Don’t Blame the Eater
David Zinczenko in his article “Don’t blame the eater’, argues that kids who eat in fast-food restaurants like McDonald’s and Pizza huts should not be blamed for the add-in weight and instead they should be given a right to file a lawsuit against the fast-food industries. David argues that in the current society, it is easier to spot a fast food restaurant than a place to buy a grapefruit. Additionally, he states that the consumers have access to the calories information though it is hard for them to understand the information.
Zinczenko applies pathos in his essay by beginning his article in a humorous form that how he ends. The author claims that blaming the eater for being fat is compared to blaming a Porches for speeding tickets. He is appealing to the reader’s emotion that the eaters are not to be blamed but instead the fast-food restaurants. Additionally, David gives his own experience of growing up into “torpid teenager tallow”, stating that as a latchkey kid of 1980 his food choices for lunch and dinner were from McDonald and Pizza Hut.
Additionally, David cites countless statics to prove his argument, for instance, he connects facts about the increase of diabetes since 1994 to the kids eating fast foods. Moreover, he illustrates how the calories information at restaurants is misleading. He blames the restaurants for using packaging of 2.5 instead of just one. Therefore, even though his essay is well formulated, I do not agree with his argument that fast food restaurants are to be blamed.
Although the article is not current, the topic is not one that requires immediate action. The information given about calories is true and is a matter that needs to be addressed. However, the diabetes statistics used are not applicable in the current society since they are from the late 1990s. The information provided by the author is reliable and he also has the authority to publish that. This is because he manages a healthy living group and he has also been a magazine editor before. His information about healthy living surpasses that of most and also, he was once a victim of overweight. However, in his article, he is a little biased because he targets the food restaurants rather than the consumers. To conclude, the purpose of the author is to make people stop and to think about how harmful fast foods can be to their health.