In the essay "What You Eat Is Your Business," Radley Balko claims that obesity and eating habits of Americans should not be public, but rather individual and private. He writes that Americans should start being more responsible for their own bodies and health rather than depending on the government or others for guidance. "We'll all make better choices about diet, exercise, and personal health when someone else isn't paying for the consequences of those choices" (469, Balko). This quotation supports his claims because it reiterates that if we are more individually responsible we might make better choices concerning our heath. His claims are clear because he presents two paragraphs on what "They Say," and then immediately states his viewpoint
