In the commentary ‘C’ inscribed by David Freedman, he diverts readers’ attention by making them, through evidence and self-experience, believe that junk food can also end obesity. He achieves this by using methods such as ethical appeal which mainly majors on personal experience by identifying himself as a lover of fast foods. To capture his readers’ emotions, he first declares that fast foods are safe for consumption by stating that “the results of all the scrutiny processed foods are hardly scary” (Freedman 8). Lastly, he supports his argument in the article through statistical evidence by talking about several known researchers. Freedman makes his audience believe that fast foods are not as bad as the media and scientists have made them look.
Effective use of junk food can be used as a way to end obesity. Michael Pollan and the media believe that obesity and other related issues can be sorted by replacing junk food with fresh organic food. This has made many hotels and industries reject junk food because they are regarded as unsafe for human life. However, Freedman has a strong feeling that persuading people to change their diet is not the best way to tackle obesity (Lee 212). He believes in adding better ingredients to processed food because most processed foods are always considered unhealthy because of excessive preservatives and artificial flavorings.
Consequently, diets rich in fats and calories have a higher probability of making one obese. David Freedman also acknowledges in his article that some unprocessed food can have high Fat and calorie content than some processed food. In summary, David Freeman convinces his audience that making processed food healthier is a more safe and more economical way to fight the obesity epidemic than whole foods.
Junk food prices are far much lower than processed food, which makes the use of junk foods relatively cheaper and can help save funds, which is an essential factor in today’s economy. In David freedman’s study, he demonstrates how he tested smoothies from various places. From comparing the prices of the food substances, he finds out that Mac Donald’s smoothies, which are processed, cost much less money than fresh organic smoothies. He also adds that despite being expensive, the unprocessed organic smoothies had a much higher sugar content than the processed smoothly, which equates to the calory content, increasing the chances of being obese. Additionally, apart from reducing obesity, they can also help in reducing the cost of living.
Freedman thinks that the industries should be the leading group when fighting obesity by making sure they produce healthier food for the ordinary citizen. Freedman argues that it is hard for obese citizens to adapt to the strict diet of fresh, unprocessed foods because they will not be readily willing to adapt to it as Pollan and other writers thought. Furthermore, He discusses that many people could not thrive on whole foods diets. Freedman argues that it is much easy for the companies to make some small changes in their processed foods rather than initiating the thousands of local farms to produce whole foods for everybody
In conclusion, from Freedman’s article, the issue of obesity can only be reduced by the industries producing fast foods. Fast foods already constitute almost ninety percent of many people’s diet. Therefore, to control obesity there is a need to ensure that the junk foods produced are safe for consumption before being released into the foods market. The government can achieve this by employing more health professionals to inspect the industries that manufacture fast foods and give appropriate manufacturing instructions.
Works Cited
Freedman, David. “Where We Get Our Food”. How Junk Food Can End Obesity, vol 1, no. 1, 2013, pp. 7-9. Elsevier BV, doi:10.1016/s0022-3182(69)80040-3.
Lee, Sang Yeoup. “Corrigendum: We take care of person with obesity, not obesity that people has.” Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, vol 28, no. 3, 2019, pp. 212-212. Korean Society for the Study of Obesity, doi.org/10.7570/jomes.2019.28.3.212