Suing fast food

John Banzhaf's claim that legislation and legal action against fast food companies will help reduce the level of obesity rests upon the questionable assumption that people do not know fast, fattening good can make you fat. By focusing on what fast good companies need to do to make people aware that the food is fattening he overlooks the deeper problem of sedentary people and health related issues. Banzhaf claims that fast food companies food is fattening, but we don't need him to tell us that. Anyone familiar with any kind of food has long known a salad is much better for us then a hamburger and fries. What people choose to eat is their own business and holding companies responsible is crazy. That is like saying it is the gyms fault that people are fat because they are too expensive. Each person needs to be responsible for themselves.

Works cited:

Banzhaf, John H. III. "Lawsuits Against Fast Food Restaurants are an Effective Way to Combat Obesity"

"They Say I Say with Readings" Gerald Graff. Cathy Birkenstein and Russell Durst. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2009. 172-181. Print.