Chris Porter ENG 105-14 January 29‚ 2012 Rhetorical Analysis Spandex is No Good! In the essay‚ “What You Eat is Your Business”‚ Radley Balko writes to tell his audience about how the government is trying to control people’s health and eating habits by restricting food‚ taxing high calorie food‚ and considering menu labeling. Balko includes in his essay that government restricting diets and having socialist insurance is not helping the obesity problem‚ but it is only making it worse
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Cited: Balko‚ Radley. “What You Eat Is Your Business.” They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing: With Readings. Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstein‚ and Russel Durst. New York‚ NY: W. W. Norton & Company‚ 2009. Print. Huber‚ Bridget. "Walmart ’s Fresh
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say that the issue has become a public health crisis that requires a public health solution. In this respect the government may be at fault for the rising causes of obesity. In the essay‚ What You Eat Is Your Business‚ written by libertarian Radley Balko‚ Balko says‚ “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 and ownership of our own
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driving shouldn’t be banned is because it would be pointless. Drivers don’t only get distracted only by texting‚ but by many other things. As Balko stated in his article “There are countless other driver distractions that we’d never think of banning‚ from having kids in the back seat‚ to eating or drinking while driving to fumbling with the radio.” (Balko) The little things that people do while operating a vehicle can be more distracting than what people can imagine. Anything can happen on the roads
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Pollan and Balko have offered intense suggestions that consumers should have responsibility for obesity. Both authors claim that we need to escape from the unhealthy eating habits. On one hand‚ Pollan states that in order to live in a balanced way‚ we must “eat food‚ not too much‚ mostly plants‚" namely‚ people must take responsibility for themselves. Meanwhile‚ Balko states that obesity should not be defined as a "public health" issue and should be removed from that realm. Also Balko suggested‚
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Control In today’s society there are many Americans who are either overweight or obese and have diabetes. David Zinczenko in “Don’t Blame the Eater” argues that fast food companies ate to be blamed for the obesity that is now very common in the US. Radley Balko argues in “What You Eat is Your Business” that the government is responsible for the obesity epidemic that the US is found in today. The government should have some in not all control or regulations on what the people of the country decide to eat
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David Huffman Mrs. Pleas English Composition II 9 June 2013 The Declining Integrity of Sports INTRODUCTION Athletics have shaped the American society for centuries. While whites previously dominated a majority of sports‚ now members of all races and ethnicities have equal opportunity to succeed in the sports world. With this increase in athletes‚ also arises a heightened level of competition. Numerous athletes are now relying on performance enhancing drugs to better themselves in their
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Cited: Balko‚ Radley “What You Eat is Your Business.” They Say I Say Ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company‚ 2009 Engler‚ Yves. “Obesity: Much of the Responsibility Lies.” They Say I Say Ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company‚ 2009 Orbach‚ Susie. “Fat as
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References: 1. Balko‚ Radley. “What You Eat Is Your Business.” Retrieved from: http://www.Cato.org‚ May 23‚ 2004. 2. Blackburn‚ G L; Walker‚ W A (July 1‚ 2005)‚ "Science-based solutions to obesity: What are the roles of academia‚ government‚ industry‚ and health care
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Is Fast Food the New Tobacco: Six Summaries of Some Related Literature In David Zinczenko’s article “Don’t Blame the Eater‚” first published on November 23‚ 2002 in the New York Times: Zinczenko argues that children have no other affordable choice to fast food which leads to health problems and health cost. Specifically‚ Zinczenko came from a split home‚ dad went his way and mom worked long hours‚ lunch and diner was a choice of numerous fast food restaurants where the affordable
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