This prevents a person from the ability to attain the good, because they are living in vice. I think that Cyrenaic hedonism explains why obese individuals struggle with losing weight, but Aristotle’s interpretation of obesity, or gluttony, is accurate. Both starvation and obesity result in health issues that ultimately can result in death, which can cut a person’s life short, constricting time to reach …show more content…
He thought that pleasures were measured in quality over quantity, “…as in the case of food he prefers the most savory dish to merely the larger portion” (Soccio 190). This explains the opposite of what most American’s value when it comes to food. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute reported that Portion sizes have at least doubled in the past twenty years (1). America surpasses most other nations’ portion sizes, and as a nation we have learned to expect that the biggest food items are the best ones. Epicuris would say that this is not the effective way to achieve