Don T Blame The Eater Analysis
Daniel Weintraub the author of “The battle against fast food begins in the home”, believes that parents are the ones that have the best chance to fight childhood obesity. I completely disagree with his argument. Even if the parents are responsible enough to teach their child healthy habits, the kids might still eat fast food on their own time because the parents probably don’t follow their children everywhere. It also doesn’t really matter if they don't become obese a kid if as soon as they leave high school or their parents homes since they’ll have more freedom and their parents won’t be around to tell them what is healthy to eat and what isn’t.
As soon as the kids become adults and leave their parents they may become overweight and …show more content…
When the parents take their kids to eat fast food to no fault of their own are they being lied to about how much calories are in their meal. In “Don’t Blame the Eater” by David Zinczenko it says “...one company’s Web site lists its chicken salad as containing 150 calories; the almonds and noodles that come with it(an additional 190 calories) are listed separately. Adding a serving of the 280-calorie dressing, and you’ve got a healthy lunch alternative that comes in at 620 calories.” So even if they get them a so called “healthy meal” without knowing it they are getting themselves or their children an unhealthy meal. It has also become harder for a parent to find a healthy alternative for their children because you can find a fast food place just about anywhere but you can’t find that many stores that sell organic foods and even then they are pretty expensive for a parent to get. It can be difficult for a parent to make sure that their kids get a healthy diet if they have a low income or have little to no time to make food. You can’t blame a parent for the lack of nutritional value of the fast food industry because just like Shannon Brownlee’s article “It’s portion distortion that makes America fat” states that “ Fast food wasn’t any healthier back then; we simply ate a lot less of …show more content…
David Barboza’s article “If You Pitch It, They Will Eat” states that “Now it’s Nickelodeon, movies, video games, the Internet and even marketing in schools.” So even as a parent you can’t make your kids stop watching TV or do anything about schools promoting fast food. Even if the parents send their kids with healthy foods they would still prefer to eat fast food like McDonald's or Pizza Hut. Exercising does help you stay healthy but watching TV or playing video games all day doesn’t necessarily make you gain weight because most people when playing video games become really focused on the game and forget to eat and keep on playing without wanting to get up and eat junk food. According to Barboza’s article “According to a survey by the C.D.C., about 20 percent of the nation’s schools now offer brand-name fast food.” So it would be very difficult for a parent to keep their child unexposed to the campaigns that these fast food industries are targeting at kids. In certain cases obese children exercise a lot yet they are still not able to lose weight. The parents can’t be to blame because just about everything is unhealthy except vegetables and even now there have been studies that processed meat can lead to cancer and even vegetables contain GMOs and other things. Even some
As soon as the kids become adults and leave their parents they may become overweight and …show more content…
When the parents take their kids to eat fast food to no fault of their own are they being lied to about how much calories are in their meal. In “Don’t Blame the Eater” by David Zinczenko it says “...one company’s Web site lists its chicken salad as containing 150 calories; the almonds and noodles that come with it(an additional 190 calories) are listed separately. Adding a serving of the 280-calorie dressing, and you’ve got a healthy lunch alternative that comes in at 620 calories.” So even if they get them a so called “healthy meal” without knowing it they are getting themselves or their children an unhealthy meal. It has also become harder for a parent to find a healthy alternative for their children because you can find a fast food place just about anywhere but you can’t find that many stores that sell organic foods and even then they are pretty expensive for a parent to get. It can be difficult for a parent to make sure that their kids get a healthy diet if they have a low income or have little to no time to make food. You can’t blame a parent for the lack of nutritional value of the fast food industry because just like Shannon Brownlee’s article “It’s portion distortion that makes America fat” states that “ Fast food wasn’t any healthier back then; we simply ate a lot less of …show more content…
David Barboza’s article “If You Pitch It, They Will Eat” states that “Now it’s Nickelodeon, movies, video games, the Internet and even marketing in schools.” So even as a parent you can’t make your kids stop watching TV or do anything about schools promoting fast food. Even if the parents send their kids with healthy foods they would still prefer to eat fast food like McDonald's or Pizza Hut. Exercising does help you stay healthy but watching TV or playing video games all day doesn’t necessarily make you gain weight because most people when playing video games become really focused on the game and forget to eat and keep on playing without wanting to get up and eat junk food. According to Barboza’s article “According to a survey by the C.D.C., about 20 percent of the nation’s schools now offer brand-name fast food.” So it would be very difficult for a parent to keep their child unexposed to the campaigns that these fast food industries are targeting at kids. In certain cases obese children exercise a lot yet they are still not able to lose weight. The parents can’t be to blame because just about everything is unhealthy except vegetables and even now there have been studies that processed meat can lead to cancer and even vegetables contain GMOs and other things. Even some