Battle Against Fast Food

Daniel Weintraub, in the article,”The Battle Against Fast Food Begins in the Home”, wants his public to realize that ultimately parents need to take good responsibility for their children’s actions and I completely agree with his conclusions. Weintraub discusses many points, for example, parental faults, school issues, and societies fault, to prove that obesity in children is an issue that cannot be overlooked. Weintraub’s points along with my personal experiences led me to agree that responsibility and child obesity go hand in hand. Of course this is my opinion, but I believe that his article mostly goes out to the parents who are lazy and have children. Daniel Weintraub argues that its the parents fault to why children are obese
In the article, ”The Battle Against Food Begins in the Home”, it says “ Statewide, the center said, 26 percent of school children are overweight”(paragraph 7). An example that Weintraub gives us on this issue is seen with the data that he includes in his article. It states that, ”The numbers ranged from a low 17 percent in wealthy Orange County Assembly district to a high of 36.8 percent in an inner-city Los Angeles district. More boys (32 percent) than girls (21 percent) were overweight” (paragraph 7). It’s not just the parents fault, but schools as well. I highly agree with his argument because as a student I have experienced cafeteria food for many years. For as long as I can remember, our school lunches have often been over dosed in calories. Recently, my experiences with cafeteria food at Dinuba High School have been mostly involving greasy food. For example, pizza is served with many toppings and drink choices are either milk or juices varied by price. Instead of offering kids free water bottles, they sell them for a dollar making this healthy option harder to
Weintraub stated, “The center blamed the problem on the increasing consumption of fast food and soft drinks, larger portion sizes in restaurants… and the advertising of junk food to children and their families” (paragraph 8). In my opinion, he is blaming society for the choices that children and people are making in food choices. It isn’t rare to see fast food commercials pop up on your t.v and seduce you into buying their food with low prices or great deals. For example, the easy access of fast food restaurants in any area make it convenient for working parents to feed this to their