Advertising has an influence what other people eat. There are ads for hotdogs, hamburgers, ice cream, beer and the list keeps going. The people at McDonalds and Burger Kings sell all these at a relatively reasonable price which makes everyone longing to eat at these places. Of course, with all this, people forget the negative effects of eating this fast food. Take an example of the Big Mac and fries, the body consumes more calories if u eat it than as one would get if she/he eats pasta and salads. People keep on eating more calories than they need through constant advertising.
Advertising in most cases tends to be persuasive and should be limited. It changes one’s attitude. Ads like that of lens way saying that ‘take three pay for two’ force people to buy them even though there was no need. This is creating a want where there is no need which is a waste of resources (money).
Many ads aim to entertain the consumers. I think ads should aim at providing product information and convincing consumers, not amusing them. Some people don’t buy certain products just because the company doesn’t take them seriously. The Nissan ads of the car changing into different animals, well the fastest of the animals can convey the fastest of the car at times but how about the changing?...because it quite obvious that a car can never change into anything else more so an animal.
There another ad by ford with a monkey in the trunk, the monkey? What do monkeys have to do with cars?
These ads make people laugh and feel good about the products but the generally lacks perfect information about the products. With these ads I strong argue that ads should be limited.
In conclusion, I would like to say that advertising influences the way everybody lives everywhere all the time. The clothes I wear, and the types of food people eat are all a result of advertising. They tend to be persuasive instead of providing genuine information about the product being sold.
