Don T Blame The Eater Summary

The author Zinczenko claims on the growing problem of obesity America is having. The topic of the opinion piece of Zinczenko is kids are gaining weight too fast which consumers seem to believe it is the kids fault for gaining weight and not being responsible with their food choices. However Zinczenko is explaining the upper class consumers, the kids that are eating in fast food restaurants are the lower class that do not have enough money to go eat in healthy restaurants like them. He wants to awere his audience to have

The article “Don't Blame The Eater,” written by David Zinczenko evokes readers the crucial impact that fast food restaurants have in today's nation's youth causing them to be over weight and have type 2ndiabetes. Throughout Zinczenko's argument he makes the reader view the consumer as a victim yet on the other hand, what he is trying to persuade us to believe by using logos,pathos,and ethos in his argument is that the food industry is the one making the nation's youth to increase obesity. The capacity of impressive questions and personal experience, he composed in the text he is able to comprehensively argue against the fast food industry. The author persuades us right away by starting of with a question: “Kids taking on McDonald's this

Zinczenko’s rhetorical comments on the fast food industry are spaced throughout his piece. Zinczenko also states that alternative options are hard to find when fast food is readily available. “Drive down any thoroughfare in America, and I guarantee you’ll see one of our country’s more than 13,000 McDonald’s restaurants. Now, drive back up the block and try to find someplace to buy a grapefruit” (Zinczenko 463). This strong statement proves Zinczenko’s irritated tone throughout his piece. Zinczenko’s stand that the fast food industry is responsible for obesity.

In his essay Zinczenko argues that diabetes in children could be linked to a genetic disorder. Now “type 2 diabetes accounts for 30 percent of childhood cases of diabetes.” Zinczenko also states that there is little nutritional information about the fast food you consume.

Zinczenko's is experienced in the matter of fast food and the disastrous effects it can have on a person's health because he experienced it from a first-person perspective. His personal experiences and the knowledge that he gathered through the years enabled him to understand that many fast-food companies make it difficult for customers to interpret information concerning their products. The writer highlights that many people are tricked into adopting particular attitudes with regard to foods because they believe that it is healthy for them to do so. However, it appears that even salads are typically probable to contain much more calories than advertised.

The article, “Don’t blame the Eater,” by David Zinczenko is about the many lives in America, which is affected by obesity. Zinczenko is telling us in this article about the problem of obesity and how no one really cares about this problem so he’s trying to put it out there in the world so people can notice what’s happening. At first, Zinczenko is showing how sarcastic, it might sound if kids everywhere were suing McDonald’s for making them obese. Then later on, he shows us clearly that he is supporting the many lives with the problem of obesity and to back up his support, he then tells us about all the facts and statistics to prove fast food restaurants like McDonald’s are ruining many lives and mostly children. Zinczenko himself has experienced

Is Greed actually not of a financial use rather than a emotional use. If so would employees who work at fast-food establishments or even major corporate heads of these billion dollar fast-food chains allow their own children to indulge themselves in them, knowingly aware of the vast risks they could embark on later in life due to their unhealthy choices? In his essay “Don’t Blame the Eater,” David Zinczenko brings up valid points on how fast-food is harmful to one’s body. Zinczenko is able to effectively argue against the manipulation of the food industry. by showing the reader that the consumer is the victim while the food industry is the one to blame.

I. IntroductionBecause of the omnipotence of fast food chains in America, when we feel the urge for an easy meal, Americans, in general, immediately look to the fast food nation for a quick suppression to their hunger. Because we live in a time-is-money society the most efficient means of hunger satisfaction is the almighty drive-through. Corporations spend billions of dollars advertising to enhance sales of their products. With American catching on to the lack of healthy food options in the fast food nation, fast food chains began campaigning healthier food such as their salads and fruit cups. However salads may sound healthy but a Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken from McDonalds has 320 calories and 90 grams of fat. Where's the "healthy" in that. Now that Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. we need to re-evaluate the importance of healthy eating. By increasing awareness of the

In David Zinczenko’s article, “Don’t Blame the Eater,” Zinczenko argues that, there aren’t any cheap, healthy and convenient alternatives to fast food. This is a controversial issue that some argue that fast food restaurants are the reason why they have caused diabetes and obesity for children. There is a possibility that this argument can cause lawsuits to be brought upon these companies due to this situation. From my standpoint, the youth should have self discipline to a limit where they can still enjoy fast food but to a certain extent. In my own experience, my parents would take me out to eat fast food for a reward because of something that I did at school. Most of the time, my mom would always cook, so the meals that I mostly ate everyday

However people are blaming fast food resturants for them gaining weight and becoming obese but that is their choice. David explains how he gained 212 pounds from eating fast food all the time. But that was because at the time that is what his mother and him could afford because it was cheap. They weren’t worried about if it was the healthiest thing on the menu all they cared about was that they were gonna be able to have a meal so they won’t be starving. David had become so obese from eating fast food so much.

After a long stress filled day, the sweet aroma of a double decker cheeseburger and perfectly seasoned fries fills the air with convenience. The fast food industry has engulfed today’s generation turning accessibility, advertisement, and affordability into addiction. The prevention of obesity is a rapid growing controversial topic in America. Some would argue this to be the fast food industries’ fault, as where David Zinczenko stands. On the other side of the spectrum, there are people, like Radley Balko, who believe it to be the consumer’s fault for lack of alternatives and self-responsibility. Is fast food the new tobacco? If so, who’s to point the chubby finger at?

One of today’s major problems is the prominence of obesity in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have given the definition of a body mass index of 30.0 or higher as being obese. When analyzing this data, one in three U.S. citizens is obese and one in twenty are considered extremely obese. The Obesity Action Coalition has also announced that between the 1970s and today, fast food restaurants have double at the same rate as obese Americans. (Carey) While this is not all the fault of the restaurant, there is a correlation between cheap fast food with no nutrition and obesity. With this data, you’d think that steps would be taken to protect our youth but instead, fast food restaurants now tend to pop-up around schools and low-income neighborhoods. At the same time, fast food companies have spent about $4 billion in a year to advertise with a target on children ages six to eleven. (Fast

Second, the reading passage says that fast food creates an unhealthy society because the options in these kind of restaurants are limited. In contrast,

First of all, restaurant salad has lots of calories. You may be asking “I thought you could get low calorie salad,” but it still has a large amount of calories. Starting off on the list is Wendy’s Spicy Chicken Ceaser Salad has 720 calories. That is a lot for a 2,000 calorie diet. Next on the list is McDonald’s Premium Bacon Ranch has 240 calories. Lastly, this next one might surprise you. Panera’s Fuji apple salad has 570 calories. This clarifies all my reasons that restaurant salad has lots of calories.

David Zinckenko argues in his article “don’t blame the eater”, that it is a matter of personal responsibility but can sympathize with the obese individuals as there is a lack of alternatives and information regarding fast food consumption. Society in the United States has raised concern about healthy diets, providing alternatives sources of food but unfortunately at a cost. The increased cost for a healthy diet dissuades teenagers from eating healthier food thus without a change of environment it can result in a lifetime of obesity.