Don’t Blame the Eater Dear David Zinczenko‚ In the essay “Don’t Blame the Eater”‚ fast food restaurants were blamed for childhood obesity. If healthier alternatives are not available the obesity rates in children will increase and all consumers of fast food will suffer health wise. These fast food restaurants provide convenient but unhealthy meals for people without warning them of later consequences. This essay was persuasive because of the examples and statistics used to prove that it is not
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"You Are What You Eat" There are many reasons I believe that you are what you eat. When assessing an obese individual you would now that they have a nutritional problem. Likewise when you look at a frail underweight individual they may have a nutritional problem as well. Your health depends on what you eat. Weather an individual is obese‚ underweight‚ recovering from surgery or has a debilitating disease a balanced diet has a significant role in good health. A well balanced diet according to Lutz
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What You Eat Is Your Business: Americans‚ Personal Responsibility‚ and Food America‚ we know it as the land of the free‚ but the rest of the world knows seemingly knows it as the land of the unhealthy. In the year 2016‚ the CDC Reported that about 36% of Americans is obese. We as Americans have abused our freedoms on what we eat and how we live our lives‚ because we chose to ignore the responsibilities that come with these freedoms. Our ignorance does not come without a price‚ in the article “What
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Nutrition has become a popular debate within the last twenty years. Policy analyst Radley Balko explores how government intervention affects our diet. In Balko’s article “What You Eat Is Your Business”‚ Balko discusses why he dislikes the policies being passed that monitor the public’s intake of unhealthy food. Balko chooses to pull attention away from the outcome these policies will have on health‚ and instead focus on the financial ramifications that follow major policy changes. When writing this
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If your mental image of an older person is someone frail and thin‚ it may be time for an update. For the generation currently moving through middle age and beyond‚ a new concern is‚ well‚ growing: obesity. Government figures show that Americans in their 60s today are about 10 pounds heavier than their counterparts of just a decade ago. And an even more worrisome bulge is coming: A typical woman in her 40s now weighs 168 pounds‚ versus 143 pounds in the 1960s. "People used to start midlife [at a lower
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trying to tackle the problem and inform people on obesity by having a summit with Time magazine and discuss on various ways that would lower obesity in this country. Radley Balko mainly discusses the government point of view in his essay “What You Eat Is Your Business.” I agree with Balko’s essay since government needs to visualize the situation from different directions. Balko says that government
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Writer Radley Balko discusses his concerns with government involvement when creating plans to reduce obesity in his essay “What You Eat Is Your Business.” Along with writing for the Washington Post‚ Balko was previously an editor at the Huffington Post‚ an online blog that analyzes politics‚ business‚ world news‚ and more. The article stems from his libertarian beliefs by highlighting principles such as “limited government‚ individual liberty‚ free markets‚ and peace.” His article addresses an issue
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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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In the reading “What You Eat Is Your Business” Radley Balko states “For decades now‚ America’s Healthcare system has been migrating toward socialism. Your well-being‚ shape‚ and condition have increasingly been deemed matters of “public health‚” instead of matters of personal responsibility.” (467) which shows this writer’s view that it is a problem of discipline and a person’s own personal choice to be unhealthy. “That means freeing insurance companies to reward healthy lifestyles‚ and penalize
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You Are What You Eat Introduction I. Think it ’s organic? Think again. II. Today we are going to talk about what makes a food organic and the changes in the industry. III. We are going to explore A. "Purists" view on what makes a food organic. B. "Big Box" influence on organics. C. Organic Standards Body I. Purists have a higher expectation of what organic means. A. Organics must be grown without man-made chemicals such as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. They should
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