In the essay “Don’t Blame the Eater‚” David Zinczenko describes himself as a kid who would eat regularly at fast food restaurants until he got “lucky”. He argues that most teenagers eat fast food instead of healthy and nutritious food. I‚ on the other hand‚ had a very different experience as a child. At my house there was always an emphasis on nutritional health. From an early age I had a vast amount of knowledge about which foods to eat and which to avoid. My dad is very particular about the
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a long time now‚ people have been discussing who is to blame for the obesity crisis going on. Some people prefer to blame the government‚ several blame the restaurants‚ others the parents and even the schools receive criticism for obesity. People should develop their own ideas on the obesity crisis and to figure out who is to blame and how to fix the problem. The main article I want to focus on is “Don’t Blame the Eater” by David Zinczenko. Throughout this article‚ he refers to the few kids suing
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In David Zinczenko’s article “Don’t Blame the Eater” which was published in 2002‚ Zinczenko believed that children are justified in suing processed food industries.Because of the vast growing rates of health concerns. Zinczenko claims that the industry’s leave out information or misleading information. He also believes that there aren’t many alternatives and that there are more than 13‚000 mcdonald’s restaurants in america and that if you look for a fruit stand it’s less likely you would find one
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step of action has been taken. Amidst the plethora of passages about this touchy subject there are two that stick out. The first is‚ “Don’t Blame the Eater‚” an article written by David Zinczenko. The picture that Zinczenko paints is one that puts the fault of obesity on the fast food industry. Because he was once an overweight child‚ he sympathizes with the eater. In the second writing on this subject‚ “What You Eat is Your Business‚” Radley Balko‚ takes a different standpoint on the matter. Balko
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In David Zinczenko’s Don’t Blame the Eater article‚ he blames the fast-food industry for starting the rising obesity problem because of the failure of providing the facts and warnings labels about their high calorie junk food to the consumers. Zinczenko argues that kids are drawn by the cheap‚ high-calorie junk food that the fast-food chains like McDonald’s‚ Taco Bell‚ Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ or Pizza Hut are happy to supply because with lots of parents working all day‚ they do not have time to check
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lawsuits. If an individual can find anyway to sue then a lawsuit will occur. David Zinczenko introduces this concept in his article‚ "Don’t Blame the Eater." He states that many frequent eaters of fast food are beginning to sue the corporations because they are now considered obese due to the food served to them at the fast food restaurant. I am of two minds about David Zincenzko’s claim that fast food corporations are to blame for obesity in America. On the one hand‚ I agree that the combination of
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that the government must create anti-obesity strategies and help people to keep good health habits. Others instead believe it is the individual’s responsibility. In the article “Don’t Blame the Eater”‚ David Zinczenko states that eaters should not be blamed for what they eat‚ and that the fast food industry is to blame because they do not provide healthy food choices. While some people believe that it is our liability what we choose to eat. He presents his personal story as an example of how the
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In his article "don’t blame the eater" Zinczenko blames the food industry for the obesity epidemic. Zinczenko opens his articles with a personal story about growing up eating fast food because his parents split up‚ his mom had to work and he had no other options. He goes on to give statistics on childhood diabetes due to obesity. Zinczenko then insists that "complicating the lack of alternatives is the lack of information about what exactly we’re consuming." over all Zinczenko is advocating changes
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26‚ 2013 David Zinczenko’s essay‚ “Don’t Blame the Eater‚” (New York Times‚ November 23‚ 2002) emphasizes the idea that the large conglomerates may be held accountable for some legal responsibility for the skyrocketing rate of obesity in America within children. He uses anecdotal evidence from his past to argue that it is not the consumer’s fault that they are experiencing health issues‚ it is the multinational corporations that own the most well known fast food restaurants. Zinczenko starts by
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Don’t Blame the Eater vs What You Eat Is Your Business America’s obesity can be an argument that has many sides to it. The one that is the most straightforward and logical is that us as americans are bringing this upon ourselves. We know the kinds of foods that are good and healthy along with the foods that are bad‚ fattening‚ and unhealthy. We try to blame fast food restaurants and grocery stores for serving us foods that are unhealthy. In reality‚ we know. We try to blame those companies because
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