Practical
Topic for Persuasive Speech
People Should Eat Less Fast Food
Persuasive Speech
Hello everyone. Thank you for having me. My name is Lee Zi Qing and I am going to be speaking to you all today about people should eat less fast food.
Before I start. I want to ask all of you. Have you ever heard the phrase “You are what you eat?” Nowadays, fast food restaurant is very common in our life. Fast food restaurants like MacDonald’s, KFC, Texas Chicken, Marry Brown are everywhere and you can find one in almost every city. The rising of fast food popularity is a source of concern on people’s financial, health and psychological aspects. The main reason of the rising of fast food popularity is because fast food is convenience to buy and eat. Although fast food is convenience but we must realize that the foods we eat have an impact on our lives.
Due to its convenience and accessibility, fast food has become part of our lives, but we need to concern that the health risks associated with fast food. Fast food has the potential to cause a variety of health problems. If you eat fast food in a long period of time, it can have a negative impact on both your physical and mental health. For example, fast food consumption in excess can lead to diabetes, cancer, strokes, obesity, and a variety of other diseases. According to an article published in California Law review in December 2007, Andera Freeman explains, “many fast food is deep-fried in partially hydrogenated oils, which lead to high cholesterol rates and heart attacks.” Besides that, a study indicates that people who eat fast food more than twice a week gain 10 pounds more, and their insulin resistance increases twice as fast as people who eat fast food less frequently. It is very obvious that fast food consumption carries a huge health risks, which are not only shocking, but harmful to your health as well.
Moreover, fast foods have also been discovered to affect your mental health by altering the way your brain functions. According to an article published in Public Health Nutrition in 2011, it shows that people who eat fast foods are 40% more likely to develop depression. Another article published in Maternal and Child Health Journal also stated that more depression led to a high frequency of fast food intake in overweight women. These results had showed the relationship between fast food habits and depression.
Ladies and Gentlemen, now that you're all aware of the negative effects of fast food, let's talk about how to avoid them. The best way to avoid fast food is homemade food that can be personalized to a person's nutritional needs. You can make a list of all the foods needed for a week and visit a grocery shop to get fresh foods such as vegetables, fruits, whole grain bread, milk, eggs, yogurt and others. After that, prepare a healthy meal by taking the nutrition value in each meal to ensure you gain enough nutrition in your meal. Furthermore, cooking at home keeps you healthy while also allowing you to save money. The best option for your physical health is homemade food. When you cook at home, you have complete control over the quality of the food you prepare, which should be quick, clean, and nutritious. You can prepare healthy meals not only for yourself but also for your family. This helps you to spend quality time with your family without being distracted by noise or stress. These has shows that cooking at home can benefit both your physical and social well-being.
In addition, cooking at home can save you a significant amount of money while also keeping you healthy. According to a research, there is about 40-70% saving in the homemade food which is healthy in comparison to fast foods. This clearly indicates that homemade food saves money and is healthier than fast food.
So, overall I have tried to persuade you all to consume less fast food because it is unhealthy, and I also went into detail about how to avoid fast food. You only have one body, no matter how busy your life is, do make the proper decision for yourself and your family. Having a healthy home cooked meal with your family. That’s all from me. Thank you.
Before I start. I want to ask all of you. Have you ever heard the phrase “You are what you eat?” Nowadays, fast food restaurant is very common in our life. Fast food restaurants like MacDonald’s, KFC, Texas Chicken, Marry Brown are everywhere and you can find one in almost every city. The rising of fast food popularity is a source of concern on people’s financial, health and psychological aspects. The main reason of the rising of fast food popularity is because fast food is convenience to buy and eat. Although fast food is convenience but we must realize that the foods we eat have an impact on our lives.
Due to its convenience and accessibility, fast food has become part of our lives, but we need to concern that the health risks associated with fast food. Fast food has the potential to cause a variety of health problems. If you eat fast food in a long period of time, it can have a negative impact on both your physical and mental health. For example, fast food consumption in excess can lead to diabetes, cancer, strokes, obesity, and a variety of other diseases. According to an article published in California Law review in December 2007, Andera Freeman explains, “many fast food is deep-fried in partially hydrogenated oils, which lead to high cholesterol rates and heart attacks.” Besides that, a study indicates that people who eat fast food more than twice a week gain 10 pounds more, and their insulin resistance increases twice as fast as people who eat fast food less frequently. It is very obvious that fast food consumption carries a huge health risks, which are not only shocking, but harmful to your health as well.
Moreover, fast foods have also been discovered to affect your mental health by altering the way your brain functions. According to an article published in Public Health Nutrition in 2011, it shows that people who eat fast foods are 40% more likely to develop depression. Another article published in Maternal and Child Health Journal also stated that more depression led to a high frequency of fast food intake in overweight women. These results had showed the relationship between fast food habits and depression.
Ladies and Gentlemen, now that you're all aware of the negative effects of fast food, let's talk about how to avoid them. The best way to avoid fast food is homemade food that can be personalized to a person's nutritional needs. You can make a list of all the foods needed for a week and visit a grocery shop to get fresh foods such as vegetables, fruits, whole grain bread, milk, eggs, yogurt and others. After that, prepare a healthy meal by taking the nutrition value in each meal to ensure you gain enough nutrition in your meal. Furthermore, cooking at home keeps you healthy while also allowing you to save money. The best option for your physical health is homemade food. When you cook at home, you have complete control over the quality of the food you prepare, which should be quick, clean, and nutritious. You can prepare healthy meals not only for yourself but also for your family. This helps you to spend quality time with your family without being distracted by noise or stress. These has shows that cooking at home can benefit both your physical and social well-being.
In addition, cooking at home can save you a significant amount of money while also keeping you healthy. According to a research, there is about 40-70% saving in the homemade food which is healthy in comparison to fast foods. This clearly indicates that homemade food saves money and is healthier than fast food.
So, overall I have tried to persuade you all to consume less fast food because it is unhealthy, and I also went into detail about how to avoid fast food. You only have one body, no matter how busy your life is, do make the proper decision for yourself and your family. Having a healthy home cooked meal with your family. That’s all from me. Thank you.
Video for Persuasive Speech
Name : Lee Zi Qing
Matric No : 277827
Video Link : https://youtu.be/wQdZuTbU-ak
Reflection
16/4/2022
Today is the first class of public speaking class for my last semester of taking KOK. The class time for this semester is 12:30 pm so I have enough time to get myself ready. As usual, Madam will share the QR code for us to scan attendance before start the class. At this moment, Madam also remind us that attendance is very important as this is also one of the criteria in syllabus. Madam also uploaded the syllabus for this semester in online learning. For this semester, the syllabus include pratical, project, portfolio assignment, ONCE, attendance and attitude.
As the new semester begins, we have to select for the new batch of committees. After scanning the QR, Madam starts asking us to open a spreadsheet for the nomination. There is a rule that people who have been part of the committees before are not allowed to be nominated again. This is fair because for people who haven't become a committees will have the opportunity instead of merely the same person. I never become a committee for the last three semesters, so I nominate myself this semester. I had nominated myself on the Head of Protocol Bureau as I am interest in this position. After all the position had enough candidate, all students will start to vote for their candidates. After that, Madam ask us to read the slides about KLK programme. She mentioned that this programme is not compulsory to be conducted. After reading the slides, we have to discuss whether we want to conduct the KLK Programme or not. We have a voting session for this via google form. After collecting all the opinion, our class agree that we are not conduct it. Madam also agree with our decision.
After this, a new committees name list has been list out and the committees need to fill in all the personal information. In the WhatsApp group, Madam also ask for our opinion about the class activities that will be carried out during face-to-face class. Many students has provide their ideas regard this. I am ready to learn new things in this semester and I am also excited to meet Madam and all the classmates during face-to-face class!
As the new semester begins, we have to select for the new batch of committees. After scanning the QR, Madam starts asking us to open a spreadsheet for the nomination. There is a rule that people who have been part of the committees before are not allowed to be nominated again. This is fair because for people who haven't become a committees will have the opportunity instead of merely the same person. I never become a committee for the last three semesters, so I nominate myself this semester. I had nominated myself on the Head of Protocol Bureau as I am interest in this position. After all the position had enough candidate, all students will start to vote for their candidates. After that, Madam ask us to read the slides about KLK programme. She mentioned that this programme is not compulsory to be conducted. After reading the slides, we have to discuss whether we want to conduct the KLK Programme or not. We have a voting session for this via google form. After collecting all the opinion, our class agree that we are not conduct it. Madam also agree with our decision.
After this, a new committees name list has been list out and the committees need to fill in all the personal information. In the WhatsApp group, Madam also ask for our opinion about the class activities that will be carried out during face-to-face class. Many students has provide their ideas regard this. I am ready to learn new things in this semester and I am also excited to meet Madam and all the classmates during face-to-face class!
23/4/2022
Today class is about persuasive topic. Madam had provide us some materials on online learning which includes videos, articles, website, samples and slide. Madam has explained to us about persuasive speech and we can get further information from the material in OL such as organizing persuasive speech, technique to persuade your audience, tips for writing persuasive speech and persuasive speech samples.
After that, Madam have divided us into different breakout rooms according to our own groups. Our job task is to read the materials in OL and come out with a summary of them. For my group, we distributed the task into 3 part. For example, 2 persons in charge for the persuasive speech, another 2 persons in charge for organizing persuasive speech and other 2 persons in charge for technique for persuade your audience. We decided to use Canva to create a creative and interesting mindmap for us to put the summarised information inside. I found that this way is more easier for me to understand and we did have a chance to communicate with our group members so we can ask for their opinion when doing the mindmap. My group members are all giving their cooperation so we can finish our task on time. After 30 minutes, we all have been invited back to the main room, and each group will start presenting their mindmap. Every group was giving excellent explanation and I am also gaining some knowledge form their explanation. Madam also giving her comment after each group finish their presentation.
After this, we are advised to choose one persuasive topic that we are going to deliver and present it in a video form. I had done some research and at the end I had decided my topic. I appreicate Madam to share the materials in OL for us to refer and I am ready to write my own persuasive speech!
After that, Madam have divided us into different breakout rooms according to our own groups. Our job task is to read the materials in OL and come out with a summary of them. For my group, we distributed the task into 3 part. For example, 2 persons in charge for the persuasive speech, another 2 persons in charge for organizing persuasive speech and other 2 persons in charge for technique for persuade your audience. We decided to use Canva to create a creative and interesting mindmap for us to put the summarised information inside. I found that this way is more easier for me to understand and we did have a chance to communicate with our group members so we can ask for their opinion when doing the mindmap. My group members are all giving their cooperation so we can finish our task on time. After 30 minutes, we all have been invited back to the main room, and each group will start presenting their mindmap. Every group was giving excellent explanation and I am also gaining some knowledge form their explanation. Madam also giving her comment after each group finish their presentation.
After this, we are advised to choose one persuasive topic that we are going to deliver and present it in a video form. I had done some research and at the end I had decided my topic. I appreicate Madam to share the materials in OL for us to refer and I am ready to write my own persuasive speech!
14/5/2022
In the beginning of today class, Madam had shared with us some stories and experience in UUM as many of us just entered UUM. They is also a small sharing section and some students had shared about their experience or stories happened in the campus. Besides that, Madam also gave us motivation and support as she understand our feelings. I feel better and motivated after listen what Madam told us.
After that, Madam started today class by dividing us into breakout section. She assigned different topics for different groups. My group is taking the topic of "Types of Persuasive Speech". In the breakout room, we first read the article and highlight the important points. My group had agree to let one person to present later in class. After the breakout section ends, we all are invited back to the main room and started the presentation. Madam had gave her commented to every group for their presentation. From the presentation, I also gain some knowledge about theories f persuasive speech, ethos, logos, pathos, persuasive speech technique and also types of persuasive speech.
Lastly, we have our last task for today class which is group discussion of the Joko Widodo's Speech. We are divided again into breakout section to have our discussion for the speech. We need to determine the technique and strategies used, the audience, time, place, motive and signals, as well as the speech's impact on the audience. From this task, I learn that it is important to know the technique and strategies used in the persuasive speech.
After that, Madam started today class by dividing us into breakout section. She assigned different topics for different groups. My group is taking the topic of "Types of Persuasive Speech". In the breakout room, we first read the article and highlight the important points. My group had agree to let one person to present later in class. After the breakout section ends, we all are invited back to the main room and started the presentation. Madam had gave her commented to every group for their presentation. From the presentation, I also gain some knowledge about theories f persuasive speech, ethos, logos, pathos, persuasive speech technique and also types of persuasive speech.
Lastly, we have our last task for today class which is group discussion of the Joko Widodo's Speech. We are divided again into breakout section to have our discussion for the speech. We need to determine the technique and strategies used, the audience, time, place, motive and signals, as well as the speech's impact on the audience. From this task, I learn that it is important to know the technique and strategies used in the persuasive speech.
21/5/2022
Today is our fourth curriculum class. The fist activity for today's class is to present the speech of the President Joko Widodo. Every group has give their presentation and the presentation is clear and I also gain some knowledge from it. Madam also give her comment for every group presentation. I think this is also an effective way to learn something new as we can listen others group presentation instead of reading through internet.
After every group presented the speech of the President Joko Widodo, Madam assigns all of us into breakout room to finish our second task. Our second task is to translate an Aidilfitri's song into English version but not changing the meaning of the lyrics. This is quite challenging for us because we did not done this activity before. My group has choose Selamat Hari Raya which is a Saloma's song. My group has try our best to translate the song into English version.
I think this activity is fun and every group member needs to open microphone to sing the song. Everyone is having fun and I can't stop laughing to hear others singing. Overall, today's class is full of fun and happiness. Can't wait for the next class !!
After every group presented the speech of the President Joko Widodo, Madam assigns all of us into breakout room to finish our second task. Our second task is to translate an Aidilfitri's song into English version but not changing the meaning of the lyrics. This is quite challenging for us because we did not done this activity before. My group has choose Selamat Hari Raya which is a Saloma's song. My group has try our best to translate the song into English version.
I think this activity is fun and every group member needs to open microphone to sing the song. Everyone is having fun and I can't stop laughing to hear others singing. Overall, today's class is full of fun and happiness. Can't wait for the next class !!
28/5/2022
As usual, today's class started with scanning attendance. After scan the attendance, Madam started today's class by assigned a group activity for us. We are required to chooses a movie, and persuades the other classmates to watch that movie with persuasive points, as well as reviews the persuasives technique used in the movie. Madam assigns all of us into breakout room to started our group activity. Me and my group members have discussed which movie we are going to choose. Finally, we chose the movie namely "Spider-Man: No Way Home". One of our group member has a better understanding for this movie, so she shared with us her opinions and points. After that, we opened a google docs and write out all the persuasive points and our opinion.
When we back to the main room, every group will started their presentation. They stated the points that would attract us to watch the movie they chose. After every group finish their presentation, Madam randomly selected a student and asked for their opinion and whether they got persuade by the points. Meanwhile, we are also able to gain more knowledge for the techniques that used in the movie.
From today's class, I was able to understand how to persuade audience by using the technique that applied by the movie makers. Thank you Madam for having today's class activity, its really benefits me a lot.
When we back to the main room, every group will started their presentation. They stated the points that would attract us to watch the movie they chose. After every group finish their presentation, Madam randomly selected a student and asked for their opinion and whether they got persuade by the points. Meanwhile, we are also able to gain more knowledge for the techniques that used in the movie.
From today's class, I was able to understand how to persuade audience by using the technique that applied by the movie makers. Thank you Madam for having today's class activity, its really benefits me a lot.
4/6/2022
Today is the second last class for this semester. After scan the attendance, Madam asked us to continue sharing the last week task which is the movie recommendation. Group 6 to group 9 will continue their sharing.
After sharing, madam started to ask us about our last class activities. Madam had give us some time to discuss and our chairman did come out to lead us in the discussion. We started discuss in the meeting and some classmates recommend watching movies, parties, playing games and so on. Every group will contribute to this activity, so that the activity will be held successfully. We use google spin to distribute task such as preparing meals, safety, technical, activities and so on to each group. Each group has its own task on that day to ensure the activities runs smoothly. My group is responsible for technical on that day. Besides that, we also discuss the location, activities and meal for our farewell party. During the discussion, I was impress by our president's leadership ability in dealing the discussion with classmates. He will listen everyone opinion and find the best way to overcome the problems.
After sharing, madam started to ask us about our last class activities. Madam had give us some time to discuss and our chairman did come out to lead us in the discussion. We started discuss in the meeting and some classmates recommend watching movies, parties, playing games and so on. Every group will contribute to this activity, so that the activity will be held successfully. We use google spin to distribute task such as preparing meals, safety, technical, activities and so on to each group. Each group has its own task on that day to ensure the activities runs smoothly. My group is responsible for technical on that day. Besides that, we also discuss the location, activities and meal for our farewell party. During the discussion, I was impress by our president's leadership ability in dealing the discussion with classmates. He will listen everyone opinion and find the best way to overcome the problems.
11/6/2022
Time flies, today is our farewell party! The farewell party is held at TM hall and we finally meet everyone physically. During the day, from what I observed, the flow of the party is smooth and we did enjoy the moment staying together. But there was one, which is the spagetthi has been brought a little bit late than other food, due to some sudden situations. However, this does not affect anything and we did not blame as we understand the situation. The way to solve this problem is to prepare the spagetthi early and brings it before the party begins. This can make sure that everyone has taste the spagetthi and also enjoying other foods.
After enjoying the food, we started our game session. We played first impression and now you know me, werewolf, and musical chairs. We all really happy and enjoying the moment playing with classmates. The games is fun and we really appreciate the effort of the activity department in planning and executing these games.
After that, our class president, Mr. Fazril gave a farewell speech to everyone. He is professional and confident when he delivering his speech. I can feel his leadership as a President which I should learn from him. I totally agree what he deliver for his speech and appreciate his time and effort for being our class president. I learn that we should always cherish what we have now and appreciate the persons and the things around us. Next, Madam gave her final speech as well. She wished us all the best and always do well in the future. After all the sessions ended, we all helped to arrange the chairs at the back of the hall. I was one of the persons who contributed to this. Everyone were cooperating, helping each other arrange the chairs. This had fasten the process of tidying up the hall and we were satisfied with the outcome.
Lastly, I am grateful that I got attended today's farewell party as I can finally meet my classmates and Madam physically. Everyone is so nice and friendly! I believe all of us are feeling upset as this will be our first and last physical meet for our last kok class. After the farewell party, we may not have the chance to gather everyone together but I am glad that I meet everyone in my kok journey. All along this journey, I did learn a lot from Madam and I really appreciate Madam for teaching us all the knowledge. I will not forget the farewell party and I did have a unforgettable memory. Thank you all !!
After enjoying the food, we started our game session. We played first impression and now you know me, werewolf, and musical chairs. We all really happy and enjoying the moment playing with classmates. The games is fun and we really appreciate the effort of the activity department in planning and executing these games.
After that, our class president, Mr. Fazril gave a farewell speech to everyone. He is professional and confident when he delivering his speech. I can feel his leadership as a President which I should learn from him. I totally agree what he deliver for his speech and appreciate his time and effort for being our class president. I learn that we should always cherish what we have now and appreciate the persons and the things around us. Next, Madam gave her final speech as well. She wished us all the best and always do well in the future. After all the sessions ended, we all helped to arrange the chairs at the back of the hall. I was one of the persons who contributed to this. Everyone were cooperating, helping each other arrange the chairs. This had fasten the process of tidying up the hall and we were satisfied with the outcome.
Lastly, I am grateful that I got attended today's farewell party as I can finally meet my classmates and Madam physically. Everyone is so nice and friendly! I believe all of us are feeling upset as this will be our first and last physical meet for our last kok class. After the farewell party, we may not have the chance to gather everyone together but I am glad that I meet everyone in my kok journey. All along this journey, I did learn a lot from Madam and I really appreciate Madam for teaching us all the knowledge. I will not forget the farewell party and I did have a unforgettable memory. Thank you all !!