David Zinzenko’s article “Don’t Blame the Eater” (Originally published on November 23, 2002 on the New York Times) talks about the increase in obesity due to the fast food industry. This text came about kids suing McDonalds for making them fat. In the article, the author understands where the kids are coming from “because I used to be one of them.” Due to him understanding what these kids have went through, Zinzenko’s attempts to make a justifiable justification by expressing how coming to an empty home with no one to make them a home cooked meal gives them no other option than to go to a fast food place that was affordable. He also talks about the fact that if you were to go down anywhere in America you would end up finding one of the 13,000
