Who's To Blame American Food

Throughout the articles, each one discussed the author’s perspective on food industries. Two articles argued whether the food companies should be blamed for the health epidemics or it should be a personal responsibility for consumers. While others discussed how food industries manipulate consumers into buying more of their food. Along the same lines, all the articles mentioned how the health epidemic is increasing and who must be fault for the growth. As well as finding a solution and who should help. Although the articles emphasize how obesity rate has grown, the public seems to blame food companies for manipulating consumers and others insist it is a consumer’s personal responsibility.

In the article “Don’t Blame the Eater”, author David Zinczenko, the editor -in-chief of Men’s Health magazine comments on the lawsuit against McDonald’s which is initiated by the overweight children’s parents. He claims that fast-food industry should accept full responsibility for a serious public problem: leading American kids to obesity. Zinczenko supports his claim with his personal experience to show how the fast-food chains marketing on them with low price. He also said it is not easy for those obese kids to turn their lives back. He believes this should be considered as a public health problem because their obesity causes the society huge public health losses. Zinczenko insists that if fast-food industry doesn’t take actions quickly, it is only a matter of time for them to become the next tobacco industry.

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.

After reading chapters 15 and 21 in our Current Issues and Enduring Questions book and viewing Forks Over Knives, I am afraid I do not see this worrisome food issue in America improving in the near future. Obesity is a known epidemic and it is widespread throughout the entire country. According to the documentary film, Forks Over Knives, “We spend $2.2 trillion a year on healthcare: over five times more than the defense budget.” This quote reveals the issue regarding the state of health and by maintaining a healthier diet not only do people benefit, but the government does as well. The current relationship between food and health industries brings an uncertainty that should be seen as a critical concern to the eyes of the public. Too many people

Hospital food is not known to be delicious, until McDonald’s becomes that food; that’s right, hospitals contain some of the thousands of McDonald’s franchises found worldwide. This is a prime factor to why the United States has become the fattest country in the world. Consumers are quick to blame the government or perhaps their own self-control with food, but they are overlooking who is perhaps the biggest culprit in the obesity epidemic: processed food franchise owners. Franchise owners are at fault for causing the epidemic because of the excessive alteration of their food, their “food education” diplomacy that has normalized eating out multiple times a week, and its effect on public opinion using lobbyists.

McDonaldization is viewed to be one of the reasons behind obesity. This is due to people

Them starting to idolize McDonald’s foods can lead to obesity and other negative side effects (Traphagen, Brown). McDonald’s does indeed affect society in a positive way, but the cooperation needs to be held responsible for their negatives. They are one of the biggest money consuming companies in the world and make large profits. With their extensive advertisements towards anyone who will watch and winning over people to buy their products it’s no wonder why they’re so good at what they do. Sure maybe they don't go about it in the best ways, but McDonald’s corporation knows how to run a business and get people to come to the

Americas food industry throughout the years have changed, positively and negatively. It has affected the community in many ways depending on the individual’s choice. Food industries have become responsible for Americas obesity because of the socioeconomic class one lives in or the local community the induvial lives in.

It is beyond belief that a company would maintain their control over their employees through the use of threatening job-loss. McDonald's is a multi-billion dollar industry that purposefully creates easily replaceable, low-skill jobs in order to escape paying their employees high wages. These employees are a contributing factor to the success of McDonalds and I feel that the least they deserve is job security or higher wages. Aside from the model of McDonaldization, I do not feel that the food produced by McDonald’s is beneficial to our society. McDonald’s sells approximately 12 billion hamburgers a year in the United States alone; these hamburgers are not only high in calories and sodium, but they are also loaded with unnecessary ingredients that may prove to be harmful to one's health. McDonald’s is an unhealthy choice that many individuals turn to for a quick and easy meal, but I feel that this fast-food chain and McDonaldization is detrimental to our

Throughout the tens of years, many people have been suffering from obesity, usually prior to eating food served from fast food restaurants. One of these restaurants is McDonald's, a massive food industry. Continuing from that, your must be shocked how McDonald's was constantly sued for a rumor of how the food they served caused the obesity of many children and teens. However,Morgan Spurlock, an American documentary filmmaker, decided to film an experiment so he would be able to answer a common question, “is fast food really all that bad?.”

Lots of people may believe it's the fast food industry's fault why America's obesity rate is rising. You can’t just focus on one situation that's causing the problem. They’re many more causes of obesity. It all depends on the individual and how they want to live life. Nobody is forcing them to enter McDonalds and order a Big Mac. The consumers made the decisions and brought it upon themselves.

America is the number one country with the highest obesity rate, as well as many others struggle with this. Obesity can be stopped and controlled by the consumers, but why blame it on them when the food industry is really the ones to accuse. This food is being handed to the consumers, healthy or unhealthy it is still given. Many different food industries are at fault for obesity, by the food proportions increasing to low cost food being unhealthy.

60 percent of Americans are obese and that’s not McDonald's fault. McDonald’s is one of the most successful fast food chain restaurants in the world, and I am sure everyone can see why. Sure McDonald’s has fatty food and huge portions but Americans have the freedom to choose healthier foods on McDonald’s menu, or just not eat there at all. Instead of getting a Big Mac get a salad, instead of getting a sugar filled soda get a nice refreshing water.

Millions of people eat McDonald’s food and become obese everyday but you could have a family member that’s obese or your obese. One can say McDonald’s is responsible but it isn’t. Keep reading because you going to agree with me after you read that McDonald’s is not to blame in this case. McDonald’s shouldn’t be responsible for their consumers health issues because customers choose to eat there. There are no laws against selling unhealthy foods and there are other factors that contribute to people becoming obese.

In 2003 a lawsuit on behalf of the children of New York was filed stating the food served at McDonalds caused health problems that included diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity. Due to this lawsuit McDonalds needed to rebuild their brand in order for the customer to see them as a health conscience organization.