Daniel Weintraub appeals to readers emotionally by making us feel bad about what we eat and what we do about it but he mostly wants to get the attention of parents . It's not . It's the fault of parents who let their kids eat unhealthy foods and sit in front of the television or computer for hours on time . The sooner we face up to the fact as a society , the sooner we are going to be able to do something about it. He also affects the parents by making them feel bad about what they eat and what they eat
Daniel weintraub also gives statistics that make me believe he does research on the subject and knows alot about it . Statewide the center said 26 percent in an inner city los angeles district . More boys (32 percent ) than girls (21 percent ) were overweight . And more minorities than white children were overweight though the study's …show more content…
He is also very serious in the article which makes me trust him on his evidence . Weintraub makes good claims that no other author would make . He is also one of the only writers I've heard blame the parents and not the kids . For these reasons he is very credible . Child fitness is getting more and more attention these days and rightly so . But the danger in well meaning studies and , even more , in lawsuits against the fast food industry , is that they send a message to parents and kids alike that obesity is somebody else's fault ( parents