Don T Blame The Eater By Inga Kiderra

Food companies are to blame for the major impact of obesity in America. People are often tricked into eating more food because of the taste. The terrible ingredients that are in the food is causing the weight gain. There are health problems that comes with being obese like the most common one type 2 diabetes. Michael Moss uses pathos and logos to tell readers why more than half of Americans are considered

There are a variety of factors that can cause an individual to accumulate such high stores of fat (Wright & Aronne, 2012). Early researchers of obesity argued that the most common cause of obesity is a high caloric intake, or the consumption of high-calorie foods, that outstrips calories burnt via exercise (Wright & Aronne, 2012; Drewnowski et al., 2016). In other words, people accumulate excess body fat when they eat more calories than they burn, meaning obesity is caused primarily by the consumption of foods that are high in calories but low in nutritional value, and a sedentary lifestyle (Wright & Aronne, 2012; Drewnowski et al., 2016). More recently, however, researchers are recognizing the complex array of variables that interact to cause obesity, including environmental, social, and political factors known collectively as the social determinants of health (Wright & Aronne, 2012; Drewnowski et al., 2016). For example, research finds that our lived environments have been restructured in recent years to promote a culture of overeating: today, high-calorie fast foods are often more affordable than nutritious options, and are made conveniently accessible in the form of food trucks, pubs, and vending machines strategically placed on school grounds, college campuses, and near apartment buildings (Wright & Aronne, 2012; Drewnowski et al., 2016). Often, these foods are served in excessively large portions intended to promote the very over-eating that causes obesity (Wright & Aronne, 2012; Drewnowski et al., 2016). Moreover, the low priced, processed, ready-to-eat meals available in grocery stores tend to appeal to low-income families who cannot afford to purchase more expensive produce or take the time away from their work to prepare home cooked meals (Wright & Aronne, 2012; Drewnowski et al., 2016). Thus, recent research suggests that the

Obesity is an epidemic that is putting uncomfortable strains on the American health care system. With just under two-thirds of the American adult population being overweight or obese, a lot of time and effort has gone into uncovering the causes of this rise in the weights of American citizens. Several theories have been developed to help solve the mystery of America’s rising size. Obesity cannot be traced back to a single factor, but rather many aspects have contributed to the rise of obesity in America. Parental influence, media exposure, and individual’s rate at which they metabolize food all play a significant role in contributing to obesity in America. The threat of obesity in this country is growing, and as a nation it is imperative that we understand the underlying cause of the epidemic, and prepare a comprehensive plan on how to tackle it. It is imperative for the nation heath to better understand the causes of obesity in America.

Obesity is one of America’s problems that we struggle with every day. Even other countries see America for obesity and how much junk food and pop we consume. Our first lady is even trying to help fix this problem. Schools are gaining healthy lunches and changing up a few things in how make what school’s eat. That’s a great step, but you can always avoid school lunches. I know that people can’t force people to eat healthy. But I realize that how we are is really not anyone’s fault, except ours. Obesity is how much self control people have and how we handle our food options.

A critical issue has arisen recently in the United States that obesity has become more prevalent than ever before. During the past 20 years, more than one-third of U.S. adults and approximately one-fifth of the children and adolescents has been considered to be overweight. It is undeniable that everyone will promptly concurs something must be done in order to solve this crisis. However, this accord often ends on a debate of whether or not being obese is our own fault and government should intervene in helping the situation. In my opinion, although we are somewhat responsible for our own health, we cannot totally blame on those obese people for being corpulent and the government should definitely get involved in alleviating this problem.

One of the most controversial debates of this generation is on who is the blame for the obesity epidemic. More specifically, who is responsible for obesity: the individual who is obese or the government and fast food corporations? In Radley Balko's essay " What You Eat Is Your Business" and in David Zinczenko's essay "Don't Blame the Eater," the main ideas that are presented both reflect upon obesity and personal responsibility. The main point that Balko wants to get across in his essay is that obesity has become part of "public health" which has forced us to pay for the health problems associated with the obese. Whereas

Being obese seems to be a growing epidemic in the United States. It is not, just a problem with appearance and social life. Each person is accountable for its own health, control its own eating habits and the time devoted to exercising. Can we all be responsible to the decisions of a group of people? The answer, that shared by several is probably not. Nevertheless, in the last few years, this medical condition that increases the likelihood of a range of diseases in which excess body fat has accumulated to the point that it may have an unfavorable effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and increase health problems (Wikipedia, par.2). Obesity-related diseases are common these days, for each person there are significant risks of

As a result of the excessive unhealthy food advertisements and low income, society plays a huge role in why America has gained the reputation as an obese country. O’Connor admits, “Americans do not like looking overweight or unhealthy, and they know that being very overweight is unhealthy. Yet, they keep taking in advertised messages that imply that eating fast food will make them better or happier people. These are truly mixed messages” (35). Gary Taubes, winner of the Science in Society Journalism Award, writes, “Obesity is caused in large part by excessive food consumption, but the industry’s profits depend on selling consumers even more food, including those

Being obese is a tremendous issue in the United States . According to the book the “Obesity: Cultural and BioCultural Perspectives”by Alexandra A.Brewis, there is an assessment mentioned in the book that was made by the “World Health Organization”. The assessment mentions that “ one third of the people are now overweight or obese . Within two decades , if the current trend continue, the number will be more than two-thirds”.(Brewis 1)

A problem that continues to exacerbate each year is the rising amount of overweight and obese Americans. This does not come to a surprise considering American’s love for fast food and a living in a society which promotes physical inactivity. According to an article written by Jan Simmonds, “If you are more than a few pounds above your ideal weight, you are overweight. But if you are more than twenty percent above your ideal weight, you are obese.” This means that a person’s weight endangers their health which leads to other complications. The causes of obesity range from genetics, to combinations of hormonal, metabolic, behavioral factors, and changes in society.

How many obese individuals do you see a day on the street? How do you think if overweight consider be a petty group as our future social norm? There are many serious health issues in our society. Today, obesity is one of the most popular diseases in America. Being overweight is usually a warning sign that people could be on their way to becoming obesity. According to Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention report, the most recent national data shows more than 35 percentage of America adult population was obese in 2009–2010. Overall, adults aged 60 and over were more likely to be obese than younger adults. However, there has been no change in obesity prevalence in recent years and over the last decade there has been a significant increase in obesity prevalence among men and boys but not among women and girls. (Hyattsville, MD. 2012) This Statistics reveals that we should raise public awareness of obesity and we should stop being obesity because obesity is a critical risk to affecting public health problem. However, obesity is a linking with physical, mental, and social as an amount of negative health issues to damage our life.

N. Jay Sorensen states in one of her articles about obesity in America “Obesity continues to be one of America's most mentioned topics in the media today. Often citing the increased incidence of disease because we American's are fat. Why, we eat out too often, we do not make the right menu choices, and most importantly--we are not active enough to compensate for the intake of high calorie foods consumed every day.” It is obvious that obesity is becoming a real issue because of food. Also, obesity is not only about the outlook, it has a serious comorbidities like diabetes, hypertension, cancer, elevated cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, heart attacks , strokes, and other chronic diseases. But whose fault is this? Can we only blame

The impact of obesity has long been related to morbidity and mortality. Hippoccrates confirmed this: “Sudden death is more common in those who are naturally fat than in the lean.” (Bray, 2003, para. 2). It is estimated that approximately 300,000 preventable deaths occur annually, which amounts to 1,000 deaths per day, due to dietary and lifestyle factors that lead to obesity (Hill & Trowbridge, 1997). Yet America is fatter today than in the time of Hippocrates. Obesity has become so prevalent that it is increasingly impacting us, not only as individuals, but as a nation. It costs us in many ways. It costs us personally by impacting us physically, emotionally, and through the side-effects of carrying excess weight. These costs, and the

Obesity is a problem and we need to take action now. The rate of obesity in children and adults have doubled since the past decade. The fast food industry is to blame for this dilemma. "The U.S. food industry aggressively markets high-fat, high-sugar, super-sized foods."(Greenblatt) Fast food is causing people to live unhealthy and there are consequences to it. "Moreover, two-thirds of the adults are either overweight or obese, and at least 300,000 Americans die each year from obesity-related diseases."(Greenblatt) The statistics are there and if the people don’t take action now to change the way they eat then health will decline. The people do not know what's in the food their eating and decide to say its genetics to the reason why their obese. However, there is a reason they don't know.

"They call it fast food because you'll go too fast with it" James Blacker. Therefore, fast food is just a short way to death and that it depends on how much you eat per day and week. David Zinczenko the editor in chief men's health and a TV-famous person had published the story "Don't Blame the Eater" on November 23. 2002. Throughout his writing, he discusses the difference between today's percentage of diabetes and during the 1990's. Also, how fast food had impacted our health with damaging and causing obesity and diabetes to the young generation that has not lived their life yet so they can live with such a disease. Zinczencho tends to argue the real reason behind Diabetes is fast food for not putting out warning labels or nutritional information's