David Zincenzko Don T Blame The Eater Analysis
Americans have become hypnotized by the trend of lawsuits. If an individual can find anyway to sue then a lawsuit will occur. David Zinczenko introduces this concept in his article, "Don't Blame the Eater." He states that many frequent eaters of fast food are beginning to sue the corporations because they are now considered obese due to the food served to them at the fast food restaurant. I am of two minds about David Zincenzko’s claim that fast food corporations are to blame for obesity in America. On the one hand, I agree that the combination of affordability and availability vs. healthy alternatives and the lack of nutritional information and have been considered a major cause of obesity in America. On the other hand, I’m not sure if the
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Fast food restaurants target young children and teenagers as their main consumers due to the fact that most kids enjoy cheap, flavorful, readily available food. However, due to the rising statistics of childhood obesity, type II diabetes has become a common disease amongst young children, and the Center of Disease Control and Prevention approximates that 100 billion dollars a year are being spent on health care for diabetes (Zinczenko 154). Fast food restaurants are a large contributor to the blame for these sickening statistics, but because David Zinczenko’s essay was written in 2002, those statistics cannot be used as a reliable source to blame for diabetes in the year 2010. For example, because our economy has faced a massive economic downturn, the increase in the cost of health care has sky-rocketed, which has led American’s to fend for themselves and try to make ends meet. Diabetes has become a human awareness among many American’s along with health care. Diabetes can be developed due to genetics or the mere lack of insulin the body produces. Obesity could have a small effect on this disease, but cannot be responsible for all thirty percent of accounts. (Zinczenko 154). Even though I agree that diabetes and the price of health care have been presented as a rising issue in our economy, I cannot agree with Zinczenko on the topic that overworking parents are unable to supply healthy alternatives to their
Fast food restaurants target young children and teenagers as their main consumers due to the fact that most kids enjoy cheap, flavorful, readily available food. However, due to the rising statistics of childhood obesity, type II diabetes has become a common disease amongst young children, and the Center of Disease Control and Prevention approximates that 100 billion dollars a year are being spent on health care for diabetes (Zinczenko 154). Fast food restaurants are a large contributor to the blame for these sickening statistics, but because David Zinczenko’s essay was written in 2002, those statistics cannot be used as a reliable source to blame for diabetes in the year 2010. For example, because our economy has faced a massive economic downturn, the increase in the cost of health care has sky-rocketed, which has led American’s to fend for themselves and try to make ends meet. Diabetes has become a human awareness among many American’s along with health care. Diabetes can be developed due to genetics or the mere lack of insulin the body produces. Obesity could have a small effect on this disease, but cannot be responsible for all thirty percent of accounts. (Zinczenko 154). Even though I agree that diabetes and the price of health care have been presented as a rising issue in our economy, I cannot agree with Zinczenko on the topic that overworking parents are unable to supply healthy alternatives to their