Do You Want That Super-sized???

     In his article, "Don't Blame the Eater," David Zinczenko shares his own personal struggles of being overweight.  He grew up eating fast food because not only is fast food so cheap but it is widely available with few to no alternatives. . .especially for latchkey kids.  Zinczenko states that the child obesity problem is all of ours.  He tells of the growing amount of diabetes of obese children and he states the actual medical results.  The funding has increased from "$2.6 billion in 1969.  Today's number is an unbelievable $100 billion a year."  Besides the lack of alternatives, according to Zinczenco, "is the lack of information about what, exactly, we're consuming."  He then points out the fact that prepared foods are not covered under the Food and Drug Administration labeling laws.  Zinczenko believes that the fast food industry is targeting children without issuing warning labels of the health hazards.  He goes on to say that people need to be informed in order to make good choices.