Don T Blame The Eater Analysis

As I started reading Zinczenko’s article “Don’t Blame the Eater” I immediately decided that family’s suing fast food restaurants for making them fat was the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. I mean how would that argument ever stand in court? However, as I continued reading, Zinczenko’s mentions several points that have gone by unnoticed by everyone for several years. For example, lack of nutritious information on fast food packaging and lack of healthy affordable options. When you think about how those things are true you kind of understand that a law suit would work, not to compensate people for making them fat but to speak out and point an issue that can be easily fixed not only to prevent weight gaining but the rise of diabetes on kids. …show more content…
It’s easy to blame kids for getting fat, it’s not like anyone put a gun to their heads and made them eat fast food, but here is where the lack of nutritious information and affordable healthy options come into play. If I’m hungry and the only food options I see on my way home are fast food chains, it’s very likely I will just stop to eat just because of the convenience of having it right there in front of me. Plus, prices and the quickness of service just makes the idea of a hamburger from McDonalds much more appealing than driving around looking for a healthier option that will probably cost more money and effort to find. I agree with Zinczenko that the amount of fast food restaurants in the United States is honestly really ridiculous. The amount of variation of sodas and fast food has become truly unnecessary and given the United States a bad reputation of quantity being more important than