Dont Blame The Eater Summary

Blame the Person in the Mirror Imagine suffering from a totally preventable, yet ubiquitous disease called obesity, in which one struggles with the smallest things such as walking. As time passes, obesity has become more common which is essentially ruining today’s society. It has become more common because of the changes in lifestyles and eating habits. Knowing the right things to eat and exercising are important in keeping a healthy lifestyle and avoiding diseases such as obesity. Obesity is a controversial issue in deciding who is a fault. Food companies and the government are usually the one’s getting the finger pointed at, however, the people who are pointing the fingers should be at fault and begin taking personal responsibility.
Overtime, the plate serving has increased with the average plate being nine inches in the 1970’s and today being twelve inches. People began adding corn syrup to everything which caused people to eat greater amounts. More fast food places and restaurants were being built and open during the 1980’s. Since families were separating, they found this as the perfect opportunity to get something to eat quick and easy and began to do this often. These food changes did nothing but start problems, for example, diabetes was generally caused by a genetic disorder, however, this began to change. In Don’t Blame the Eater, David Zinczenko, explains that in America the amount of childhood cases that were obesity-related or Type 2 diabetes has increased over the years with the size being five percent before 1994 and today with it being thirty percent (4). This is caused by the amount of unhealthy food that people consume, therefore the changes that have been made and are still being made cause tremendous amounts of
One should stay away from consuming fast food more than twice a week. A person must know exactly how many calories he/she should be eating in one single day. Not only does one need to worry about the amount of calories one consumes but also the difference between calories. A person should understand the fact that good nutrition is not only about the numbers but also the nutrients, therefore, a person should make the calories they consume count. For example, one can eat something that has the same amount of calories, however, one will store more of the calories as fat than the other will because of the difference between whole foods and processed foods. In Are All Calories Equal? How to Make Them Count, Karen Ansel, MS, RDN, discusses that “With whole foods, your body has to do the work...With highly processed foods, a machine has essentially broken down the nutrients for you, so your body doesn’t have to do much to extract the calories”(5). Calories and knowing what to eat is important in trying to help the obesity problem in today’s