Rhetorical Analysis Of 'Don T Blame The Eater' By

Increasing the options of fast food restaurants in America gave society different choices of where they can choose to go eat. Some restaurants may be cheaper than others, but what society didn’t realize was the cheaper the restaurant the more calories the food contains. The consumers didn’t seem to realize or have a problem with these cheaper companies until some consumers sued the company for getting them fat. This caused children to sue Mcdonald's the company for making the consumers get fat. For this reason, according to the author David Zinczenko it is a problem that people are not informed on how many calories the food they're eating contains. He has the credibility to be trusted by his audience

The article “Don't Blame The Eater,” written by David Zinczenko evokes readers the crucial impact that fast food restaurants have in today's nation's youth causing them to be over weight and have type 2ndiabetes. Throughout Zinczenko's argument he makes the reader view the consumer as a victim yet on the other hand, what he is trying to persuade us to believe by using logos,pathos,and ethos in his argument is that the food industry is the one making the nation's youth to increase obesity. The capacity of impressive questions and personal experience, he composed in the text he is able to comprehensively argue against the fast food industry. The author persuades us right away by starting of with a question: “Kids taking on McDonald's this

In the essay, “Don’t Blame the Eater”, David Zinczenko, editor-in-chief of Men’s Health magazine, discusses the recent lawsuits against fast-food chains. He does not deny that there should be a sense of personal responsibility among the public, but has sympathy for the kid consumers because he used to be one. Zinczenko argues that due to the lack of nutritional facts and health warnings, it’s not so ridiculous to blame the fast-food industry for obesity problems.

He supports his claim by first explaining the history of Plauen, Germany and how in December of 1990, McDonald’s opened its first restaurant there, but now has over one hundred and seventeen restaurants in foreign countries, and growing, with the help of U.S. State Department and Germany being the most profitable overseas market, then he talks about the fast food industry targeting children in foreign countries also because they are the ones least connected to tradition in their respective country, yet people wait for hours to eat the McDonald’s restaurants opened in their cities because they stopped caring about receiving healthy food, but this also has a consequence, “Wherever America’s fast food chains go, waistlines start expanding” (Schlosser 242), even on countries that have never faced this problem like Japan, but others like Sweden, Belgium, Holland, Ireland, and Norway have banned ads for kids and Helen Steel and Dave Morris, part of the London Greenpeace, sued McDonald’s and has been in a Libel with them for years since some of the things they accused McDonald’s of are true but majority being false, he also talks about adults being obese too, that about two hundred and eighty thousand Americans die every year because they are obese, including children aged six to

In David Zinczenko’s article “Don’t Blame the Eater” he focuses on the fast food industry and their role in the increasing health and obesity issues of our nation’s children, as well as these issues potentially becoming a serious problem that we will all have to deal with if we collectively don’t do something about it now. When it comes to the topic of fast food, most of us can agree that it is not the best source of nutrition. It is unhealthy and can be the cause of many serious health issues with our children such as obesity related Type 2 diabetes, stomach ulcers and even heart disease, high cholesterol, sleep apnea or even cancer. We can even agree that fast-food diets are a major contributing factor to

The article “Don’t Blame the Eater", by David Zinczenko talks about how a group of people are suing McDonald’s for making them fat. Zinczenko shares his experience on how fast food has effect his childhood and teenage years. He explains how teenagers can put on weight with a fast food and part of the problem is the lack in nutritional information about fast food. In addition, he speaks about fast food and the companies behind it.

Obesity has become increasingly more prominent in American society. It is also a major health issue affecting many adults and children in the US every year. In his article "Don't Blame the Eater," David Zinczenko sympathizes with children who are suing McDonald’s making them fat. In his own experience as a “latchkey kid”, he knows how easily fast food makes teenagers put on weight with a steady diet of fast food meals. Zinczenko argues that both lack of fast food alternative companies and lack of providing nutrition information contribute to childhood obesity.

In David Zinczenko’s article Don’t Blame The Eater(November 23, 2002) he constantly blames the consumer for having a terrible eating habits. He talks about how people are suing the cooperations for making the way they are. What ever happened to self responsibility? He continually blames the consumer. His proposal was to prevent parents to consume fast food which could lead to the children. Throughout the article he gives dominant statistical information and also trying to give the reader some sympathy towards what they are doing to ruin the eating habits. He tends for the consumption of all bad food to stop and healthy foods to start being consumed. The community needs to their best to prevent any of these for this to happen. The unhealthy path of eating could lead to some indisputable

In the two essay talk about obesity in America, one controversial issue has been that fast-food has been causing obesity in America. In “Don’t Blame the Eater”, written by David Zinczenko argues that fast food options in market are the main reason to cause the rates increasing of child obesity because the alternative foods are very expressive, so a large portion of the younger generation choose to eat fast food to instead. Second point David Zinczenko made is that fast food companies are misleading and the nutrition information is not easy to find for consumers. On the other hand, Tadly Balko has different thought to David Zinczenko. In “What You Eat Is Your Business”, written by Radly Balko states that the government shouldn't have any say

In today’s society a huge issue is that we constantly hear about the food industry in America. We often hear in the news that obesity rates have increased, or that Americans have many diseases that contribute to being obese. “What You Eat is Your Business” by Radley Balko expresses that people are at fault for making such unhealthy food choices. Others argue that the food industry is to blame for being so unhealthy. According to David Zinczenko in “Don’t Blame the Eater” he blames the fast food industry as well as the consumer. Zinczenko asks “shouldn’t we know better than to eat two meals a day in fast food restaurant’s?” (392). So, who is to blame for American’s eating so much unhealthy food? Should it be the consumers’ burden or the fast food companies? On one hand, as consumers we continue to purchase foods that we know are making us overweight. On the other hand, fast food companies continue to offer high in calories foods.

Zinczenko’s rhetorical comments on the fast food industry are spaced throughout his piece. Zinczenko also states that alternative options are hard to find when fast food is readily available. “Drive down any thoroughfare in America, and I guarantee you’ll see one of our country’s more than 13,000 McDonald’s restaurants. Now, drive back up the block and try to find someplace to buy a grapefruit” (Zinczenko 463). This strong statement proves Zinczenko’s irritated tone throughout his piece. Zinczenko’s stand that the fast food industry is responsible for obesity.

The picture portrayed the effect of poor eating habit begins at early age. The society doesn’t understand that over eating can begin as young as toddler. Parents have a duty to be mindful of the unhealthy food they are giving their children. I could not help to contemplate that the blame cannot be specified entirely to corporations that establish unhealthy process food, but generally the society that supports

Is Greed actually not of a financial use rather than a emotional use. If so would employees who work at fast-food establishments or even major corporate heads of these billion dollar fast-food chains allow their own children to indulge themselves in them, knowingly aware of the vast risks they could embark on later in life due to their unhealthy choices? David Zinczenko brings up valid points on how fast-food is harmful to one’s body in “Don’t Blame the Eater,”. Zinczenko is able to effectively argue against the manipulation of the food industry by showing the reader that the consumer is the victim while the food industry is the one to blame. His use of questioning, personal appeals, imagery, direct tone and colorful diction results in a compelling case that supports his accusations of manipulation by the fast food industry.

Today two thirds of adults and nearly one third of children struggle with overweight and obesity. Most people in today’s society think that fast food restaurant 's cause obesity, but they most likely do not. It is a person’s choice of what they put in their body. Even though thousands of fast food restaurants have to follow certain pricing standards, their cheap food is usually unhealthy and their expensive food is usually healthy, the amount of individual responsibility depends on whether you keep your weight normal or if you don’t pay attention to your weight, and the amount of fast food restaurants responsibility depends on whether they pay attention to their food and what is in it. Food that is easier to produce is cheaper than food

“It is true that fast food restaurant have a large contribution to America being ranked one of the most obese countries; however, we cannot blame every single fast food restaurant for this obesity.” This comes from the first assignment on “Do not blame the eater” As I wrote my first assignment which was a persuasive essay for English 1010 I had prior experience with this. This experience came from prepping for the ACT writing portion. I am able to properly make a stand point and argue. “Alternatives are present at varies food chains and at popular food chains. “But where, exactly, are consumers- particularly teenagers supposed to find alternatives?” Teenagers in this century are heavily controlled and impacted by media. They are easily able to find out what is in there food with a quick google search. Videos on social media on what is in our foods are easily shared and retweeted by millions of teenagers. Most teenagers are aware that McDonalds and Burger King are not the only sources of fast food.” I was fully able to quote and back up my quotes from the passage “Do not blame the eater”. Places like Subway, Jimmy Johns, and Panera Bread have quick food that tends to be healthier. While these restaurants tend to have a larger healthier food menu someone can find healthy food options at a restaurant like McDonalds. For example, I am a teenager who used social media to find a healthy food option at McDonalds. Quickly with a google search I found on health.com what healthy