Dont Blame The Eater Summary

Don’t Blame the Eater In David Zinczenko’s essay “Don’t Blame the Eater” argues against the practices of fast-food companies. He states how they do not provide the right nutrition information on their products. Also, in Zinczenko’s article he goes into further explanation about how fast food companies contribute to obesity. It is the children’s fault consuming the fast food but also their parents for permitting them to eat it. The amount of junk food being consume is not being monitor and becomes they become irresponsible with what they are indulging. David Zinczenko speaks on the behalf of thousands of fast food companies in America and ofter options for different places to eat. Instead of eating fast foods, we need to find healthier alternative …show more content…
Everyone should be aware of the calorie intake of the food they eat, especially fast food. We eat so much fast food everyday and we forget that it is bad for us. Mostly for our youth, fast food is the main option they go to when it comes to food. They eat it so much that they forget that its “junk” food and not actual food. The fast food restaurants are the only option for many of today’s youths which is causing obesity. Zinczenko states “ Today, according to the National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new childhood cases of diabetes in this country.”(463). These youths are victim to the inexpensive and convenient meals offered at the fast-food restaurants. The problem is that most of these youths do not know the dangers of eating such meals on an everyday basis, which could lead to obesity, high cholesterol, and diabetes. Michael Moss the author that wrote “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food” also agrees that unhealthy food we consume leads to obesity. He states “ 24 million Americans are affixed by type 2 diabetes, often caused by a poor diet.”(Moss 477). Michael Moss points out that our diet is the key to how we live. How we eat, and what we are consume determines our heath. I believe that since fast food is so easy to access, we tend to indulge all of the food and it turns into bad habits. We need to find a way where to …show more content…
We should be more serious about finding alternatives for fast food. Zinczenko himself writes, “ Drive up the block and try to find someplace to buy a grapefruit.”(463). You would not find a fresh market, just a lot of fast food restaurants. He states that the only places we can eat are fast food restaurant and fresh markets. I disagree. It is very easy to find healthier options that are just as inexpensive as fast food restaurants. You don't have to go buy an 8 dollar salad at McDonalds. It is very easy to walk into your neighborhood market or a grocery store and buy a ham sandwich and a banana for about the same price as a fast food meal. These grocery stores are just as abundant as the fast food restaurants, and are just as easy to purchase food from with the same amount of varies to choice from. The foods bought from these grocery stores also have the nutrition facts printed right on them, so the consumer always knows what they are eating. The only problem is, I feel to what degree are these labels accurate. These labels could be misleading and providing false information towards anyone reading them. For example, Zinczenko provided a scenario where he states a company has listed a chicken salad and the calorie count of it. The chicken salad says it contains at least 150 calories and adding in the almonds and noddles it becomes 190 calories. After you have

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