As many people would recognize, there is a rising obesity problem in America and there are many influences that could contribute to this. Fast food is not the healthiest choice but, they should not be to blame for making children obese. In David Zinczenko’s “Don’t Blame the Eater” he talks about how the obese population is blaming fast food companies for their health situations. He begins his argument with what he observes as a ridiculous headline, which is that kids are suing McDonalds for being fat. David starts by teasing these overweight individuals that are bring a lawsuit against McDonalds, but then later admits that he used to be overweight as a child and was able to change his life around.
Fast food restaurants often give false perceptions of their foods. In recent years, people have actually launched lawsuits to fast food restaurants because they are vulnerable. Zinczenko’s article as a whole shows how fast food has affected our society. Some of his main points are influential, but as a whole I disagree on some things because fast food is not the main cause of obesity. I agree with Zinczenko on his critical viewpoint on how he looks at the fast food industry.
Big Food, Big Money, Big Arguments In the mist of the recent backlash against big multi-national corporations there has also been a growing movement against Big Food and a call to bring back real food into schools and homes. A few blogs and online new magazines have written a few entries and articles trying to shine a light on what the American public is actually eating. The Blog of Bruce Bradley is a blog written by Bruce Bradley who is a former food industry marketer with over fifteen years of experience at big food companies such as General Mill, Pillsbury, and Nabisco. Bradley uses his blog to inform readers on how Big Food uses clever marketing to persuade the consumer to buy more processed food and create the perception of how that
But behind the great tasting food and the happy television ads are some very unpleasant news. In Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, the author, Eric Schlosser, investigates the dirty and secret
Supersize Me documentary by Morgan Spurlock America has the Fattest people in the entire world! Sad to think about really. A lot of people are blaming the fast food chains and restaurants so a man named Morgan Spurlock decides to go out on a 30 day bing of nothing but McDonalds food. He chooses McDonalds because they are the biggest fast food chain. This is some of the information that I took from this excellent documentary.
Supersize Me Critique Blank University of Pennsylvania Supersize Me Critique Title: Supersize Me Year: 2004 Production Company: Roadside Attractions & Samuel Goldwin Films Soundtrack Writers: Michael Parrish Lead Actors: Morgan Spurlock The purpose of this film is to demonstrate that the United States has approached epidemic obesity and its long-term effect on health due to unhealthy consumption of fast foods. Inspired by a lawsuit of two teenagers against the franchise McDonald’s, Morgan Spurlock embarks on an exaggerated experiment of a 30 day diet of exclusively McDonald’s. He ascertains that his experiment will cause him to gain weight and his health will deteriorate. The rules are simple: eat foods exclusively purchased at McDonald’s, super-size a meal each time asked, eat all three meals, and try everything on the menu at least once. Furthermore, he limits his physical activity to that of an average American.
McDonald's molded it's marketing tactics on Disney which inspired icons for advertising such as Ronald McDonald. Schlosser also mentions that 80% of sponsored textbooks are biased toward the sponsor and 30% of high schools offer fast food in their cafeterias. Most packaging done for the fast food meat industry is done my the immigrant labor force. Injury for workers who hold these jobs are among the highest of any other occupation in the United States. Many unsanitary and just plain disgusting routine procedures of this industry are unknown to most consumers.
Nevertheless the documentary is extremely biased, it makes the fast food companies looks like enemies and it doesn’t even give a point of view which could go against his ideas. Furthermore the article very direct and visual approach is very effective, the viewer certainly captures Spurlock’s message that fast food is very harmful for everyone’s health. Summary According to the documentary the number of “fat” people in the United States is increasing at a nonstop rate, and the fast food companies wash their hands on the problem. The documentary focus on Spurlock’s diet, which only consists of Mc Donald’s menu items. Spurlock during this month experiences not only an increase in
Personal Responsibility This article is titled “Don’t Blame the Eater” and is written by David Zinczenko. He writes about how the fast food industry takes advantage of the younger generations because of their ignorance and their lack of parental supervision. He talks about how he can sympathize with the fat people who are suing the fast food industries because he himself was obese as a child. He writes “By the age of 15, I had packed 212 pounds of torpid teenaged tallow on my once lanky 5-foot-10 frame.” He blames the fast food industry for the weight he obtained while he was young complaining about the lack of choices he had. He argues that kids, especially teenagers, have no other alternative claiming
Furthermore, Valenzuela portrays fast food juggernauts like ‘KFC’ and ‘McDonalds’ in a deceitful and untrustworthy manner with the intended effect of evoking guilt and shame upon those who consume these foods. Valenzuela asserts that the ‘tower burger’, advertised at the cricket for KFC supplies ‘about a third of a typical child’s energy requirements’. This further authenticates his argument by exploiting his credentials as a medical researcher to illustrate the ‘junk food’ chain in a negative