Don T Blame The Eater Analysis

In the article “Don’t Blame the Eater,” David Zinczenko blames the fast food companies for causing the obesity epidemic. He told his own story as a kid growing up at the time when fast food was the most popular choice and how it made him a “portly fast-food patron” (241). He then accuses such companies of failing to put a warning label on high calorie. In addition, Zinczenko encourages the new spate of lawsuits against the food industry to give children and their busy parents an opportunity to have a better and healthier food choice. Though I concede Zinzenko’s opinion in addressing the responsibility of the food industry, I still insist that the industry is not the only one who is responsible for this “time bomb” (242). I believe the responsibility belongs to parents, who play an important role in their children’s food orientation, schools, for

Regarding the matter of personal food choice, in the article “What You Eat is Your Business,” Radley Balko claims that the way the government is spending a lot of money in trying to prevent obesity is wrong. This includes $200 million in the presidential budget for anti-obesity measure and several related policies such as menu-labeling and laboratory testing of nutrition (467). Balko argues that people should be responsible for their own health issues. He thinks the best solution to slowing down the “public health” crisis is to remove obesity form public matters and make it a private matter only (469). Balko believes this would improve people’s responsibility for their own health and lead to a better choice of diet and exercise. I strongly agree with Balko’s statement because the healthier your food choice is, the better health you will get. To sum up, the individual eaters are able to improve their health condition by removing the fast food from their daily menu and start taking exercise on a regular