"How Ads Created Global Junk Food Generation"

by Saeed Kamali Denghan

“The situation regarding junk food is very worrisome in Nepal,” says Atul Upadhyay of the global health organisation Helen Keller International, who is featured in UCL’s Nepal film study, produced in collaboration with the Kathmandu-based centre for research on environment, health and population activities. “Children are eating more unhealthy food than they are eating healthy food.”

Professor Sarah Hawkes, director of UCL’s centre for gender and global health, and the lead researcher behind the project, says the footage collected by children in Nepal was similar to those filmed in Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tunisia, Vietnam and the UK.

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How does the author’s use of ethos in this section advance their purpose?

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by demonstrating that researchers and experts agree with the author’s point of view
by demonstrating that researchers and experts agree with the author’s point of view

by underscoring the credibility of the author’s primary research sources
by underscoring the credibility of the author’s primary research sources

by explaining the scope of the impact of food advertising on children
by explaining the scope of the impact of food advertising on children

by summarizing the collaborative nature of global research initiatives
by summarizing the collaborative nature of global research initiatives

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  1. How does the author’s use of ethos in this section advance their purpose?

by demonstrating that researchers and experts agree with the author’s point of view

  1. Classify the argument:
  • All pigs can fly. Porky is a pig. Porky can fly. (invalid)

  • Fish can swim. John can swim. John is a fish. (invalid)

  • A quarter is worth 25 cents. I have 2 quarters. I have 50 cents. (sound)