An Analysis of Obesity in America

LIB 111 9 October 2012 Our Responsibility An Analysis of Obesity in the States America is bonny obese. As a community we are becoming more accepting of being overweight. Americans must make choices ab bug out where they eat, and how ofttimes they eat, for themselves, as healthful as their families. It is a persons induce responsibility to choose what they consume, non their organisations. Fast food is the newly tobacco plant. Only society, not the presidency will be able to transpose the authority Americans view their food choices.Many deal, such as First bird Michelle Obama, in Remarks to the NAACP National Convention believe that it is the governances personal credit line to help control Americas obesity rates (432). Obama states that the government is proposing, a $400 million a year fund(427), to stir health. America prides itself on the liberties of its citizens, and the government is supposed to ensure that Americans have rights, not take them away. Forcing Ameri cans to transplant their way of eating is not the solution to obesity. In What You Eat Is Your Business written by Radley Balko, Balko dialog about how America is migrating toward socialism(396).We are migrating toward socialism by not allowing the people to think for themselves and make their own decisions. Balko believes that we should not bring government between you and your waistline(396). He argues, w ere becoming little trustworthy for our own health, and more responsible for everyone elses(396). Balko makes the most sound of points by asking himself, if the government is paying for my anti-cholesterol medication, what incentive is there for me to vomit up down the cheeseburger? (397). If the government is just going to take care of you once you have the negative affects of fast-flying food, you dont gather up to prohibit it.David Zinczenko, chief editor of Mens Health wrote, Dont Blame the tributary in 2002. In his essay, Zinczenko voices that the public should kn ow better(p) than to eat several meals a day at a fast food restaurant, however he does hold fast food restaurants responsible for not telling the public how many calories a meal contains (397). It is the governments duty to have fast food restaurants make nutritionary facts available to the public. Americans adventure it easiest to blame others for their faults, instead of traffic with them.In society, many people are often careless when looking out for themselves, and always claim to need the governments assistance when in need. Our government should help, but only as a last resort. Americans need to promote their own healthy lifestyle. If there is no inner commit for a healthy lifestyle, the government should not be able to channelize your chosen way of living. Food is related to emotions. All Americans can relate to the sweet smell of their mother baking cookies on a cold day, and the melt in your mouth taste of the immediate cookies after playing outside in the cold.Jud ith Warner claims, the Obama nanny state is, essentially, snatching cookies-I. e. , the credit line of happiness- from the mouths of babes(401). By regulating what children are allowed to eat, it is an assault on the American way of life(401). It is a parents job to control what their children eat, not the governments. Many find that their inspiration is from ads, other people, TV, and Internet. It is society that evolves and changes into a new mindset together. tobacco sales, as argued by Judith Warner in Junking Junk Food did not spurn due to the governments involvement, but because of societys fresh prognosis on smokers.Warner says it was a shift in cultural attitudes, not laws or regulations, that led Americans to quit smoking(404). If the harmful ingredients in tobacco can be outlawed by society, and influence Americans to live a healthier lifestyle, then society, not our government can and will be responsible for their healthy diet. One will not change their outlook on hea lthy living or healthy diets, based on what a government demands, it must be ones own choice to change the way they and their families eat and exercise.When society begins to evolve, without the government demanding it, people will be confident with their healthy lifestyle choices. Warner believes that social norms could change that huge portions, or eating processed foods loaded with sugar, salt and dilate for example could become socially unacceptable(404). There is hope for American citizens to make their own decisions. It is up to American parents to control what their children eat, as well as what they are consuming. The government does not have the right to frustrate ones personal food intake.Americans must hang their current faults, and allow for change in their lives. We must be responsible for ourselves, and not allow the government to constantly take care for their citizens as children. Works cited Balko, Radley. What You Eat Is Your Business. They interpret/I Say with readings The Moves That field in Academic Writing. Ed. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst. second ed. new(a) York. W. W. Norton, 2012. 395-397. Print. Obama, Michelle Remarks to the NAACP National Convention. They Say/I Say with readings The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing.Ed. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst. 2nd ed. New York. W. W. Norton, 2012. 417-433 Print. Warner, Judith. Junking Junk Food. They Say/I Say with readings The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. Ed. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst. 2nd ed. New York. W. W. Norton, 2012. 400-404. Print. Zinczenko, David. 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