Don't Blame the Eater

In the article Dont Blame the Eater by David Zinczenko provides a different side of the story on child obesity in America. When some people see an obese person they tend to say why don't that person stop eating and do something about their weight.  Zinczenko believes that some of the blame should be shifted to providers of the goods that are making these children obese-fast food company. His arguments suporting his claim covers the easy accessibility of fast food restaurants, time and financial scarcity of consumers and the growing cost of medical aid to tax payers due to the increase of diseases linked to childhood obesity. He also says that it would be in the fast food industry to take responsibility of their part in childhood obesity epidemic because it could later threaten their industry.

Choosing this article was an easy choice, for one because it is a light read but most importantly increates and open up a new avenue for a topic that many would say is one sided.  That one sided view point is that fat people other than those who have a thyroid problem is fat because they want to be.  In other words they need to take it on themself to exercise personal responsibility and stop eating.  Zinczenko brought another posible reason to the conversation which is maybe the producers of the fast food should be blame.  He is well aware of what type of claim he is making when says this and it is also clair that he also believe in personal responsibility. He opens the gate for other people who reads the article to think without descriminating that when they see a person that is overweight there might be a gazillion reason why they are like that other that personal responsibility.