Effects of Junk Food in the Health of School Going Students

Running head: THEORIES AND THEIR IMPLICATION
Theories and their implication
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Introduction
This paper aims to analyse the issue of effects of junk food in the health of the school
going children by using the qualitative research based article where the researcher has used
certain theories to explain the further study. This is divided into several parts, and the paper will
be analysing multiple sources for understanding how these theories can help build the proposed
research and deepen the understanding. The aim of the paper is to analyse how the theoretical
framework in research is used to provide researchers a strong foundation and the utilisation of
theory in research.
Discussion
The theory of planned behaviour has been used in this article to study the positive and
negative attitudes towards the behaviour of the parents to understand the growing pattern of junk
consumption among the new generation (Montano et al., 2015). The rationale of the author
behind using this theory is that the current behaviour of the children can be deciphered from the
behavioural pattern of the parents (Montano et al., 2015). This theory is particularly critical
because it provides an overview and understanding of the parental attitudes mostly belonging to
the lower income families to find out if there is a transmission of the same behavioural pattern
among the children as well (Montano et al., 2015). This is helpful in analysing the issue from a
different perspective, and this theory provides data and analysis based on the actual behaviour of
the included parties (Boyland et al., 2015). The theory of planned behaviour is one of the
prominent theories of the discipline of psychology which is the theory linking the behavioural
perception of the child with their food habit (Baidal et al., 2018). It is used here as a method to

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determine the behavioural link for the higher consumption of foods and drinks (Berge et al.,
2015). Hence, it is essential to consider the theory used in the research study for adopting a
holistic understanding of the issue.
This article focuses on the issue of health concerns of the children and their reasons for
this unhealthy pattern of living (Parker et al., 2019). One of the primary causes of this health
behaviour is found to be the consumption of junk foods and beverages in higher quantity than
before. The author has made use of the data-driven approach for conducting the study and the
consistent behavioural theory have been used in this article to understand the issue of the future
concern of the children and their health behaviour (Parker et al., 2019). What is important to
consider here is that the theory of planned behaviour is used as the method to find out answers to
the questions like "why there are certain sets of behaviour related to the food habit and what are
the factors responsible for such behaviour". Every research acquires a strong basis when there
are sound theoretical frameworks because it helps to provide ideas about the concepts and ideas
using the theoretical understanding. Ultimately all theory provides generalisations about the
different phenomenon, and it is essential to relate the topic by using a theoretical structure in
research. This theory has been used to understand the lower levels of physical activity among
children and the increase in sedentary behaviour. The importance of this particular theory and
their application is essential to understand the behavioural typologies, the socio-demographic
characteristics and weight status of the children in schools (Parker et al., 2019). This approach
will help in finding out the future impact of obesity and other health issues among the children
by analysing the data of how many children are highly inactive and how many of them have an
obese tendency (Parker et al., 2019). This theory is particularly critical to understand the reasons
for the future health issues of the children with the exclusive focus on their future aspect. This in

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addition to the previous article will help to understand the issue from a futuristic perspective
(Parker et al., 2019). This is also important because this theory is used in understanding the
behavioural aspect of the children who consume the maximum level of junk foods (Kaiser et al.,
2015). This article along with the planned theory of the previous article will contribute to the
holistic understanding of the issue of effects on junk food on the health issue of the children in
U. S (Kaiser et al., 2015).
As per the author, the healthy habits and dietary practices are something that starts from
childhood. It gets carried forward in the later period of life (Baraldi et al., 2018). It is estimated
that if the eating habit for the junk food and the drinking pattern be changed from childhood,
there is a lesser chance of issues like obesity, diabetes among the young. The life expectancy
would see positive growth. The author has conducted researches on the study of the behavioural
approach of a particular section of people to understand and analyse the eating and drinking
pattern of the youth and the adolescents (Marteau, 2018). The author has adopted the behavioural
theory and approach method to study the behaviour of the adult and the youth to highlight the
issue of childhood eating practices (Marteau, 2018). This provides a helpful method of analysing
the behavioural aspect of the child and their eating drinking practices. This behavioural theory is
based on the information based approach which helps to understand the changing behavioural
pattern based on specific information associated with it (Marteau, 2018). This theory and the
approach according to the author is useful in analysing the data. Why this theory can be helpful
in conducting the research is that the idea of changing attitude can be only studied by the study
of the behaviour of the people. This theory is critical because it provides an understanding of the
different factors for the social conditioning of the people (Marteau, 2018). It is the idea of why
people behave in a certain way, and it is argued by the sociologist that there is a high impact of