Sunday, September 9, 2007

'Dont Blame the Eater' Response

Response 1
When you go to McDonalds you can order something cheap, get it fast, and unknowingly consume hundreds of calories. You can also just go to grocery store and get a healthy snack like a piece of fruit, for close to the same price, and nowhere near the amount of calories. The only difference is that when you go to that local grocery store you actually have to get out of the car and walk inside, instead of just going to a drive through. Fast food is not for people who want something quick and easy. It is for extremely lazy people who want something fast and easy. There are so many other healthier and inexpensive places to get food besides McDonalds and Burger King. Finding these places are not hard. Places that sell healthy food are not hiding, they can be found just as easily as finding a McDonalds.
Blaming the fact that McDonalds is cheap, and fast is not an excuse for these unhealthy eating habits. Plus eating healthy should be more important than prices. If McDonalds were expensive it would not be near as popular. So next time you know you are going to be pressed on time bring a healthy meal from home, instead of stopping at a fast food restaurant.
Response 2
Suing a fast food restaurant for making you fat? Seems like a stretch. These days suing people and companies is very common, and McDonalds could not go unnoticed. True fast food is convenient and cheap, but they aren’t doing anything illegal by packing a burger with calories, therefore they should not be being sued. These restaurants, combined with time, money and accessibility are making people obese. It is not just the restaurants alone that are the problem. They are a major cause of obesity in America though, and even though they should not be being sued, they should be required to help the customer make a healthier decision when they purchase food. Posing nutrition facts, having healthy menus and cutting back on the advertisement of unhealthy foods would be a start to helping America fight obesity.

2 comments:

Kim said...

I think you did a good job at getting to the point you wanted to come across in your response. The representation of David's article came across with humor. Your two paragraphs are different in such a way that I believe you understood the assignment and the article.

Leona said...

The two summaries read as personal opinion pieces rather an summary pieces. Referring to the article before you placed your own could inprove the effect of your summaries.