The exercise I chose to do is number 1 on pg40
After reading Zinczenko's main claim that there aren't any inexpensive and convenient alternatives to fast-food restaurants I decided that I whole heartedly disagree. The groceries that one could get for one week could easily cost less than buying fast food for a whole week. Also all the grocery bought food would be at the person's house. How is that less convenient than having to go out to eat everyday? That person is also responsible for chosing the healthiest food for the most cost beneificial price, and even that isn't impossibly hard to do. Lastly fast food is so unhealthy to start that nearly everything in the store is healthier regardless.
To say that obesity and other medical issues linked to it has gone up a bit the past years is an understatment. It has increased so much that the government simply refers to it as an epidemic. Zinczenko backed it up himself by stating health care costs since 1969 has gone up by at least 100billion a year! Wait there is more, that is only from what diabetes has caused. Diabetes is only one of the many health concerns linked to obesity. I strongly believe that being overweight is greatly more of a medical problem rather than a problem of cultural stereotypes. Mainly because a sterotype doesn't put your own health at risk or cost the government health care fees.
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