Dont Blame The Eater Summary

In his essay “Don’t Blame the Eater” David Zinczenko brings to our attention that today’s kids are in trouble. In fact their trouble is the ongoing obesity epidemic. Zinczenko brings to light that American children are becoming more obese due to their lack of education about fast food. In studies that Zinczenko found, diabetes generally affected 5 percent of children before 1994. He adds that today’s studies, by the National Institutes of Health, show that type 2 diabetes now accounts for 30 percent of these cases. This study tells us that obesity and related health issues are on the rise in an alarming rate. Zinczenko further claims that the Center for Disease Control estimated 2.6 billion dollars spent on diabetic healthcare in America in 1969. These studies add that today’s diabetic numbers are now costing us 100 billion …show more content…
That teenagers start to go out on their own to discover their own choices when it comes to food. Zinczenko also states the concern about the absence of nutritional information on fast food products, and how advertisements don’t show warning labels like tobacco ads do. He then adds that prepared foods are not covered by the FDA labeling laws. Some fast food companies sometimes have labels on their websites or on request, but still these labels are hard to understand and to come by. Yet you can clearly see tobacco warning labels in plain view and they are easy to understand. Zinczenko is telling us that something as dangerous as tobacco has visible labels so to should fast food. His standing on fast food labels adds up since he has shown us that it is as harmful as