Read 'n' Seed 5: 4th Quarter of Book "Obesity, Buniness and Public Policy"

Hey everyone and happy thanksgiving!





This is must mean that our semester i s coming to a close if this is the last posts for our books! sad times..


This time I read the last two sections of the book which would be section 5 and section 6. IN total the pages were 62 pages and section 5 focused on tobacco as a control model to decrease the problem with obesity and also economic and cultural effects of obesity.


IN part 6 they talked about a policy framework for confronting the obesity problem.








Section 5


According to the CDC smoking has declined from about 50% in adults to about 20% in adults since the year of 1964 when the Surgeons General Report came out. On the other hand according to (Mokdad 2005) the obesiy rate in the last decade has risen by 74% and also 1 out of every 5 adults is also reported as obese. The problem I see here is that as a country we havnt really found a good way to reduce the problem of obesity but in cigeratte smoking there seems to be some conclusion according to the statistics. I think it is important that we work harder as a country to find a way to help solve this problem because 74 PERCENT is a huge incline in percentage.


Another point that the author makes is that just like how smoking industries targeted people, food industries are also doing the same thing. I drove the down the street when Iw as back home for the holiday and I live in the inner city and I swear there are fast food resterraunts like every 10 feet or so. I think what we have to do as a society is to educate the consumer and help them realize what food industries are doing.

Another thing that the author brings up is the Pelham v Mcdonalds case. Thjs case was about a minor, that alledgly got fat and got bad health problems "becuase" she ate Mcdonalds... I think that this is a good thing to bring up but I disagree with the case and in all honesty I disagree with every case against fast food because people make their own decisions to eat there. You put the food in your body they didnt put it in you...

Section 6
This chapter is basically the summary of the whole book and emphasises on how we as people and the government can confront the obesity epidemic and also what are the main causes. SCHOOLS... seem to be one of the biggest causes because of financial issues that arise when it comes to food services. Also being educated on food...not many people truly understand the actual concept on food.

Summary:
I think both of these sections proposed very good information and also have a good outlook on whats to come and hopefully a change can be made!