The lifestyle these days has changed regarding the way people eat fast food. In today’s society, eating fast food is a daily habit that people really enjoy. Fast food chains such as McDonald’s, Burger King, and Taco Bell are well-known restaurants in American society. This causes obesity is a growing problem that over half of America’s population faces. With growing body sizes and serious medical problems associated with obesity, it is a problem that needs to be addressed and changed. The causes
The New York Times has published an article, ‘Don't Blame the Eater’, by David Zinczenco, in which the author claims that obese people are not completely at blame for their health implications, but, big corporations and fast food restaurants have a big part in this obesity epidemic. Although Zinczenco does not say so directly, he apparently assumes that the fast food industry is completely at fault for the growing health issues in children, including diabetes. Throughout his article, he makes it
to be over weight. Fast-food consumption has been a major contributor to the debate of the twenty-first century. Chapter thirteen, titled “Is Fast-Food the New Tobacco,” in the They Say I Say book, consists of authors discussing the debate of fast-food’s link to obesity. Authors debate the government’s effects on the fast-food industry, along with whether or not the fast-food industry is to blame for the rise in obesity throughout America. While some people blame the fast food industry for the rise
Fast Food Consumers: Taking Personal Responsibility The only person to blame for ones behavior is themselves. People need to stop making excuses and be held accountable for their actions. It is proven that fast food meals cause many health issues down the line such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. People choose to ignore the consequences that fast food cause and blame corporations instead. Warning labels on fast food items are not necessary when the negative effects are obvious. It is clear
Recently, the demand for fast food restaurants has grown exponentially; unfortunately, so has the obesity rate. People continue to purchase the products coming from these corporations even though they are aware of the correlation between fast-food and obesity. So, the customers begin to assign the blame to those providing the products. Fast-food chains should not be held accountable for the obesity issues in the citizens because the customers make their own decisions in buying the meals, the well-being
surpass smoking as the number one preventable cause of death in this country.' Morgan Spurlock focused his attention on McDonalds in his documentary, but I think to simply blame the fast food companies grossly simplifies the issue. The obesity crises in this country is a lifestyle issue, big food corporations may be partially to blame, but lifestyle is something that is culturally decided not solely foisted upon us by the corporate world. The
teens and children not only overweight but obese. In some ways, it could be called the plague of the twenty- first century due to adolescents and teenagers indulging themselves in a plethora of food for every meal they have, therefore becoming overweight and morbidly obese. In the eighteen hundreds there was not a fast food place to go to unlike these days, so children were not obese like they are
changed. While fast foods have been around for a long time, many people claim that fast food places are to blame. Each day people turn to fast food for a quick meal, wether it is breakfast, lunch, dinner, or even snacks. As fast foods begin to expand and progress throughout the world, people especially in the United States, have started to blame fast foods for their health problems. The question of who to blame obesity on is important in solving the obesity epidemic. What we eat at fast food restaurants
Professor Prangley Summative Essay 1 December 2014 Enough Blame to Go Around The fast food industry is a thriving enterprise in America 's economy these days. One can find a fast food vendor on nearly every block, says David Zinczenko in his article "Don 't Blame the Eater". The article explains the growing expanse of the fast food industry and the subsequent number of nutritional food businesses declining, there by leaving the fast food industry responsible to provide adequate nutrition for countless
his huge Thanksgiving feast. As he flipped through the channels, he came across news about two women who were suing McDonalds for making their children obese. This report made him question fast food and its nutritional value, and stimulated him to make a daring and risky choice. He wanted to prove a point and educate people about the dangers of fast food by changing his diet for a month to strictly McDonalds and to get it all on video. Spurlock, 33, was physically fit and healthy, weighing 185 pounds