Don't blame the eater

Don’t Blame the Eater, Blame the Eating Industry In terms of personal health, the borders of proper nutrition are similar to that of a jail cell. Zinczenko points outs the restrictive nature of food within modern day Am erica. A generalized point of view that can be taken from this is that the fast food industry is incredibly convenient and affordable for necessary needs to live and thrive in modern day America. Zinczenko brings in examples that involve personal experiences in his family, as well as an argument that the convenience and affordability issues a large health problem itself. While obesity can be seens as either a personal or societal issue, Zinczenko proposes that the issue on obesity is a societal issue based on the circumstances of cheap-and-fast fast food restaurants, which is a reasonable claim based on Zinczenko’s point of view. Affordable, efficient, and convenient food may help the population, however, it is a market based on unhealthy practices. The author elaborates on the convenience in a matter of personal story, in which his choice as a fifteen-year-old would be “McDonald 's, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken or Pizza Hut” (Zinczenko 391). With this personal experience, he can sympathize with a population that needs fast food because he witnessed it as an “the only available option for an American kid to get an affordable meal” (Zinczenko 392). Luckily enough, the author managed to reach to college and fix his eating habits. He is reaching out to a vast population that shares a similar experience or lifestyle, which encompass a large amount of people, thus creating a personal approach to the topic of obesity. Along with his noted personal experience, the raw statistics and facts about obesity back his claim on fast food being a primary catalyst for obesity in America. Driving down the block to eat healthy is a bit of a stretch when there are “more than 13,000 McDonald’s restaurants” in the country (Zinczenko 392). The

Cited: Zinczenko, David. “Don’t Blame the Eater.” They Say, I Say. Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2012. 391-394.