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Your Preference: Listening to Our Teens

In All Jacked Up, teenagers share that the “Media tells us we are a powerful consumer because we have disposable income. Parents and teachers tell us junk food is bad, but that’s what they serve us at school and parents … Continue reading

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Your Preference: Investigating the Differences

The teenagers in the movie, All Jacked Up, goes on to say that fructose and high fructose is a sweetener that can put on weight and can be a precursor for diabetes, yet you don’t feel full from it. This … Continue reading

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Your Preference: Stop and Think

The teenagers in this movie, All Jacked Up, ask, “Why is ‘my generation’ sicker than your generation?” The movie also states that 2/3 of the American high school students have middle aged diseases, such as an increase in blood pressure, … Continue reading

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Your Preference: Prioritizing Our Health

All Jacked Up sums up the question for our kids, “How to prioritize our own health and how to prioritize health and nutrition.” The teenagers also remind their parents that they hear “tone” first and they want an environment where … Continue reading

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Your Preference: Full of Sugar or Nutritionally Dense?

According to an article on cspinet.org “Soda pop is Americans’ single biggest source of refined sugars, providing the average person with one-third of that sugar.” Teen-age boys get about 15 teaspoons of sugar a day from soft drinks and the … Continue reading

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