Summary: Fast Food Shouldn T Be Blamed
Fast Food Shouldn’t Be Blamed!
Do you blame McDonalds for those extra few pounds you gained last weekend? Well, you shouldn’t! In sites including College of Aces and CBS news they cover the importance of not blaming fast food industries for obesity. Ashely Welch from CBS news explains “...according to the study from the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, junk food does not appear to be leading cause of obesity in the United States. Rather, the researchers suggest that the blame lies with Americans’ overall eating habits -- particularly the amount of food consumed.” Fast food should not be blamed for obesity because americans have poor eating habits both at home and in public, the food companies have labels on the food and people still …show more content…
In We Can’t Blame Obesity on Fast Food by Gimmie-Five, they introduce the idea, “...This is much of the logic behind a movement to punish the fast food industry. Many people are suing McDonalds, Burger King, and other firms, claiming various things, all of which amount to an accusation that these fast food firms are creating an environment in which people are “encouraged” to eat poorly, thus acting as a main cause for obesity”. People use their “encouragement” as evidence against them, the advertisements they see, they see it as them forcing or “encouraging” them to eat the food. They use both propaganda and advertisement to make you want the product, but it still give you the option to say no. People still take this as a way of them making you buy and eat the product, therefore blaming them for gaining pounds, and eventually using it as a scapegoat, then saying “Oh, I gained 7 pounds this week, guess it’s the McDonalds I ate!”. In conclusion, Americans have a problem with their eating habits, Don’t read the labels and finally uses junk food as a blaming mechanism. To stop blaming the fast food industries people in general need to see that they are just selling a product and not forcing the people to eat that product. If you don’t feel comfortable eating the junk food they are selling then don’t eat the food, and if you aren’t reading the labels you shouldn’t accuse them for the lack of
Do you blame McDonalds for those extra few pounds you gained last weekend? Well, you shouldn’t! In sites including College of Aces and CBS news they cover the importance of not blaming fast food industries for obesity. Ashely Welch from CBS news explains “...according to the study from the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, junk food does not appear to be leading cause of obesity in the United States. Rather, the researchers suggest that the blame lies with Americans’ overall eating habits -- particularly the amount of food consumed.” Fast food should not be blamed for obesity because americans have poor eating habits both at home and in public, the food companies have labels on the food and people still …show more content…
In We Can’t Blame Obesity on Fast Food by Gimmie-Five, they introduce the idea, “...This is much of the logic behind a movement to punish the fast food industry. Many people are suing McDonalds, Burger King, and other firms, claiming various things, all of which amount to an accusation that these fast food firms are creating an environment in which people are “encouraged” to eat poorly, thus acting as a main cause for obesity”. People use their “encouragement” as evidence against them, the advertisements they see, they see it as them forcing or “encouraging” them to eat the food. They use both propaganda and advertisement to make you want the product, but it still give you the option to say no. People still take this as a way of them making you buy and eat the product, therefore blaming them for gaining pounds, and eventually using it as a scapegoat, then saying “Oh, I gained 7 pounds this week, guess it’s the McDonalds I ate!”. In conclusion, Americans have a problem with their eating habits, Don’t read the labels and finally uses junk food as a blaming mechanism. To stop blaming the fast food industries people in general need to see that they are just selling a product and not forcing the people to eat that product. If you don’t feel comfortable eating the junk food they are selling then don’t eat the food, and if you aren’t reading the labels you shouldn’t accuse them for the lack of