Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Reading Reflection

The two articles we were asked to read for class were very interesting. The first article "Downsizing Supersize" (Surowiecki 123) is actually the topic I am focusing on for my research paper. The article discusses the idea that Mayor Bloomberg wants to cut back on the sizes of sodas provided for many public places. Just like in research I've done people tend to have a problem with this saying the government can't control what we do or how we feed ourselves. The Mayor thought it would be a good idea to cut back to lower obesity risks. One question people had was " If someone wants a soda that is larger than 16oz they can just double or triple the soda they buy" , the mayor says that due to laziness of people doing that would be too much work and that's why he believed regulating drink sizes would help. The second article " Why Shame Won't Stop Obesity" (Khullar 127)   brings up many good points about the availability of healthy food compared to the easily accessible junk food. Khullar also brings up how much cheaper it is to buy junk food compared to expensive nutritious food. Khullar talks about the first step to solving the obesity epidemic is to provide more healthy options to low income areas so they have the option to eat better. Khullar brings in an interesting point about working in a hospital and even there the food options aren't the healthiest food choices. I think in general the first step needs to be providing more nutritious options  in a variety of areas especially low income areas that need it. Both articles were very interesting and I think they both bring two very important ideas to the table. They are both focusing on trying to make the food we eat healthier and controlling portion sizes, but that's not something they can solve overnight. Also the general public needs to have the desire to be better and healthier if they want to get anywhere with these movements. 

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