He viewed the problems of fast food causing obesity as being more toward person responsibility. As he sees it, people are now bringing “government between you and your waistline.” This is backed up by politicians across the chart. George Bush marked “$200 million in his budget for anti-obesity measures.” With the government as talking about creating a fat-tax on foods with high calories. He believes that this is not the way to go. His thoughts lean toward having the government more involved with creating a sense of personal responsibility of our own health and the way we eat.
False advertising is also another unpleasant practice that fast food companies use to lure in costumers. Some of these practices include no warning labels on advertisements like there are on dangerous things like tobacco and confusing labels on food served that lead customers into eating more calories than intended. David Zinczenko advocates that it is some of the fast food companies fault for the decline in America’s general health. At the end, David chooses not to complain about the legalities, but instead encourages us to let the justice system do its work. In the article David Zinczenko discusses “Shouldn't we know better than to eat two meals a day in fast-food restaurants” we the people of America should know by now that it is
The Disguised Truth About American Christianity In “The Christian Paradox: How a Faithful Nation Gets Jesus Wrong,” Bill Mckibben argues that the way Americans view the messages and teachings Christianity displays are far from what the Gospels of the Bible actually say and teach. McKibben points out how our nation is the most outspoken when it comes to Christianity. However, he later goes on to claim that as the most outspoken of the Christian nations our actions and decisions do not reflect what we preach. It is this contradiction that McKibben insists is the paradox of our Christianity in America. According to a statistic laid out by McKibben, seventy-five percent of the American population is under the belief that “God helps those who
Logos is the use of logic for further support on a particular subject. Becoming a fat society is not a logical solution to Schwartz’s argument. Schwartz describes dieting as one starving himself to the point where his fat will begin to eat itself (185). Dieting is simply gaining control of the number of calories in one’s daily diet. By promoting obesity and leaving dieting in the past, Schwartz never begins to mention the health factors
Since insurance companies are not supposed to make an obese persons insurance premium higher than a healthy individual, then that obese person’s heart attack drives up the insurance premium of the healthy person. The obese are making it everyone’s problem by not putting down that cheeseburger because they know that the government is paying for their anti-cholesterol medicine. Balko claims that the government is getting “between you and your waistline” meaning that the government is interfering by telling Americans what we can and cannot do with our health. Congress is now considering menu-labeling which means that restaurants would have to send every menu item to the laboratory for nutritional testing. Meaning that the restaurants would not have the freedom to put whatever they want on the menu.
the article "What You Eat Is Your Business" (2004), author Radley Balko suggests that instead of having the Government control what people eat, the people should take it upon themselves to having a "sense of responsibility and ownership for personal health and well being” (158). Balko supports his claims with the socialized healthcare system in America; all the medicine for health problems related to obesity is paid for, leaving the unhealthy individual with nothing to worry about. The author’s purpose is to convince the reader that these measures are not efficient and that the government needs to foster the people into taking responsibility of one’s own health and not anyone else’s. The article by Balko is trying to address everyone about
Obesity has become a serious problem in America, including children. But who is to blame? Is it the kids, fast food, or the advertisements you see on television? Daniel Weintraub, author of “The Battle Against Fast Food Begins in the Home”, states his opinion that it is the parents’ fault. I completely agree with Weintraub and believe that they should take more responsibility.
She admits that the job of changing America's bad eating habits will be a big task to handle. There would be tremendous push back from food corporations, conservative politicians such as Palin and the American people themselves. She feels the best way to get people eating right is to make it seem like a very appealing choice instead of enforcing laws(404). Birkenstein, Cathy, and Russel K. Durst. "They Say/I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing: With Readings.
Schools across the country have already begun to make changes to the health options they offer on the schools campuses. Some senators have created what they call a “fat tax” which it’s supposed to be a tax on food with high caloric content. Balko states that Congress is considering menu-labeling as its new project to force restaurants to send all their items for analysis at laboratories. All of this according to Balko is the incorrect way to deal with the problem. He thinks instead of forcing companies to change the way they do their business, such as changing the food options available, our
I agree with Zinczenko on his critical viewpoint on how he looks at the fast food industry. Fast food is part of the blame because most of them are not healthy and are bad for consumers. The calories of a Big Mac, medium fry, and a medium Coke are almost equivalent to the daily intake of these industry’s consumers. Zinczenko uses the analogy of a simple salad we would assume is healthy. Our fast food industry needs to provide these nutritional facts in easy reach for their customers.