This following link is a blog with the slogan "where dreams become heart attacks." It's compiled of several images contributed by various bloggers. It has received national attention in newspapers in the United States, Canada, and Germany.
This is Why You’re Fat Blog
How did this website appeal to you? Did you get an appetite?
What techniques were used to spark interests?
What meals were focused on? Why?
How do the blog posts represent stereotypical unhealthy food?
Most of the posts are from stores and restaurants, are the demand for these unhealthy creations what makes the American food culture so fatty?
Are the bloggers successful in convincing the audience that these foods are the reason for obesity?
Some of the things on this website looked really appetizing, but some like the deep fried milky way and the KFC pie looked absolutely disgusting. The colors were very bright so they could attract the reader's attention and the first couple of pictures looked delicious. All of the meals were desserts probably because everyone has a little bit of a sweet tooth and it can appeal to everyone. The blog shows twinkies, milky ways, KFC: the stereotypical bad, fattening food. Representing unhealthy food in a pretty, decorative and artistic way makes people want to try it and see what it really tastes like. The bloggers showed a limited amount of unhealthy food and these are not the only reason why the obesity rate is going up.
ReplyDeleteThe website, "This is why you fat" was a very appealing meaning of communication. While I believe some people would be attracted and receive an appetite by previewing these certain foods, I was actually repelled from the website. Although each food item did look delicious, I also saw the food items as fatty, friend, and undesirable. Throughout this blog there were many different techniques used to appeal to the viewers. I believe techniques such as providing mainly pictures truly got readers to focus on the feelings they get from the appearance of the food rather than the description which was not provided in this blog. Also I believe that the technique of using deserts was also appealing because everyone likes some kind of desert. Those were the types of meals focused on throughout the blog. Blog posts in general represent unhealthy foods in an appealing way to attract rather than to sway people away. I also believe that the demand for these unhealthy creations is not what makes the American culture so fatty. I believe everyone has a choice of what they consume each day. Yes, advertisers may look very appealing but ultimately they are not the ones shoving the food down their throats. I believe that bloggers especially the one previewed above do not successfully convince the audience that food is the reason for obesity. Some advertisements might do so, but this particular blog and others that I personally use such as Pinterest glamorize food, making it look appealing rather than the reason for obesity.
ReplyDeleteThis website has multiple images which could relate to its popularity. With the pictures represented on the website,this could make people want to try an make it or just eat it. For my personal reference, I did not get an appetite. I am not one to eat a lot of dessert and therefore I was not a fan of the site. They use the idea of imagery to catch the audiences eye and gives viewers an idea that they too can create something that looks great. The main focus was desserts, which I found slightly odd. I would have thought they would have a variety of different pictures. I do believe they got the idea of why America is obese. As good as the images may look to people, those images are what make us obese and people should really look twice.
ReplyDeleteLooking at these pictures with an empty stomach I suddenly felt the urge to go out and buy lots and lots of bacon. Personally I don't have much of a sweet tooth and the pictures of dessert did not appeal to me. However I was quite disappointed that this blog did not discuss the reasons for the increasing rate of obesity, rather it simply just provided the reader with glamorized pictures of food. I feel as though if I had been able to see the amount of calories of each of these servings I would not have had an appetite.
ReplyDeleteOnly showing the pictures of different food concoctions only aids in pushing the readers imagination of different food ideas. The majority of Americans enjoy a good dessert, that being said they were the meals being focused on and most likely the primary reason for the increasing rate of obesity. This blog could have done a better job of providing more facts as to why were fat rather than just providing us with pictures of food.
I agree that looking at this blog it sparked my hunger for a nice dessert item, even though I had just eaten a nice yogurt parfait from the union. However, in the back of my mind I was also wondering, I cannot even imagine how many calories that is, or specifically in the Melt challenger: how could all of that possibly fit into my stomach and I would still feel alright after eating it. I think this blog definitely catches the attention of the reader because as everyone had said, it uses the bright colors and pictures that seem to be well photographed. The foods are not typical, everyday desserts that you find at any bakery or supermarket as many people have pointed out. This also adds to the attraction of the reader, wondering where they could try that or how they could make something similar. Specifically for me, the Melt challenge popped out because I recently went to Cleveland with friends and they were raving about how delicious Melt was. I agree, it was delicious; however, there was no doubt in my mind that what I was eating was not healthy for me at all...and I only had a regular sandwich. I could not even imagine the Melt challenge, I only know there was some reward to go with it if you finished. That being said, the food industry knows that America is all about being the best and thinking of things that no one else has, or trying something new. That seems to be what happens in this blog and what grabs the attention of the viewer; the fact that most of the foods presented were not typical but rather a clever dessert or new concoction.
DeleteWhen I looked at the website, the desserts were what appealed to me. The blog contained many bright colors that caught my eye and focused mainly on desserts, which seems to be America’s weakness. When I looked at the melt challenge and the KFC pie, those images just made me think of a heart attack and how many Americans eat food like that everyday. I clicked on the link for the KFC Double Down Luther Sandwich and was surprised to see mixed comments on the food item. I assumed most people would think about how unhealthy and disgusting the sandwich looked, but some people were asking about how it tasted and where they could find it. The post that concerned me the most was when Josh said, “[…] this is the future! Evolution wants me to have this.” It is scary to think of what the future generations will look like with these crazy, new, unhealthy creations.
ReplyDeleteThe website contained many food items that made me want to buy chocolate. The KFC Double Down sandwich looked disgusting and I would personally never have the urge to purchase it. I felt that I gained five pounds by just looking at it. It's crazy to live in a society where people don't think twice about eating large portions of unhealthy foods everyday. The blogger does a good job of sharing with people the types of foods that cause obesity. It's not the food that causes obesity though, it's the people that consume it. Everyone gets to choose the foods they eat, how much they eat and the amount of regular physical activity they partake in. When eaten in moderation, none of the foods on the blog would make a person obese. Therefore it's ultimately up to the people in society to be obese or not, considering there's not a medical condition that causes obesity.
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ReplyDeleteI would say this website appealed to me because I kept clicking through the pages to see what crazy food would come up next rather than comment on the blog. I did get an appetite at first but looking through it more and more just made me feel sick after a while.
ReplyDeleteThe techniques used to spark interest were extreme exagerration on everyday foods. Most of American is not fat due to outrageous food depicted in the blog, but eating too much unhealthy food with not enough exercise. Some of the foods in the blog can be found on tv shows like "Man vs. Food" on the food channel in which people try to take on extreme food challenge. It appeals to viewers because of the radical, outrageousness of the food. Most meals focused on adding bacon to something or deep-frying it, and the blog stereotypical represents the food by deep-frying everything. The supply balances out the demand as most do not eat this food daily. If one would want to find something like the food depicted in the blog they would know where to go to get it. I feel the bloggers aren't successful in convincing the audience that this is why Americans are obese, but rather that this contributes to the culture of American obesity.
Just by the title, "This is Why You're Fat" i was curious enough to look through all of the pages. The blog on tumblr was colorful and appealing for the reader. Each image though looked unappetizing, the reader couldn't help but look and read what the ingredients were. It was appealing and addicting, in other words i continued to click onto the next page even though i was repulsed by majority of the images. The ad does a good job getting the reader to lose his/her appetite. It makes you realize how bad your eating habits are and to give the reader a wake up call to eat healthier. People don't realize what they consume will affect their bodies' health and physical appearance. Most of the images were large entrees such as platefuls of meat and large desserts. The choices were home-style choices and easy to make dishes such as corn dog egg rolls and sundaes. All the choices represent unhealthy food choices. It successfully gets the message across about America's unhealthy eating habits, but not really proving by fact that all Americans are obese.
ReplyDeleteThis website caught my attention right away. It was very interesting and fun looking at all the different food creations made my people. I could not wait to turn the page to see more pictures.For some of the pictures I saw, I even read furthur into the description to see how they made it so that maybe I could make it one day. My appetite went from not hungry at all to extremely starving with multiple different cravings. The techniques used to spark my interest was all of the unique creations. Such as "Bacon Cheese Turtleburgers" which was a ground beef pattie topped with sharp cheddar cheese, wrapped in a bacon weave shell with hot dog head, legs and tail. Making food like a cute little animal is very appealing because not only is the food delicious, it also now turns into a fun craft-like activity of making the food. People would want to make a food like that to impress their guests and start conversations like "oh my goodness these are so cute, where did you find this idea?" Most meals that were focused on were deep fried "healthy foods". Such as turning something that used to be considered a healthy entree or snacck into something extremely bad for you. Some examples of this were "corndog eggs" which were deep-fried boiled eggs and also "banana corn dogs" which were bananas deep-fried and covered in powdered sugar. The blog posts also represented stereotypical unhealthy foods such as Twinkies, Oreos, KFC, Milky Ways, Cadbury Eggs, Peeps, and Devils Food Cake. By representing common unhealthy foods in a fun, colorful, appealing way makes people want to try the foods because of their finished product appearance. They focus less on how unhealthy the food is and more on the creativeness and challenge of recreating the idea. The bloggers do a good job of representing a main resason for the rising rate in obesity. Frying EVERYTHING seems to be a new development over recent years. Most of the posts showed multiple different random foods being fried. There are other reasons for obesity but the greasy food switch over is definitely one of the bigger causes.
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ReplyDelete“This is Why You're Fat”, I believe no one will ignore this title when they see it because no one wants to be fat especially in America. People probably wanted to know why they are fat from the blog before they read it, on the contrary, people may get fatter after they read the blog. This website shows people some extremely attractive food, exactly says, dessert. As everyone knows, dessert seems the sweet dream since people’s childhood. The author caught this point by using the bright color cream and attractive chocolate. I think these pictures should catch most of people’s attention when they first look at this website. Since everyone loves fresh food, from these pictures, it is not difficult to find most of them are fresh-baked which make me get an appetite. All of the food comes from American’s daily life, and also represent American’s unhealthy eating habits. Although no one can eat this fatty dessert every day, this blog still indicate the reason why so many Americans are obese.
ReplyDeleteThis blog did appeal to me. After looking through the first few pages I saw many things that looked tasty but a few things that looked over the top in quantity and content. What sparked my interest was the variety in the foods and the unique ways in which they were prepared. I think most of the posts definitely represented stereotypical unhealthy food like the deep fried Milky Ways and the KFC Double Down. A some of the food though, like the "S'more Cupcakes" and the "Pink Velvet Bunny-Cake Pops", while unhealthy, was not over the top in quantity and looked like a creative take on common desserts.
ReplyDeleteI think the demand for these foods has created an abundance of unhealthy foods in restaurants and supermarkets. Making these foods readily available, I think, is a reason Americans are more unhealthy than the rest of the world.
The bloggers are successful in convincing the audience these foods are the reason for obesity. They are also successful in showing that they are happy being unhealthy. This is not a site encouraging weight loss, this site encourages unhealthiness. I think it's the blogger's attitudes towards the food that convince me these foods are the cause of obesity, more so than the actual foods themselves.
The title of the blog doesn't seem to fit the blog at all. "This is Why You're Fat" yet at no point of scrolling through these pictures did I come close to feeling guilty about salivating at what was portrayed. Chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake, oreo scone, peanut butter oreo chocolate balls does it get any better? the message of why you're fat (due to these UNHEALTHY foods) is never hammered home, the blog just uses pictures which are visually desirable and in no manner turning off obese people from further craving the foods. If the blogs goal was to promote the sharing of food ideas rather than show fattening foods to scare off obesity than the blog was very effective. I found myself clicking next and scrolling through to see what crazy good concoction would pop up next.
ReplyDeleteThis blog is like a car wreck! The viewer is completely disgusted but can not look away. The bright colors in the pictures draw your attention and the first foods look good. As one continues to scroll through it became more and more unappetizing as though one could have a heart attack just by looking at it. The Melt Challenge for example was so in your face that it's nauseating. Truly many of these foods are responsible for America's obesity problem. On it's own none of these foods are going to cause one to be fat. The problem is we live in a society of over indulgence. People do not stop after just one.
ReplyDeleteWhile it is true that foods like these are the cause of obesity, for so many people websites like these could also be the cure. If one had the discipline to look at this website before eating that next fat field meal or desert they might choose to walk away. I personally was not at all hungry after viewing the blog. There was just so much fat and sugar that I wanted to go work out. Even the foods that looked good were so artfully surrounded by foods that would induce a heart attack that they lost their appeal. The people that constructed this site did such a good job of grabbing my attention that even though I was revolted I could not stop scrolling through. After I was finished I had no desire to eat. Which meant this site achieved its purpose.
In some respects this website did appeal to me, I did get kind of hungry, and when I'm done writing this I will probably go get Chipotle for dinner. To spark the interest of a blog reader, the "writer" for lack of a better term used not only the content of the blog, but the writer also the look of the blog to pull in the reader. The background and text were bright and colorful people are generally attracted to this theme and it pulls in the reader before they even get a chance to look at the content. Then the pictures of the content were large and usually colorful. This catched the readers eye and makes it pleasing experience to look at the blog. The meals that were used were usually iconic foods with a spin to them, for example the Kentucky Fried Chicken casserole. This was used so that the reader could have something back to realte the taste to, "wow KFC is really good... OOO they made a casserole! I have to try that!". This particular blog represents stereotypical food in a delightful and delicious manner, making it appear as though this is something that everyone should try. I feel that it's not so much the fact that there is a demand for fattier food as much as people trying to be creative with foods that they enjoy. The term comfort foods comes to mind when I think of the pictures posted on this particular blog. The bloggers are certainly making a statement when they display these photos to their readers. I don't feel that it is convincing the audience though that the fact that they would enjoy these particular foods is the reason why some of them are overweight.
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ReplyDeleteI was initially curious when I began looking at this website. The pictures displayed, as well as their descriptions, made me wonder what these foods would actually taste like and made me want to try them. But, after scrolling through the photos and imagining what these treats were like, I developed a sort of stomach ache. I thought about how overwhelming these desserts would be and it immediately turned me off from the website. I think that the blogger who created this page definitely targeted an audience with a sweet tooth and I think that the grotesque, fattening foods spoke for themselves. Desserts are such a guilty pleasure in our society and they used this logic behind their blog. Their goal was to bring the reader in with the use of bright colors, salivating images, and inviting descriptions and I think they accomplished this well. I got the feeling that I was in a candy shop of some sort, with endless dessert possibilities. I think that the blogger did this on purpose to make the reader become overwhelmed with the sugary and greasy foods, resulting in the feeling of disgust with these foods. I think that this overwhelming feeling of being bombarded with unhealthy foods on this website parallels with the idea that we are being bombarded with unhealthy foods in real life, as well. I feel that media encourages unhealthy lifestyles and eating habits way more than it encourages being healthy. The blogger used this to support their idea that these foods are what make you fat and does so successfully. I do believe that the availability of these foods does not make it any easier to live a healthy life but I do not think that they are the ultimate cause for obesity. The decision on whether to pick up a fried, chocolate covered Twinkie or an apple comes down to the person as an individual.
ReplyDeleteThe blog does a really good job of catching your attention. Immediately, I felt as if it was a poor decision to display these pictures, simply because I thought they looked appealing and it was unproductive towards the message the bloggers were trying to send, but as you go on, the pictures become more unappetizing and decently disgusting. The melt challenge put me over the edge, making me realize that these foods are indulged daily by many Americans, and proves evident that this is why were one of the fattest countries in the world. These foods are so accessible in America today that it's hard to argue why many Americans choose to eat like this. The media is part to blame for this too, encouraging the consumption of these extremely unhealthy foods and portraying them as fulfilling and tasteful foods.
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