You Chose According to an article written by Sarah Muntel, a Registered Dietitian, thirty-four percent of adults and nineteen percent of children and teens are obese in the United States since 1970, when the number of fast food restaurants in business multiplied to 300,000. Is the fast-food industry to blame for the increasing rate of obesity in children and adults in America? This has been an ongoing debate between various authors that have different opinions about fast food restaurants, especially David Zinczenko and Radley Balko. In his article, “Don’t Blame the Eater,” David Zinczenko asserts that fast-food industry is responsible for America’s obesity epidemic; therefore, he believes the industry should be regulated by the government.
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It is not Mcdonalds’, Burger King’, Taco Bells’, KFC’, or Pizza Hut’s fault that people are overweight and found with several health conditions like heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and stroke for consuming animal fat. Those people decided to eat there and now they cannot face the consequences without blaming others instead of themselves. For example, a film I remember watching twice in high school called Super Size Me featuring Morgan Spurlock wanted to prove that McDonalds makes its costumers fat. While eating in McDonalds for one month, Spurlock gains weight, loses energy, and becomes very ill. It is true that eating in McDonald is risky and yet, its drive thru can get full. McDonalds did not force him to eat its food. Fast-food restaurants just want to sell and promote their famous hamburgers and beverages. Yet readers may challenge my view by insisting that they have little time to eat that a fast-food restaurant found in any conor is their only option and that healthy organic food is expensive. While it is true that people have long working hours and healthy organic food is costly, it does not necessarily mean that people should eat at a fast-food restaurant. In her article, “Fast Food-Is it the Enemy?” Muntel claims that people are unaware that a high-fat diet and supersize items lead to cardiovascular diseases, and they also forget to eat a low sodium diet to prevent the risk of hypertension. I disagree with her view because people do know what foods they should be eaten, but after a long and tiresome day, they are desperate to eat anything they can obtain fast and cheaply. I recommend that you start a healthy diet by buying fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables contain vitamins, fiber, and water and will leave you satisfied unlike junk food that makes you eat more. Fruits and vegetables are also cheap and whether they are fresh, frozen, canned, dried,
It is not Mcdonalds’, Burger King’, Taco Bells’, KFC’, or Pizza Hut’s fault that people are overweight and found with several health conditions like heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and stroke for consuming animal fat. Those people decided to eat there and now they cannot face the consequences without blaming others instead of themselves. For example, a film I remember watching twice in high school called Super Size Me featuring Morgan Spurlock wanted to prove that McDonalds makes its costumers fat. While eating in McDonalds for one month, Spurlock gains weight, loses energy, and becomes very ill. It is true that eating in McDonald is risky and yet, its drive thru can get full. McDonalds did not force him to eat its food. Fast-food restaurants just want to sell and promote their famous hamburgers and beverages. Yet readers may challenge my view by insisting that they have little time to eat that a fast-food restaurant found in any conor is their only option and that healthy organic food is expensive. While it is true that people have long working hours and healthy organic food is costly, it does not necessarily mean that people should eat at a fast-food restaurant. In her article, “Fast Food-Is it the Enemy?” Muntel claims that people are unaware that a high-fat diet and supersize items lead to cardiovascular diseases, and they also forget to eat a low sodium diet to prevent the risk of hypertension. I disagree with her view because people do know what foods they should be eaten, but after a long and tiresome day, they are desperate to eat anything they can obtain fast and cheaply. I recommend that you start a healthy diet by buying fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables contain vitamins, fiber, and water and will leave you satisfied unlike junk food that makes you eat more. Fruits and vegetables are also cheap and whether they are fresh, frozen, canned, dried,