In the short essay‚ “Don’t Blame the Eater‚” David Zinczenko argues that fast food companies should hold responsibility for the growing problem of child obesity and diabetes. In contrast‚ Radley Balko‚ in his article “What You Eat is Your Business‚” argues that we as should be responsible for what we put into our bodies. Both authors are discussing their views on the issue of obesity in America. With regards to the theme of corpulence‚ the greater part of us will promptly concur that something must
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caught the attention of magazines‚ new stations‚ and social media. Two authors have acknowledged the problem and suggested solutions in their contrasting essays‚ “Don’t Blame the Eater” and “What You Eat Is Your Business”. In “What You Eat Is Your Business”‚ Radley Balko states his position that what you put into your body is your concern and therefore should be less of a public concern. He believes that “We’ll all make better choices about diet‚ exercise‚ and personal health when someone else isn’t
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David Zinczenko‚ editor-in-chief of Men’s Health‚ is arguing that fast-food restaurants are not to blame for people‚ especially children and teenagers‚ it’s the person’s individual responsibility to keep themselves “healthy”. The menus at fast-food companies aren’t the healthiest‚ but they shouldn’t be blamed for making kids obese‚ and I agree with his claim fully. The parents are all fully aware that the “Big Mac” and “Baconater” aren’t the most nutritional foods‚ and they need to take the responsibility
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were shop stalls which used to sell bread ‚ sausages and wine(howstuffworks.com). Radley Balko states in his article “What you eat is your business?”‚ “We’re becoming less responsible for our own health‚ and more responsible for everyone else’s. Your heart attack drives up the cost of my premiums and office visits. And if the government is paying for my anti-cholesterol medication‚ what incentive is there for me to put down the cheeseburger?”(Cato.org). It says that fastfood is a problem and will continue
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unhealthy for your body‚ or television hypnotizing the viewer into buying an unhealthy product? According to surgeon general‚ obesity has become a health epidemic that needs to be controlled and prevented. Almost a third of America’s population is obese and growing. Obesity is also now a wide spread topic that has caught the attention of journalists and health activists. Writers all over America have an opinion on the obesity epidemic such as Radley Balko who wrote the article "What You Eat Is Your Business
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In “What You Eat is Your Business” by Radley Balko‚ emphasizing that our fight for obesity is going about the wrong way. He insists “Our government ought to be working to foster a sense of responsibility in and ownership of our own health and wellbeing.” In making this comment Balko urges us to begin to take responsibility for our own actions for being obese‚ the government is not to blame but ourselves. To further support this claim Balko begins to use our healthcare system and laws passed as examples
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becoming overweight. He goes into more detail by saying it’s personal responsibilities on what you eat every day. On the flip side‚ another article entitled “Don’t Blame the Eater” by David Zinczenko from The New York Times talks about why you should blame the fast food chains and not the person eating the one thousands calorie fast food meal. The two articles are opposing each other and arguing who to blame for the situation. The article I agree with is “Fast Food and Personal Responsibility but
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“Don’t Blame the Eater” In David Zinczenko’s article “Don’t Blame the Eater” he focuses on the fast food industry and their role in the increasing health and obesity issues of our nation’s children‚ as well as these issues potentially becoming a serious problem that we will all have to deal with if we collectively don’t do something about it now. When it comes to the topic of fast food‚ most of us can agree that it is not the best source of nutrition. It is unhealthy and can be the cause of
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something easier. What a person decides to do with his/ her life is the persons business and responsibility but no one else’s. The question here is who is blameworthy of obesity in America? It is true we have a lot of unhealthy foods in the market and people make bad choices when they see them. The marketers and manufacturers of these foods come up with new recipes all the time which doesn’t make it easier on the consumers. In the article‚ “what you eat is your business” by Radley Balko‚
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YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT Eating is one of human beings’ four basic needs. It is a simply action you take not only to endure your life but also to show yourself because “you are what you eat”. This saying above does not mean that you live to eat but your eating expresses the person you are willing to be. You can be fat or thin‚ tall or short‚ ..etc‚ which partly depends on your three everyday meals. Surprisingly‚ the sensible eating can give you some desired things such as the beauty‚ the health‚ the
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