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Research shows that when such information is given, customers use it to limit the way they eat. This can consume an average loss of calories than they typically did before labeling. This trend poses increased risk, not just in terms of calories, but in terms of unhealthful ingredients such as fat and sodium. According to the passage, "the U.S. government agrees that restaurant meals should be labeled. It is part of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, which requires that standard menu items include information on nutrition 1". This poses that fast food places and restaurants should in fact label information, not only for ones own health but it is required.

Zinczencko complains that unlike many other hazardous items, fast food does not come with warnings on how terrible the food is for one’s health and its future effects. He emphasizes that even if the customers were able to obtain the nutritional facts, they are not palpable, but rather obscure. He points out that the fast-food companies make the nutrition labels vague and misleading; they calculate the calories for every separate part of the meal, and they make it so the consumer must pay attention to serving size as well. He observes that the fast-food industry can get away with confusing labels because there are not any Food and Drug Administration labeling requisites (Word Smart, p. 220) covering fast food. Zinczenko complains that there is not any sort of nutritional labeling on the menus at fast-food restaurants. Now, nine years later, there are some changes, but his point is still valid. McDonald’s menu now states the calories of each meal, but as Zinczenko points out, it is very difficult to

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

According to him, “There are no calorie information charts on fast-food packaging, the way there are on grocery items. Advertisements don’t carry warning labels the way tobacco ads do” (Zinczenko 463). Zinczenko that fast-food companies are “vulnerable,” and he urges the industry to protect its consumers (464). Zinczenko is right about the need of nutritional information for fast-food; however, common sense dictates that people should know not to eat at fast-food restaurants every day.

Some fast-food purveyors will provide calorie information on request, but even that can be hard to understand (Zinczenco, 2002.) The essence of Zinczenco’s s argument is that Americans are unable to be fully informed of the harm the food they consume completely inflicts their health. This backs of the writers claim, that you are unable to place the complete blame of obesity, completely on the consumer. If consumers are completely oblivious to the fact that there food labels are completely rigged, how is it even possible for the consumer to get the truth? The easy answer would be repeatedly placing the blame on the consumer, and saying they should do extensive research on the food which they eat. But in complete honesty, this is a ridiculous standard which most Americans won't bother putting time and effort into. This quote ties back into Zinczenco’s claim that the cooperation which serve such unhealthy food are at fault, for it is they who feed food that can lead to a life altering disease, without properly informing the consumer.

BOO! The most iconic phrase to scare someone, but in this story scary will be taken to different level. There will be no table cloth ghosts or skeletons on strings. only the supernatural beings coming out to play on the ignorant. Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker” sets the scene with an eerie description of the characters and the setting. Irving’s style of writing is very humorous at times but then very serious at other. Irving also uses folktale throughout his stories. With all of these styles to make a point about human values. The story starts with a description of Tom, his wife and the Charleston Bay near Boston. this was intentional by Irving. To give such a bland flat, stereotypical greedy people. Yet to be humorous at the same

Looking at the label and beyond: the effects of calorie labels, health consciousness, and demographics on caloric intake in restaurants. Ellison, B., Lusk, J. L. & Davis, D. (2013).

If restaurants did not have these nutritional facts people on diets would not know what they are eating. They will assume that it is healthy when it is not. Some pregnant women have to eat a certain type of foods for their baby. Some pregnant women need to eat less or more calories, carbs, vitamins, and fats. At Walmart you are able to see what some items are like they will use the words “ Lite, Lowfat, or Heart Smart.” If restaurants had something similar or, just have the information we would have healthy babies and healthy citizens. In the passage “Label the Meals,” it states that “only 18 percent of people started to go out to eat in the 1977 30 years later the percentage almost doubled.” If resturants did not have these facts posted a

According to Food Safety Act (1990, revised 2004) and The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations (2013) by UK Food Standard Agency, all the food relating services have to comply with Food safety and Consumer protection legislation in a strict way. The Agency is also developing a calorie labelling scheme for the catering industry and is working with relevant enforcement bodies to put this into practice. In the meanwhile, they are encouraging restaurants to display calorie information of their products. This have been done and committed by totally 21 companies so far.

America has been faced with the growing obesity epidemic. This is becoming very wide spread among all races and class levels due in part to the abundance of inexpensive food available and how easily people are becoming persuaded to but things they do not need. David Zinczenko published article “Don’t Blame the Eater”, Zinczenko argues that fast-food industries are not doing their job to provide clear enough nutritional information for hazardous food.

Which gives fast food restaurants less worry about their consumer’s health. However, Zinczenko also affirms the fact that “Some fast-food purveyors will provide calorie information on request out of that would be hard to find” (Zinczenko 464). He explains that for obesity rates to drop, people must be informed with the necessary information on what they are going to eat at fast food restaurants. With the knowledge of how healthy their food is and how many calories they are going to be consuming, Americans can better orchestrate a healthier diet plan and possibly eat less when they decide to dine at fast food restaurants.

Section 4205 of the Affordable Care Act hones in on menu labeling in restaurant or similar establishment where there are twenty or more places doing business under the same name serving similar food, excluding schools or establishments that do not have a set location9. Ownership type is not considered7. Standard menu items must have calories listed adjacently with additional documentation of sugar, fat, protein, cholesterol and fiber that is available upon request7. Temporary items that are available for less than 90 consecutive days or less than 60 days throughout the year are not required to have labels7. Location definition excluded food trucks, airplanes and trains from having

The United States Food and Drug Administration, also known as the FDA, is the government agency “responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological product, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and product that emit radiation.” It is “also responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medicines more effective, safer, and more affordable. Created under the Theodore Roosevelt administration under the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act, the FDA still operates as a part of the federal bureaucracy. What if the very institution supposed to be looking out for the public health and advancement of medical

First, I can agree most of half of the world don't look at the food labeling on the back when they order food, but that doesn't mean we just need to take food labeling off of food and menus completely. Positive things that the food labeling can provent is diabetes and heart problems. So by taking the food labeling off it can bring back many of theses problems for many people.Proven facts from the story labin the meals can support my facts too one sentence from the text that supports this is “The average purchase contained about 100 percent fewer calories when the information was provided. The U.S. government agrees that restaurant meals should be labeled. It is part of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, which requires that standard menu items include information on nutrition.

Whenever you go to a restaurant, you might have a hard time deciding what to get right? Typically you choose whatever you are in the mood for at that time. Yet, if you saw what you were really putting in to your body you might be having second guesses. Many restaurants purposely leave out nutritional facts for dishes or meals that they serve. By doing this, these establishments are being unethical in targeting unaware customers. This is due to the fact that appearances of meals can be deceiving, consumers don't truly know what they're putting in their bodies, and a good portion of people in the world rely on these nutrition facts to guide what they eat. Without the nutrition knowledge, it is unfair to serve customers.