Battle Against Fast Food

Daniel Weintraub, in the article,”The Battle Against Fast Food Begins in the Home”, wants his public to realize that ultimately parents need to take good responsibility for their children’s actions and I completely agree with his conclusions. Weintraub discusses many points, for example, parental faults, school issues, and societies fault, to prove that obesity in children is an issue that cannot be overlooked. Weintraub’s points along with my personal experiences led me to agree that responsibility and child obesity go hand in hand. Of course this is my opinion, but I believe that his article mostly goes out to the parents who are lazy and have children. Daniel Weintraub argues that its the parents fault to why children are obese
in America. Weintraub supports his argument by saying in the article, “It’s the fault of parents who let their kids eat unhealthy foods and sit in front of the television or computer for hours at a time’’ (paragraph 5). Weintraub’s opinion informs us that parents need to take action. Weintraub’s article also says that no one is telling parents it’s their fault to why they have obese children. He states, “Of the 20 recommendations put forward by the center, only one focused on parents” (paragraph 11). He gives us information that arguments blaming parents for their child's’ obesity are limited. Weintraub’s opinion does not only include parents, but schools as well.
In the article, ”The Battle Against Food Begins in the Home”, it says “ Statewide, the center said, 26 percent of school children are overweight”(paragraph 7). An example that Weintraub gives us on this issue is seen with the data that he includes in his article. It states that, ”The numbers ranged from a low 17 percent in wealthy Orange County Assembly district to a high of 36.8 percent in an inner-city Los Angeles district. More boys (32 percent) than girls (21 percent) were overweight” (paragraph 7). It’s not just the parents fault, but schools as well. I highly agree with his argument because as a student I have experienced cafeteria food for many years. For as long as I can remember, our school lunches have often been over dosed in calories. Recently, my experiences with cafeteria food at Dinuba High School have been mostly involving greasy food. For example, pizza is served with many toppings and drink choices are either milk or juices varied by price. Instead of offering kids free water bottles, they sell them for a dollar making this healthy option harder to
obtain. Weintraub also blames the society that children live in today as a huge role in children obesity.
Weintraub stated, “The center blamed the problem on the increasing consumption of fast food and soft drinks, larger portion sizes in restaurants… and the advertising of junk food to children and their families” (paragraph 8). In my opinion, he is blaming society for the choices that children and people are making in food choices. It isn’t rare to see fast food commercials pop up on your t.v and seduce you into buying their food with low prices or great deals. For example, the easy access of fast food restaurants in any area make it convenient for working parents to feed this to their
children. People always want to blame everyone but themselves. Weintraub proves that the issue of children obesity is a huge parental, school wide, and society problem in America. It is difficult for parents, school teachers, and government to have to take responsibility because of the lack of importance to this issue or to child obesity. In my opinion, it is still their fault because children are a huge responsibility. Not only are the parents responsible, but the children need to make good choices at what they choose to put in their bodies, whether it is healthy or not. I do agree with Weintraub’s arguments that he has pointed out in his passage. I also believe he has strongly proved his point with facts.