What should we eat? The question that seems to be a major topic of discussion with the growing rates of obesity in Western culture and a question that seems to not have a direct answer. What we should eat is dependent on our gender, height, weight, genetics, exercise and many other factors that are different for each individual person.
People are told if you want to lose weight: cut out crabs, go vegan, eliminate processed foods, and exercise more. These are only a few things that I have heard. In David
Freedman’s article How Junk Food Can End Obesity he discusses the benefits financially and health wise on how eating fast food can benefit someone. While in David
Zinczenko’s article Don’t Blame the Eater he discusses why obesity is not the…show more content… By focusing on weight only, Freedman overlooks the deeper problem of other health issues.
The argument made in the article Don’t Blame the Eater by David Zinczenko is that kids who are obese should not be blamed for their size. He states that he can relate because his parents were split up and his mom worked long hours. The only options he could pick from were fast food places. On one hand, I agree that habits can be hard to break, but on the other hand I do not believe it is impossible to change your lifestyle habits because I have seen it done before. There is this place called the heart attack grill where the waitresses dress as nurses and the costumers where hospital gowns.
There are items on the menu like the double and triple bypass and an all you can eat fry bar. Not mention if a customer is over 350 pounds they can eat for free. At this place there are people blaming the owner of this restaurant for encouraging obesity. I cannot help, but be on his side and think nobody forced them to eat there. Yes, the restaurant maybe tempting, but if you go there and eat you are 100% responsible for the choices you make, therefore; I cannot help but disagree with Zinzenko’s article because to me…show more content… While Zinzenko is probably wrong when he claims that it is not the responsibility of the eater he is right that unhealthy foods are cheaper and easier to come by. I came across this news report done by NBC news in 2014. The news report starts off by
WHAT SHOULD WE EAT 6 saying: Americans are become fatter “because we are surrounded by tasty temptations that cost very little, from fast food menus to processed snack foods”. In Zinczenko’s article he makes the same conclusion about the convenience of fast foods. NBC News states that figuring out the cause of the increased obesity rates begins with finding out what changed in our environment. The first conclusion was the “food environment”. The food environment has changed because of the increase in fast food places. Not only is fast food cheaper, but it is quick to get and easily accessible. By focusing on not blaming the eater, Zinczenko overlooks the deeper problem of the increased obesity rates amongst all gender, races, and social statuses due to accessibility of food not just kids and their parents with busy