In his article, “Don't Blame the Eater” the author, David Zinczenko argues that today, children and teenagers should not be blamed if they choose to eat fast food because, he states, of the lack of alternatives the children face. Furthermore, David compares fast food chains to supermarkets to illustrate the “lack of alternatives” children face. Rebelling against fast food chains, Zinczenko gives his audience a glance at his past where, he states, “got lucky” because he went to college; was involved with a health magazine, and most importantly joined the Navy Reserves. Moreover, the author states that a good number of teenagers nowadays clearly did not go through the same “lucky” path he went through. I disagree with the author because a good …show more content…
Parents should teach their kids to be responsible, and educated them continuously throughout their life about their health. Some may argue over whose fault is it when it comes to fast food, it certainly is not the fault of the producer but some people oppose that. Logically, you can not blame someone for making you obese if you had the choice to buy the food from them in the first place. It is the choices that are made that settle the argument.
Frankly, it is okay, at times we make decisions knowing that their wrong when we can just do the right thing.

Another reason that makes me disagree with the author is the logic behind his arguments. For example, David’s entire argument revolves around the idea of blaming the producer when at the end of the day, we have the choice to consume the products. Although Europe, Australia, and even asia all have the same fast food chain restaurants that the United States has, and possibly more, obesity is not as big as an issue in those continents when compared with the U.S -a country- because of the lifestyle that they choose, the food they choose to eat, the time they make for exercise. Americans need to stop pointing fingers, and start looking at their