Radley Balkos main point is that the government is spending tons of dollars on "anti obesity measures" to prevent obesity‚ but he thinks it’s not the right way to go about this situation. He believes the best way to deal with this is to makr be take responsibility for their health and their choices. Doing this by charging everyone for their health care needs. This will show people their consequences and they’ll become more responsible knowing what their choices will do to them health wise and financially
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unhealthy for your body‚ or television hypnotizing the viewer into buying an unhealthy product? According to surgeon general‚ obesity has become a health epidemic that needs to be controlled and prevented. Almost a third of America’s population is obese and growing. Obesity is also now a wide spread topic that has caught the attention of journalists and health activists. Writers all over America have an opinion on the obesity epidemic such as Radley Balko who wrote the article "What You Eat Is Your Business
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problem and inform people on obesity by having a summit with Time magazine and discuss on various ways that would lower obesity in this country. Radley Balko mainly discusses the government point of view in his essay “What You Eat Is Your Business.” I agree with Balko’s essay since government needs to visualize the situation from different directions. Balko says that government
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article‚ Radley Balko’s‚ main argument is whether obesity should be personal issue or whether the government should take action. As I was reading this article I did agree to Radley Balko to some of the things he was talking about. Such as when he said‚” instead of manipulating or intervening in the array of food options available to American consumers‚ our government ought to be working to foster a sense of responsibility in the ownership of our own health and well-being.” In my opinion is your choice
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Writer Radley Balko discusses his concerns with government involvement when creating plans to reduce obesity in his essay “What You Eat Is Your Business.” Along with writing for the Washington Post‚ Balko was previously an editor at the Huffington Post‚ an online blog that analyzes politics‚ business‚ world news‚ and more. The article stems from his libertarian beliefs by highlighting principles such as “limited government‚ individual liberty‚ free markets‚ and peace.” His article addresses an issue
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In “What You Eat is Your Business” by Radley Balko‚ emphasizing that our fight for obesity is going about the wrong way. He insists “Our government ought to be working to foster a sense of responsibility in and ownership of our own health and wellbeing.” In making this comment Balko urges us to begin to take responsibility for our own actions for being obese‚ the government is not to blame but ourselves. To further support this claim Balko begins to use our healthcare system and laws passed as examples
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last twenty years. Policy analyst Radley Balko explores how government intervention affects our diet. In Balko’s article “What You Eat Is Your Business”‚ Balko discusses why he dislikes the policies being passed that monitor the public’s intake of unhealthy food. Balko chooses to pull attention away from the outcome these policies will have on health‚ and instead focus on the financial ramifications that follow major policy changes. When writing this article‚ Balko targeted several audiences. The
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In the reading “What You Eat Is Your Business” Radley Balko states “For decades now‚ America’s Healthcare system has been migrating toward socialism. Your well-being‚ shape‚ and condition have increasingly been deemed matters of “public health‚” instead of matters of personal responsibility.” (467) which shows this writer’s view that it is a problem of discipline and a person’s own personal choice to be unhealthy. “That means freeing insurance companies to reward healthy lifestyles‚ and penalize
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Response Paper From the essay ‘What You Eat is Your Business’ by Radley Balko‚ he shows a strong opinion of what should be public knowledge and what should stay private. His determination on obesity not being public health makes people rethink what obesity is‚ the government’s part in it‚ and how to go about fixing it. Though Balko isn ’t the only author with a strong belief on this subject‚ he stands out because of the way he captured the reader’s attention. He does this by challenging what
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Sexting: You Are Responsible For Your Own Actions. Sexting is very popular among teenagers; it is used to send nude pictures or sexual messages via text messages‚ social networking sites and emails. When teenagers sext they do not think of the consequence of their action and later down the line they regret sexting. Jesse Logan is responsible for her own suicide. No one forced her to commit suicide it was her choice. Jesse could have asked help from her school counselor‚ she could have talked to
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