Americans Should Eat Healthy Foods Essay

has been that fast-food has been causing obesity in America. On one hand, Radley Balko, author of “What You Eat Is Your Business,” argues that the government shouldn't have any say so on what people choose to eat no matter how fattening it is to the people. My own view is that the government shouldn't decide on what should and should not eat; it should be your own personal business on what you decide to eat whether if it's healthy or not. We also shouldn't blame the fast food corporations for the

Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating Summary and Response In the essay Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating by Mary Maxfield, a graduate student in American Studies at Bowling Green State University summarizes Journalist Michael Pollan’s theory about Americans’s unhealthy population preoccupied with the idea of eating healthy. Mary Maxfield focuses on Pollan’s comparison between how French people eat so unhealthily, famously indulging in cheese, cream, and wine

taxes on junk food to regulate the amount of junk food individuals buy. Many individuals believe that junk food should be taxed at a high price and that healthy foods should be cheaper. The selections, “Evolution’s Sweet Tooth” by Daniel E. Lieberman and “Bad Food? Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables” by Mark Bittman, discuss the fact that many adults consume large amounts of unhealthy food products and that adults should eat more of healthy foods. The article, “Addiction to Unhealthy Foods Shouldn’t Require

Americans should eat less being there are so many obese adults and children due to unhealthy eating habits. Eating less we could live longer, much healthier and not be overweight. Many American’s are obese, resulting in a problem that we do not take the time to address. So many different things go wrong by not eating the right foods. For instance, the average American who switches to a health, reduced meat, or vegetarian diet will lose weight. Americans are having so many different sicknesses, high

Food as Thought or Food is Thoughtless Do you think that you can eat healthy by eating what society says is unhealthy? Many people would answer this question with no you have to eat what society says is healthy to be healthy. Mary Maxfield is a graduate of “Fontbonne University” where she graduated with a degree in “creative social change” she also minored in “sociology, American culture studies, and women’s and gender studies”. (442) Max Maxfield currently attends “Bowling Green State University”

The Importance of Healthy Eating University of Phoenix October 24, 2010 A growing number of people are becoming aware of the importance of eating healthy. For some eating a nutritious and healthy meal conjures up images of meals consisting of salads only. Everyone knows there is something they could change in his or her life to become healthier. For some it is exercising and eating healthier. When it is concerning healthy eating, it is good to receive educated about

movies, and websites doing their utmost to inform us of how we should eat better and to stop eating foods that are known to be bad for our bodies. An article by Michael Jacobson, published on the website for U.S. News & World Report, was just such an article. In his piece “Politics: It’s What For Dinner”, Jacobson points out that we should eat healthier items, such as, fruit, vegetables, and cut back on eating fast food, processed foods, and drinks heavy with sugar. Most parents would probably want

People tend to eat less fruits and vegetables which increase the risk of diseases and health problems, causing 1.7 million deaths a year.("Global Dietary Changes Threaten Health") America, one of the richer countries, has the worst eating diets. Nearly 2 out of 5 people in America are suffering from

blames the fast-food industry for making people fat, and states that fast-food meals were the only affordable option for American children to consume. In the second article, “What You Eat Is Your Business”, Balko argues that blaming food industry is a wrong path people follow instead of fostering a sense of responsibility of what they eat. Realistically, fast-food meals are the major, but not the only cause of obesity; therefore, the government should offer and enforce laws upon the food industry that

American food culture is not like other countries in the world; the diversity in foods and ethnicity creates its uniqueness. However, Americans mindset of “what should we have for dinner” and the poor decision making about food choices created the “omnivore’s dilemma” or what Pollan, in The Omnivore’s Dilemma calls the American national eating disorder. Pollan explored more about the food that Americans consume in “an investigation of food called the industrial food chain”(Pollan, Omnivore 110).