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Junk Food: Impact on Health
This is a very interesting study written by experts in the nutritional field such as Bhaskar Rajveer. The journal contains valuable information with findings such as the increased likelihood of heart diseased that consumption of processed foods leads to. The strengths of this study is that it contains multiple experiments that demonstrate the negative impact processed food has on health. However, a weakness of the study that goes against my point is that some of this aliments can have a positive impact on health by helping an individual achieve the 2,000 calories required per day. Even though it is a journal that takes some of the pros and cons of argument into consideration, the number of experiments and findings makes it seem that the author is in favor of "eliminating" processed food.

Fast Foods and their Impact on Health
This article analyzes the impact processed foods has on an individuals health. The argument is very well written and supports my point by arguing that processed foods are one of the biggest contributors to child obesity. However, arguments such as saying that moderate amount of junk food does not cause significant negative externalities refute my finding. However, I consider this study to be against processed foods.

Modern Diet and its Impact on Human Health
This is an eye-opening article that creates awareness of how poorly society’s modern day diet is in terms of nutrition. This article supports my point by arguing that processed foods consumed by society do not have the nutrients necessary to maintain a healthy life. The article has a lot of studies and opinions from experts that makes it worth mentioning in my final project

Fast food: unfriendly and unhealthy
This article has the objective of creating a change in policy where restaurants and fast food companies have to accept the negative impact their food has on the human body. This article supports my point completely because it argues that these type of processed foods create diabetes and obesity. The article does not mention anything that may weaken my argument because it is clearly sided against processed food.

Consumption of ultra-processed foods and obesity in Brazilian adolescents and adults
The study looked at the correlation between obesity and consumption of processed foods in Brazil by using cross-sectional data on more than 30,000 people. The authors classified the food intake of the individuals between processed food and whole foods and used regression models to correlate the consumption of processed foods and obesity. The results indicated that processed food could lead to obesity and serves as a hypothesis to explain the obesity problem among Brazilians. The findings of this study conducted in South-America support my nutritional controversy by suggesting there is a possible correlation between processed food consumption and serious health problems such as obesity. One of the strengths of the study is that there were more than 30,000 participants and the majority of results supported the argument that processed food intake and obesity are correlated. However, weaknesses that refute my argument are that correlation does not mean causation and social factors such as poverty may contribute to processed foods intake. However, the article clearly supports my side against processed foods because the overall goal of the authors is to create awareness of the impact this type of food has on an individual's health.

The Obesity Epidemic: Challenges, Health Initiatives, and Implications for Gastroenterologists
The article discusses how the unhealthy quantities of processed foods consumed by Americans in the U.S. are the reason why 60% of adults are overweight and more likely to suffer from diabetes, heart diseases and cancer. The authors used BMI as a methodology to appraise body adiposity and obesity in individuals. The author also proposed interesting strategies to deal with this challenging issue because the results demonstrating the impact of processed foods on public health were shocking and concerning. The arguments of this article support and relate to my nutritional controversy topic because they state that processed foods have a negative impact on public health. For example, one of the strengths of the article is that it provides evidence and statistics that demonstrate the validity of my argument. However, they are primarily relying on BMI, a methodology that is considered unprecise by many experts in the nutrition field. However, this study is clearly sided against processed foods because of their detrimental effects on public health.

A qualitative study of overweight and obese Australians' views of food addiction
The article focuses on the psychological impact processed foods and being overweight has on individuals. An experiment of 23 participants serves as an explanation of the psychological problems caused by consuming too much of these foods. For example, some participants accepted becoming addicted to these type of foods because of the addictive chemicals they contain. This addiction causes them to become more obese, creating physiological problems like lack of control and negative self-attitudes. This article relates to my argument by discussing the negative consequences caused by over-consuming processed foods and supports it by demonstrating the physiological problems that come from it. However, a weakness of this study is that it only analyzed 23 individuals, making it impossible to apply these conclusions to society in general. The article is clearly sided against processed foods and does a good job talking about how life is for individuals that over consume this type of products.

More apples fewer chips? The effect of school fruit schemes on the consumption of junk food
The article talks about the impacts of initiatives that try to reduce processed food consumption such as the European School Fruit Campaign. The authors analyzed supermarket sales in an Italian city to determine if these initiatives decreased processed food consumption. The results indicated that the campaigns decreased junk food consumption in some sub-groups of the city, reducing their risk of becoming overweight and sick with problems such as obesity. This article talks about my argument and supports it by demonstrating that individuals that do not consume a lot of processed foods are less likely of suffering from health problems to the ones who do. However, a weakness of the article is that it there are not many statistics or opinions from health experts that help me validate my argument. It is an article sided against processed foods that are trying to create awareness of why natural products are better for society.