Don’t Blame the Eater‚ Blame the Eating Industry In terms of personal health‚ the borders of proper nutrition are similar to that of a jail cell. Zinczenko points outs the restrictive nature of food within modern day Am erica. A generalized point of view that can be taken from this is that the fast food industry is incredibly convenient and affordable for necessary needs to live and thrive in modern day America. Zinczenko brings in examples that involve personal experiences in his family‚ as
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Suhyun Kim Professor Elizabeth Hoffman ENGL 1 December 8‚ 2010 Lack of Responsibility In the article “Don’t Blame the Eater‚” written by David Zinczenko‚ he asserts that children have the right to sue fast food companies because their food made the children unhealthy and over-weight. Zinczenko believes that the fast food companies cause the childhood obesity because their primary concern is to make profit. Therefore‚ they do not care about the unhealthy food that their customers consume. He
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In his article "don’t blame the eater" Zinczenko blames the food industry for the obesity epidemic. Zinczenko opens his articles with a personal story about growing up eating fast food because his parents split up‚ his mom had to work and he had no other options. He goes on to give statistics on childhood diabetes due to obesity. Zinczenko then insists that "complicating the lack of alternatives is the lack of information about what exactly we’re consuming." over all Zinczenko is advocating changes
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ENC 1101 10 March‚ 2014 Summary of “Don’t Blame the Eater” by David Zinczenko In his article “Don’t Blame the Eater”‚ David Zinczenko says he identifies with a group of children who are suing McDonald’s for making them fat. Drawing on his own experiences as a “1980’s latchkey kid‚” he describes how easy it is for teenagers to put on weight with a solid diet of fast food meals. Part of the problem‚ he argues‚ is that nutritional information about fast food is often either unavailable or hard to
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Summary of “Don’t Blame the Eater” “Don’t Blame the Eater” by David Zinczenko. tells us of a reason for obesity in children‚ He came upon an article about kid’s suing McDonalds for making them fat. He goes on to say that “I tend to sympathize with these portly fast food patrons”‚ though. Maybe that’s because I used to be one of them.” Zinczenko in fact does sympathize with them. He goes on to argue that parent’s leaving their children home alone to fend for themselves at getting a meal
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outrageous and embarrassing for Americans. The food these companies produce is horrible in nutrition and damaging for one’s health. Even though fast food is tempting‚ one should stay far away from it as possible. In David Zinczenko article “Don’t Blame the Eater‚” he has his own personal experience as an example for people‚ specifically teenagers‚ to stay away from fast food. Although fast food produces delicious products‚ these products contain blinding nutrition facts‚ and the companies mainly target
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much obese children among Vietnam. In fact‚ when I saw that‚ I asked myself how overweight people are to blame for their own health. Recently‚ I read an article about “Don’t Blame the Eater” by David Zinczenko‚ who do a job the editor -in-chief of the fitness magazine Men’s health for many years‚ and he becomes president and CEO of Galvanized Brands. He argues Fast Food Company or the ones to blame for America obesity. Although I agree with his opinion‚ there are negative effects eat junk food‚ people
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I will bring to light some of that advice offered from two articles that provide wisdom towards handling obesity: Don’t Blame the Eater by David Zinczenko and What You Eat Is Your Business by Radley Balko. While both articles discuss logical view points‚ I will point out Balko’s rationale for making his point more effective than Zinczenko’s. In Zinczenko’s Don’t Blame the Eater‚ he appears to begin his article with an obvious sense of sarcasm when discussing
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Blame the Person in the Mirror Imagine suffering from a totally preventable‚ yet ubiquitous disease called obesity‚ in which one struggles with the smallest things such as walking. As time passes‚ obesity has become more common which is essentially ruining today’s society. It has become more common because of the changes in lifestyles and eating habits. Knowing the right things to eat and exercising are important in keeping a healthy lifestyle and avoiding diseases such as obesity. Obesity is
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15‚ 2013 Assignment 1 In the essay‚ “Don’t Blame the Eater”‚ David Zinczenko‚ editor-in-chief of Men’s Health magazine‚ discusses the recent lawsuits against fast-food chains. He does not deny that there should be a sense of personal responsibility among the public‚ but has sympathy for the kid consumers because he used to be one. Zinczenko argues that due to the lack of nutritional facts and health warnings‚ it’s not so ridiculous to blame the fast-food industry for obesity problems. My
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