What You Eat Is Your Business

“Obesity is high in this country for adults and children, and it has nothing to do with diet and the choice of food. Physicians must confront obesity where they can and not have the weight of the government on them as they do it” (Terry Bennet). When people talk about obesity, a lot of people agree that people have to change their diet, while on the other hand some people also believe that the government should be doing more to control what us as Americans consume. Before eating anything and possibly ruining your health, people should consider taking other approaches to eating healthy in order to maintain their overall health as it is very important. While one’s appearance may not bother the individual themselves; other people in society will
These stories are two opposite ideas that relate to one overall topic; your health. The stories being compared are called “What You Eat Is Your Business” by Radley Balko argues that watching what people eat is our own responsibility and in “Junking Junk Food”, Judith Warner implies that the government isn’t doing enough to prevent obesity. The first story discusses mainly how American obesity is a big problem and many people know that is unhealthy and the appropriate steps should be taken to minimize health failure. I agree with Judith Warner and also agree and disagree to some of Radley Balko’s
Balko states “Instead of manipulating or intervening in the array of food options available to American consumers, our government ought to be working to foster a sense of responsibility in the ownership of our own health and wellbeing”. He demonstrates that the role of the government shouldn’t be to change the foods accessible to Americans but to make them aware of their own choosing. Even though it is time that us as Americans should be making this our own responsibility, he mentions that the government should do as much as possible to allow us to make our own choices. He also claims that if the government were to step in they would make numerous restrictions as to what they can consume and really downgrade our diets, however I don’t accept this as the truth. According to Radley Balko “the best way to alleviate the obesity ‘public health’ crisis is to remove obesity from the realm of public health”. He illustrates that it would not be a problem if humans were to make our health a public concern. I differ because even though we are not so easily affected by others health it is still something that needs to be addressed, because a large number of people in our country are struggling with this issue. Balko views that it is often difficult to think of anything more private and of less public concern as to