Consumption

The large consumption of sugar intake is arguably the leading cause of adverse health conditions such as obesity and diabetes in the U.S. Many researchers have studied health outcomes as a result of increased sugar intake, and have concluded that high levels of sugar is most commonly “found in the vast majority of processed foods, especially in sugar-sweetened beverages.” With this knowledge, several health organizations (i.e. World Health Organization) are strongly recommending children and…

Tobacco is a demerit good, which means that its consumption provides negative externalities towards society. Negative externalities of consumption refer to external costs created by consumers. For example, consumers smoking cigarettes will affect the health of others. They are a type of market failure. A market failure occurs when the allocation of resources are not efficient. The upcoming diagram shows negative externalities of consumption of tobacco. The diagram above is presenting that…

The Impact of Food Price on Consumption: A Systematic Review of Research on the Price Elasticity of Demand for Food. This study optically canvassed the prodigious approaches researcher have sought to improve on; diet-related chronic illnesses that are driving up cost of health care across…

Consumption theory has had three different traditions: alienation and commodity fetishism, the Veblenesque, and the psychological (Dunn, 2008). Modern society, according to Dunn, has created a dynamic and intricate system were the objects purpose is economic (2008). The nineteenth century saw the expansion of the material goods world due to the rise of industrial capitalism which was accompanied by a change of thought regarding the fundamental nature of the relationship between the subject and…

that helps to offer insight into the subtleties of social class that make it so difficult to define. Using the writings of Thorstein Veblen on “conspicuous consumption” as a baseline, we can begin to pick apart the “redneck neighbor” and uncover some underlying themes about social class. More specifically, the focus will be…

production and consumption of animal source foods not only leads to the unethical treatment of animals, but also creates negative consequences in society such as climate change and a variety of health risks for those who consume them. The number of factory…

the increase in energy intake associated with soft drink consumption was greater than what could be explained by consumption of the beverages alone, suggesting that such beverages might stimulate appetite and a rapid rise in blood sugar. But the extra energy consumed in the form of sugar sweetened beverages did not reduce the rest of their food energy intake, resulting in a greater total daily energy intake (Effects of Soft Drink Consumption). Because the tremendous amount of sugar entering the…

develop. This is no different than what the NID released in 2012 stating that “Prenatal use of some drugs, including opioids, may cause a withdrawal syndrome in newborns called neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS).” Which goes to show us that our consumption while pregnant, whether good or bad, will affect the infant. Not only will drug…

Introduction If Veblen was to write a sequel to Conspicuous Consumption, he would most likely tile it “Conspicuous Production.” In today’s world everything is about efficiency, how hard one person can work, and how good they look while doing it. Veblen’s idea is taken anew in this article. CEOs are trying to prove their status and high class by how much they work. Everyone below them are following in the footsteps and trying to live this lifestyle as similarly they can get to it. Summary of…

For the last few decades, meat consumption in the United States has increased dramatically and so did the rest of the world. On average, Americans consume at least 270 pounds per person a year, which is way more than almost other country on the planet (Barclay, 2012). In just a short period of time, our meat consumption today has triples if not quadruples the level of meat consumption in the 1900s. During World War I period, meat counters and farm owners were struggled to keep up with demands,…