You Are What You Eat Essay

but it is now more complex due to the proposal of food taxes in the market today. Due to the illogical reasoning of politicians and state legislatures in Congress, Radley Balko, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute has written an article named “What You Eat Is Your Business,” emphasizing that putting taxes on high-calories foods to decrease obesity is unrealistic. Balko argues that the obesity rate is increasing due to the lack of perception in every individual, and that it is a personal…

Summary #2 In the article “What You Eat Is Your Business”, written by Radley Balko emphasizes how important is it to have personal responsibility when it comes to deciding what you are going to fuel your body with. He insists that the government should never be the ones making the choices for consumers and that people need to step up and do whats right for themselves. Explaining in detail that promoting anti obesity initiatives, removing junk food from sources, and making food labels mandatory…

In his essay, “What You Eat is Your Business” Radley Balko asserts that it is not the government’s responsibility what you put into your body. He calls for no regulation on the fast food industry, declaring it a personal responsibility issue. Balko claims that the best method of reducing the obesity problem is removing it from the public sector, and making it a personal problem. However, I believe that he is oversimplifying an issue which he does not fully understand. I also believe that he is…

Being able to be identified as a part of a greater group is a necessity for most people to feel as if they belong wherever they are. In Geeta Kothari’s, “If You Are What You Eat, What Am I?”, Kothari describes her struggle with her identity through the differences in the food that her Indian family eats, as opposed to what her American schoolmates eat. The use of excellent imagery, giving characters identifying attributes, and finding ways to evoke strong emotion has successfully conveyed that…

In this article “What You Eat Is Your Business” by Radley Balko. Blako’s predominant claim is that the government should encourage personal responsibility, it is up to the individuals to live a healthy lifestyle along with making healthy food choices. He preaches that obesity is not an issue of public health like doctors have made it seem to be. "What You Eat Is Your Business" provides plenty reasons and evidence to support Balko argument. Obesity in American is a hot topic and debated on a…

something to wear. She power walked back to her room just so she could be ready for 6:30. She managed to get back to her room by 5:45 which gave her plenty of time to shower, and fix herself up. She jumped into the shower and got out 10 minutes later. 'What the hell do I wear? Are we going somewhere nice or casual? Should I text her and see? Fuck it, I 'll surprise her. ' Carmilla decided to wear her black skinny jeans with the tear on the kneecaps, her leather boots, and a black top that…

Balko’s essay “What You Eat Is Your Business”, which was published May 23, 2004 on the Cato Institute website, he discusses that topic in regards to restrictions and laws placed on the food industry. Some people are all for the government placing more regulations on food and requiring more detailed labeling on packaged foods, but others say the government has no right to tell us what to eat. Balko is arguing the side that believes the government does not have the right to decide what we eat,…

Eating Healthy for a Better Tomorrow Anthelme Brillat-Savarin said "Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are" and Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach said "man is what he eats". These men’s quotes were the origin of famous quote "you are what you eat” (Martin par 1) There has been controversies and concerns expressed for years about the obesity rates in the United States. Yes, I believe society fails us as a whole by all of the unhealthy food options like fast food and processed food. Society…

Jonathan Safran Foer in “Against Meat”, Radley Balko in “What You Eat Is Your Business” and Mary Maxfield in “Food as Thought” all choose to write about Food and the social and moral impact it has. Balko and Maxfield both seem to dislike the fact that food has become a social issue. While Balko focuses more on criticizing the interference of government with their actions and strategies, Maxfield choose to comment on the writers contributing to nutrition and food science. Balko uses heavy sarcasm…

of the father and stood in a line. The first step is to give the eucharist. The first row stood the line to get the bread and the second row stood up after the first row finished. The whole room is in silence except the father kept saying “God bless you”. People who got the bread step to the left side where there was the man in white rode with a grail of wine. This is the second step — the wine. They sipped the wine and the man wipe the grail with a white cloth. People who finished these things…