Don’t blame the eater

Dont Blame the Eater, Blame the Eating Industry In terms of personal health, the borders of straitlaced nutrition are similar to that of a jail cell. Zinczenko evens outs the restrictive nature of food within modern day Am erica. A generalized point of view that can be taken from this is that the betting food industry is incredibly convenient and affordable for necessary exacts to live and thrive in modern day America. Zinczenko brings in examples that involve personal experiences in his family, as well as an argument that the convenience and affordability issues a large health line itself.While obesity can be seens as ither a personal or societal issue, Zinczenko proposes that the issue on obesity is a societal issue establish on the circumstances of cheap-and- quick fast food restaurants, which is a reasonable claim based on Zinczenkos point of view. Affordable, efficient, and convenient food may help the population, however, it is a market based on unhealthy practices. The causation elaborates on the convenience in a matter of personal story, in which his choice as a fifteen-year-old would be McDonalds, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken or Pizza Hut (Zinczenko 391).With this personal experience, he can realize with a population that needs fast food ecause he witnessed it as an the only available option for an American kid to get an affordable meal (Zinczenko 392). Luckily enough, the author managed to reach to college and see his eating habits. He is reaching out to a vast population that shares a similar experience or lifestyle, which encompass a large aggregate of people, thus creating a personal approach to the topic of obesity. Along with his noted personal experience, the raw statistics and facts about obesity back his claim on fast food being a primary catalyst for obesity in America.Driving down the block to eat healthy is a bit of a spread out when there are more than 3,000 McDonalds restaurants in the country (Zinczenko 392). The cripplin g statistics under the cases of obesity since 1994 also await a charming state of nausea and face-melting characteristics diabetes in a flash had more than one cause. Childhood diabetes was generally caused by genetic disorder before 1994, with only a 5% statistic being obesity-related. Today, obesity-related diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new childhood cases of diabetes in this country (Zinczenko 392).The calorie counts in fast-food salads can ascend to around 1040 calories, and it is vidently hazardous when a salad can cost you half(a) of the governments recommended daily calorie intake (Zinczenko 393). Obesity, on an objective point of view, is a developing problem due to the efficient and affordable nature of fast food. The author mentions his personal experience with fast food and how it is a problem beyond personal preference, and my personal experiences lead me to fully agree. With this in mind, fast food is a very efficient source of food to me.With a he ctic lifestyle or even a hectic household, fast food can be one of the few places to go. I do not have all the time in the world to get a proper source of nutrition. schooldays and work constitute my time on a daily basis, and in that case, fast food helps relieve that time in order to focus on the priorities in my life. My source of coffee in the McDonalds, other gas stations) and my quick source of mediocre nutrition. In this day and age of living, food is not a big priority to people, it is always there at convenience.There is no time to worry about what you are going to eat because there is a assay or report for you to do in class, or you have to make it to work on time ime is very limited and restrictive. I can sympathize with Zenczenkos point of view on the need for fast food in a hectic lifestyle. Not only does the author mention the social stigmas that surroundings fast food and obesity, but also the crude facts that are the nutritional values of fast food and its impact on obesity.Although I do carry a hectic lifestyle, in which my go-to source of food would be a fast food place, it carries significant stress and impact on my life. Over the other(prenominal) school year, with work and school, my usual breakfast would include a Monster energy drink and a McChicken from McDonalds. Though this did not affect my weight, it affected my productivity. No physical withdrawals were the side effect but I was absent-minded to my convenience food intake that let me make it throughout the day.The author points out physical consequences of convenient food however, I faced psychological and mental consequences when eating convenient food. Zunczenko proposes a very thoughtful understanding to the nature of obesity. The author constitutes the matter of obesity as a societal issue because of convenient food rather than a personal stigma. Our society hosts more than 13,000 McDonalds n its land, and since we continue to trade our bills for their instant sustenance, I do agree that obesity is a societal issue.Expedient food helps shape the busy and it is safe(p) for the quick knick of hunger, but it is not good for the healthy nutrients our society actually needs. The convenience and affordability of food from the fast food industry is the convicted criminal that is building bad health habits and furthering obesity in todays society. works Cited Zinczenko, David. Dont Blame the Eater. They Say, I Say. Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein. New York W. W. Norton Company, Inc. , 2012. 391-394.Dont Blame the EaterDavid Zincked up to the point that we have to take personal responsibility for our rise in obesity, I cannot agree that he targets his opinion on that fast food restaurants are to blame. In my opinion the personal responsibility is on the parents in how they consider to teach, guide or show by example on how to make healthy choices. Temptations are everywhere, our parents tell us not to eat dirt, so we dont so why is the choice of somet hing healthy over Junk so difficult.Let us take for instance when our kids go off to school, majority of parents pack their kids inches, usually consisting of a drink, sandwich, vegetable or fruit, and a small treat. It is when our kids are at home that parents tend to forget the healthy choice and choose the cardboard box processed foods, or the, pop in the microwave dinners, that are contributing to the obesity in their children.Convenience is not the healthy choice. Our school systems have also recognized the need for more healthy alternatives within their cafeterias offering the breakfast and hot lunch program making the overstretched, over committed parent comfortable with knowing that at least at school our kids are eating healthy. Vending machines have been thrown out, leaving little to no temptation. So should parents not do the alike(p) within their homes?So should we sue our parents for our obesity or the McDonalds down the street who is only trying to build their sales like any other subdivision store? You dont need to count calories to know If something Is healthy. You should Just know that a hamburger and fries Is not the better choice compared to a salad and fruit drink. I say teach your children that If they dont know what they are eating, dont eat It Make the healthy choice and get outside