Thread by @HealthTick

How Advertising is secretly changing our food preferences without us even realizing it?

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Advertisements have a powerful influence on what we eat and drink. It can even impact our health as well.

Did you know that the average person sees over 5,000 advertisements per day?

Persuasive Techniques

Advertisements use persuasive techniques such as emotional appeals, repetition, and endorsements to make their products desirable.

These techniques can trigger specific emotions and memories that influence our food choices.

Food advertisements often promote unhealthy, processed, and high-calorie products that can lead to obesity, diabetes, and other health problems.

The sudden rise in global obesity shouldn't surprise us.

Children are particularly vulnerable to advertising, and exposure to unhealthy food advertisements can lead to poor dietary habits and long-term health consequences in our children.

In the world of social media advertisements, it has become worse. Those platforms use algorithms to track our interests, behaviour, and preferences, making it easy for advertisers to target specific demographics and tailor their advertisements.

So can we do anything about it?

The one simple thing you can do is -

Make a grocery list before shopping and stick to it to avoid impulse purchases.

Also, practice mindful eating by paying attention to your hunger and fullness cues and avoiding distractions while eating.

Let's make informed food choices and resist the influence of advertising to live a happier and healthier life. #InformedChoices #HealthyLiving

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