You Are What You Eat Essay

questioning the accuracy of measuring obesity rates today. Everyone has a different method on how obesity should be handled. Some believe that the government should carry responsibility and take action to reduce obesity rates. In the article, “What You Eat Is Your Business,” by Radley Balko, he states that, “Sen. Joe Lieberman and Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, among others, have called for a ‘fat tax’ on high-calorie foods and congress is now…

personal responsibility of one’s own health. The issue at hand is obesity and who should be held responsible. In the realm of the government, much talk and debate for stricter controls on fast food companies continues to endure. In his article, What You Eat Is Your Business, Radley Balko says, “Politicians have already climbed aboard. President Bush earmarked $200 million in his budget for anti-obesity measures. State legislatures and school boards across the country have begun banning snacks…

Everyone has to eat in order to survive. But where and what are most Americans eating now? In “Against Meat” by Jonathan Safran Foer and “What You Eat Is Your Business” by Radley Balko, the authors try to answer these simple questions. Gone are the days of sitting down with the whole family to a large table laden with food. In today’s world most people are choosing convenience and time saving ways of getting food to the traditional family sit down meal. What does this leave us with? Populations…

right: You are what you eat” written by David Katz in 2010 talks about the fact that individuals’ food choices affect their health and the importance of eating clean. In the article, Katz uses clear reasons, credible sources, solid data evidence, and vivid examples to explain how our bodies process food, how the food people consume can directly affect bodies, how eating badly contributes to the most of the chronic diseases and deaths, and how to choose clean food. He encourages readers to eat…

What happens when you eat sugar? Eating carbs causes the pancreas to release the hormone insulin to reduce the blood sugar spike. Insulin regulates the level of sugar in the blood - the more sugar in the bloodstream, the more insulin is released. Insulin then goes on to ‘store’ glucose in the liver and muscles in the form of glycogen. If too much insulin is released, your blood sugar will to drop too low causing low-blood sugar. This causes you to crave sugar and the vicious cycle continues.…

As I was being asked to analyze Radley Balko’s article, “What You Eat Is Your Business” and make a recommendation for or against publication in The Shorthorn at University of Texas at Arlington. I have examined the rhetorical appeals of Balko’s piece and determined of why this article should be posted in the next edition of The Shorthorn. I believe that most Shorthorn audience would be interested in what is being discussed regard of obesity, things that could potentially affect their lifestyle,…

health. Is it our responsibility to make sure we eat a healthy diet or does that responsibility fall on the shoulders of others? Radley Balko and David Zinczekonov hold conflicting opinions on this subject. Zinczekonov, the author of the essay, Don't Blame the Eater, believes that fast food is at fault for people's unhealthy eating habits, while Balko, the author of the essay, What You Eat is Your Business, believes people are accountable for what they eat. Balko holds the opinion that we are…

finally wear a shoe but feels like the brick has become a part of his life. In If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I? By Geeta Kothari is about a woman who struggles to find her identity. She uses food to symbolize whether she is from one culture to another. These two stories share similar idea which is Identity. Kothari uses food to distinguish which culture she is from. Kothari explains how she feels like she can’t eat certain foods because it feels almost as a betrayal to the person who…

this day in age fight. In Geeta Kothari's If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I?, Kothari describes some of the struggles she has faced as an Indian in America and with marrying an American man, in the context of the differences in the food that the two cultures eat. She starts with her childhood, when she was not allowed to eat the food that the other American children ate at school, here is what she writes; "I want to eat what the kids at school eat: bologna, hot dogs, salami - foods my…

I am writing in order to analyze Radley Balko’s “What You Eat is Your Business” and determine whether or not it is suitable for publication in The Shorthorn. The piece responds to a summit being hosted by Time magazine and NBC News on the issue on obesity and public health being standardized legally and economically by the government. After analyzing the piece I have reached that it would be very compelling article for the readers of The Shorthorn and would recommend publication because of…