Daniel Weintraub in the article “ The battle against fast good begins at home” argues that parents, not fast food companies are to blame for kids being obese. Weintraub supports his argument by explaining the data supports his argument by explaining the data and research shows “But parents-are in the best position to fight the epidemic of overweight children. The authors purpose is to inform and raise awareness that parents need to take responsibility for their own eating habits. The author writes in a formal tone for adults with children at home. I disagree with Weintraub because he thinks it is only the parents/guardians fault but really who is making the food and advertising it? They are trying to get kids to eat the food by putting
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Maybe if they cared about what they were feeding their kids we wouldn't be in the epidemic of obese children. In the article “the battle against fast food begins in the home” By Daniel Weintraub he says “ Parents, not the state government, are in the best position to fight the epidemic of overweight children in our school”. He is right because if the parents cared about what the school feed their kids or what they were eating they would be able to make a difference. Weintraub also says “It’s the fault of parents who let their kids eat unhealthy foods and sit in front of of the television or computer screens for hours at a time”. Now only can they put a time limit to make sure the kid doesn't sit in front of the computer screen all day the can also make sure he get at least 30 minutes of outdoor activities so he can lose some calories. Maybe if the parent put the kids in their school sports of local sports the kids will get more entertained and play outside more instead of eating chips with a large drink watching televisions for 2 hours. He is correct in the way that parents are not doing anything to stop these fast food companies. He also says “ its is parents - not the fast food companies no the video game manufacturers who are responsible for teaching kids healthy eating and exercise habits. Can they use some help? Sure. But they are the ones who need to step up to the plate so to speak”. I agree with him on that only because the parents are not doing anything for their health of their
Maybe if they cared about what they were feeding their kids we wouldn't be in the epidemic of obese children. In the article “the battle against fast food begins in the home” By Daniel Weintraub he says “ Parents, not the state government, are in the best position to fight the epidemic of overweight children in our school”. He is right because if the parents cared about what the school feed their kids or what they were eating they would be able to make a difference. Weintraub also says “It’s the fault of parents who let their kids eat unhealthy foods and sit in front of of the television or computer screens for hours at a time”. Now only can they put a time limit to make sure the kid doesn't sit in front of the computer screen all day the can also make sure he get at least 30 minutes of outdoor activities so he can lose some calories. Maybe if the parent put the kids in their school sports of local sports the kids will get more entertained and play outside more instead of eating chips with a large drink watching televisions for 2 hours. He is correct in the way that parents are not doing anything to stop these fast food companies. He also says “ its is parents - not the fast food companies no the video game manufacturers who are responsible for teaching kids healthy eating and exercise habits. Can they use some help? Sure. But they are the ones who need to step up to the plate so to speak”. I agree with him on that only because the parents are not doing anything for their health of their