Diet Pills

David Zinczenko, author of “Don't Blame the Eater”, began his career in nutrition and wellness not only by coincidence but because of personal experience. His motivation and determination for change has led him to establish a platform for himself in which he is able to reach many people comparable to him so that they can become motivated as well. Such platform includes being a regular guest on shows such as, The View, Biggest Loser, Dr. Oz, Good Morning America and 20/20. Putting his face out in the media, sharing his ideas, and thoughts about how well he knows about health builds up his ethos massively. A well known face and name, catches the audience attention more. Creating the audience to feel that Zinczenko is an intellectual person that knows what he is talking about. What also helps him to be more credible is his short story on how he can relate to children suffering from obesity. His main argument ties in with his story and his purpose for writing “Don’t Blame the Eater”. His audience trust him more knowing that as a child, he went through the same problem as the kids he is defending. As he emotionally brought in his audience with his sob story he raised his

The author of this article begins her analysis of the rise in eating disorders by acknowledging America’s obsession with being the ideal weight. From an extremely young age, American children are being taught that women in movies and on the covers of magazines possess the ideal figure. The author states “Children are being taught…being fat is the worst thing one can be” (Bordo 1). This is disturbing to say the least. There many attributes worse than being overweight: dishonest, cruel, and murderous to name a few. Bordo also uses an example in the first paragraph of her essay that is appalling. Alicia Silverstone, the lead role in Clueless, was completely bombarded with insults about her weight, though she had only gained a few pounds since her starring role. The advertisers did

An increasing number of people are using products to enhance their diets. A recent estimate indicates, “Americans are spending some $6 billion annually on nutritional supplements, and the market is growing by 20% every year” (Zahn, 1997). Of these supplements, the increase in herbal remedy use is most dramatic. Zahn holds that the increase can be attributed to the widely held belief that herbal substances are healthy and harmless because of their natural origins (1997). Unfortunately, research on these supplements, herbal or otherwise, has not transmitted to the public as quickly as the diet enhancers themselves. The phenomenon leaves many consumers misguided by skewed advertising and

He also states that “Obesity has risen substantially in recent years, to 31 percent of adults” meaning that companies have pushed to satisfy obese people. He analyzed different ideas to promoting better health by quoting statements said in different letters from The New Republic, in which

Abstract: Excessive use of diet pills by American women stems from the idea that thinness is ideal. This ideal is unlikely to change in the near future, so the use of diet pills and other unhealthy fat diets is likely to increase. If women remain unaware of the health risks associated with the use and abuse of these unregulated drugs, rates of illness and even death are also likely to increase. In 1997, the use of diet pills directly caused seventeen deaths (Cohen). Medical professionals speculate that many other deaths are indirectly related to weight-loss drugs. FDA regulation of 'natural' substances such as ephedrine and caffeine would alleviate widespread use

Through a substantial amount of research the authors prove that by following a fad diet it can cause many adverse effects, as well as shedding light on benefits of exercise and maintaining a balanced diet. In the opening chapters of the book it is discussed why low fat diets do not work and exactly which diets do. While reading about low fat diets and the health risks that they cause, the book draws you in by explaining the patient profile of a 55 year old man, whom had lost his life due to heart attack. By reading this section of the book its outline how we are all responsible for maintaining our own health, and cases

In the documentary “Fed Up” presented by Katie Couric and Laurie David they focus on the fabrications presented by the food industry in regards of creating healthier choices for the public. According to the documentary 2 out of 3 Americans are either overweight or obese, and it is surpassing cancer rates (Fed Up, 2014). In order to address the problem health professionals recommend their patients that in order to lose weight they must exercise and eat less. It is a simple solution to a condition that is greatly stigmatized by society. This documentary argues that eating less and exercise will not guarantee weight loss in individuals.

As a matter of fact Philen contributes to The Washington Times; this was noted for the readers as a way of showing that he is a credible source. Philen used logos as his rhetorical analysis to support his claims with the involvement of the food pyramids. The Department of Agriculture did a study and 60 percent of the food pyramids are now “burial chambers of manufactured foods” as stated in a Time Magazine. Ordinarily Philen who believed that no matter what health insurance is provided, it wouldn’t make a significant impact on saving American’s the up cost in health care; until they address why any health insurance put in place will be ruined. Being honest with yourself is what gravitate your in emotionally, using pathos as a way of extending to the audience. American’s needed to face the fact that until they are willing to change their unhealthy eating customs it’s going to continue making a negative

Are diet pills always the correct answer in solving the ever rising weight problem in America? "It would be nice to think that the only step to losing weight is to pop a pill (Ochs, 1).” However, most of the time when people use diet pills they do not see promising results. Not only do diet pills not offer promising results, but diet pills are also expensive, and any weight lost from using diet pills may come with serious side effects. Americans should trade expensive diet pills for diet change and exercise, in order to lose weight more efficiently with

Today’s society is a consumers’ society in which trying to obtain perfection is one of the fastest selling businesses (DeLaMater Pg. 12). Mass media, advertising, and fashion industries are being accused of feeding off females dissatisfaction with their bodies by portraying unhealthy thin role models in order to sell their products. This unachievable physique and lifestyle has led today’s adolescence down a dark path of such extreme eating disorders as anorexia and bulimia. Although it may sound nice to be societies perception of thin, there are consequences to these eating disorders such as cardiac failure that lead to horrifying defects or even death.

For the previous couple decades, Americans have been misled by the government and health professionals, who were implementing inaccurate dietary standards that led to the promotion of certain items as “healthy”, has actually resulted in a nationwide obesity epidemic of vast proportions. This unprecedented surge in obesity has affected everybody from children in elementary schools, to retired seniors, and has contributed to the single largest rise in diseases, the world has ever known. Obesity has actually reached the number two cause of preventable death in the United States (Healthaliciousness), thus created the first generation of children ever in history which is predicted to have a shorter lifespan than their parents. The documentaries Fed Up and Forks over Knives are both in support of creating a healthier America for all individuals. Although they both share a similar concept on how fast-food is extremely harmful, but both take quite different approaches to support their claim. In the documentary Fed Up, Stephanie Soechtig allows us to follow the lives of four families who are struggling with a childhood obesity problem. Throughout the film she has various “experts” express their opinions to help combat the epidemic, but their selection of “experts” is mainly through politicians, political leaders, and journalist, but not so much on nutritional scientist. On the other hand,

It was also mentioned that food industries merely aim to increase profit and marketing. Food production focuses to make food more appealing to consumers by producing their products to look, taste, and have longer shelf life (which consumers gravitate towards when making food choice.) On the other hand, to reverse the health concerns that were brought up, the documentary also provided information to aid people exercise alternatives to live healthier. For example, people should increase their organic or whole food intake and decrease processed food, have adequate sleep, and daily exercise. When an individual learns to appreciate a whole food diet, it will be easier to forgo processed food, therefore feeling happier and energized. All in all, a better diet improves emotional, mental, physical health.

In order to prevent higher rates of obesity in the community, government has to intervene. Marion Nestle claims that "a recent

From the topics of the perfect body and obesity in American society, corporations and dieting programs have developed ways to generate profits from people who are desperate to escape either problem. Within the realm of corporations, marketing strategies have come straightforward to regard any image of fat as unattractive and undesirable in order to push products such as “slimming” pills, dietary books, and utensils used to create nutritional foods. While these products are expensive and have less targeted audiences due to them sold on though tele-marketing, they have less positive effects and almost do nothing for the consumer expect waste their time and money. Within the realm of dieting, popular dietary trends have been shown to benefit

Today 's society is constantly presented with misrepresentations of the ideal body image through the advertising of diet plans and supplements. Companies in the fitness industry scam people into buying useless products or services by advertising with individuals that have, what the mass media sees as, the 'perfect ' body composition. In addition to getting consumers to buy into a product or service, these companies also aid society with the spreading of this fake idea of what classifies as the perfect body. They portray a body image that is unattainable for most individuals in society, despite how many of those supplements being advertised they buy. The models used in these advertisements, are in most cases, starving themselves, enhanced via illegal substances, or are photo-shopped to the point where even they do not look like the model displayed in the ad. All this has led to many people wanting to strive for that perfect body, that in reality, is impossible to achieve. In order to show the affect these advertisements play in our society, I will be deconstructing multiple ads in the fitness industry, as well as multiple peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles centered around the impact media has on an individual 's self-image.