Am I hungry? I think now I am...
It is hard to argue that media is strongly supported by advertisements which bring much money, therefore, this relationship between "how fast food companies use media" and "how media presents fast food" is tightly tangled. In order to understand how exactly we are tricked into eating unhealthily, it is useful to watch an interesting ad which successfully uses the concept "Sex sells". As a woman, you probably unconsciously see yourself as this girl: a misleading representation that with this burger you will look this slim. As a man, you probably unconsciously depict yourself with this lady having a burger together. Or you might just enjoy the ad, emit saliva and eventually get a burger. I might be judgmental, but I do want to buy this burger after the ad. Although, it might be ridiculous at times.
Reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNBdU0PwWKU&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DsNBdU0PwWKU&has_verified=1
I really like your comment "a misleading representation that with this burger you will look this slim", because, unfortunately, it is true. Media tells us eat, eat, but do not get fat. But in fact, as a person with a "normal" body metabolism you cannot expect that if you eat this kind of junk food (yeah, and junk food in general) every day, your body will be as skins as you can see in the video and that it will not have any negative consequences on your health.
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