Don’t Blame the Eater
In the essay “Don’t Blame the Eater,” the author describes how America has grown to be an extremely over weight and obese nation. He also states how “Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new childhood cases of diabetes,” according to the National Institutes of Health. The author tries to blame the fast-food industry for a great deal of America’s obesity issues. All though the author may have strong credibility I believe that he lacks logic about how America really is and that everything cannot be blamed on the fast-food industry but the eaters themselves.
I believe that every person should have responsibility of their self, what they eat and how much they choose to eat fast-food every day. Especially for those individuals who have children and choose to feed them McDonald’s and Burger King every day because they have become too lazy to fix a healthy meal for their family. I do agree that fast-food is not healthy for someone to eat everyday due to its high calorie count, as well as the serious damages it can have on someone’s health. However, no matter how much McDonald’s, Burger King, and the rest of the fast-food industry advertises across this country and the world, they cannot force anyone to eat any of their food.
The author is correct about the fast-food restaurants not having calorie charts on their food when you buy it like stores do. However, I do know that the fast-food industry has come together and published a book of every fast-food restaurant across America of the calories of each and every food item. Therefore, the general public has the opportunity to gain a greater knowledge of what they are digesting before they choose to order a value meal. Most of Americans usually choose to ignore this information and blame the fast food industry instead of taking blame for themselves or “the eater” as the author calls it. So I disagree with the author and think that the eater should be blamed for their bad life decisions.
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