis that everyone must eat “low cal”, “fat free”, “whole wheat”, and whatever else you can find, foods. I think same crisis is much more prevalent in the US due to the extreme obesity and body image issues. I do think that these issues can be solved as soon as everyone realizes that you don’t need to be a size zero or look like the Hulk in order to fit in or be accepted by society. We are all meant to be different shapes, sizes, colors and we should be able to eat what we want (within reason) and once people realize that then yes, I think we can solve this crisis.

 

Below is a youtube video created by Dove, Real Beauty Campaign  which i think is a great depiction of the influence advertisements can have on us.