Heather Battaly Virtue Ethics

Since the inception of this mode of research, peoples’ perception of what constitutes moral behavior

In Michael Pollan’s essay, “The American Paradox”, Pollan argues that American’s hold falsified ideas if one is more focused on nutrition. Americans have too much going on in their head with trying to be healthy, that they do not actually become healthy. The notion that “a notably unhealthy population preoccupied with nutrition and the idea of eating healthy” (Pollan 268) is what Pollan defines as the “American paradox”. The amount of time spent focusing on healthy eating habits decreases the joy one contains. Pollan identifies many issues that contribute to what is wrong with the way Americans think about eating today. For instance, we spend too much time and money trying to be healthy, we have strayed away from the past as new inventions occurred and last being we listen to “flawed science”. Despite the fact that many may say they see positive results from focusing on nutrition and health, Americans actually receive negative outcomes from nutrition and health.

One of the most unhealthy diets in the world is that of an American. It is made up of processed foods and a good amount of television. America easily has the most fast food restaurants in the entire world. Leave it to McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King or any other fast-food restaurant to serve extremely cheap and even unhealthier food at any time during the day or night. ”It tastes good so why not?” That seems to be the question many people are asking now-a-days. Because it is so easily accessible and processed, it is made to be very tasty and extremely unhealthy. Many Americans find his or herself indulging on the these fatty foods of America on a day-to-day basis. While it may taste good at the time, it has a terrible effect on your body

In America’s society today, Individuals are taking the blame off of themselves and shifting it onto the food industry. The food industry does indeed put up a very tempting environment for Americans, targeting unhealthy choices, but nevertheless, it is up to the customer as to what they spend their money on. Even with attempted changes in nutrition within the food industry, most people take no interest in it. But, when someone is motivated, results of a healthier lifestyle is shown in multiple ways. Americans need to realize that dedication can overcome temptation and not only lower numbers on the scale, but better their overall

According to Alyssa Brown, “51% of adults want to lose weight, [but] barely half as many (25%) say they are seriously working towards that goal. This discrepancy between Americans’ weight-loss desires and behaviors has existed for years”(Brown). According to society, the definition of a healthy person is someone who exercises often and eats healthy foods. Even though people want to be healthy, becoming healthy is a hard task. Surely it is much easier to lay around at home and eat chips than to work out at the gym. Maybe this is why obesity rates are on the rise. A medical study estimates that “75% of the U.S. population will be classified as overweight or obese or obese by the year 2020” (NewsMax). People wonder, what is the solution to this

The United States is a great country in many aspects, but when it comes to health everything changes. The United States is best known as one of the worst unhealthy countries in the world. People in the Unites States are embracing “the fast food culture” rather than home-cooked culture. Eating unhealthy can cause bad health problems like obesity, which leads to the change in people’s behavior, and causes a variety of diseases. In the long term, these problems can be deadly.

In society people who are thin are considered to have the perfect body. People see these models on social media, magazines and music videos and want to be their size because they feel like their body type is ''not good enough'', which they will starve themselves to death just to be the size that the media shows. people who are not the size that society seems to think is fit always get called ''big or fat'' and you need to loose weight, but getting called names causes people to have low-self esteem and pressure themselves to lose weight because they feel their body isn't accepted in society , but not everyone cares about what others think of their

It is beginning to apply to everyone, one in five people will be considered obese/overweight by 2025. So what is the issue?? The issue we are so obsessed with the now. “I’m hungry now, I want mangos now, and I want to eat now; now, now, and now.” So instead of investing in healthy foods and local foods, we turn to fast foods, processed foods and genetically modified foods that make us sick. A renowned nutritionist from Massachusetts General Hospital goes as far as saying, “Fast food is not health food and never will be, so the idea is never to make it a habit.” Fast food the name in itself states that it is fast food, neither natural nor healthful but fast. It is interesting how we believe the foods we buy from McDonalds, we cook in the microwave, and we order in the restaurants are healthy. But when we get right down to it majority of the ingredients in our food is sugar. Soda is not the only place we get sugar.

This seems simple enough but the vast majority of people today jump on fad diets due to their lack of resources and time. They want the quickest way to lose weight fast.

In “What’s Wrong with Fat-Shaming?” by Lesley Kinzel and “Solve America’s Obesity Problem with Shame,” by Chris Friend share two different ideas about shaming against obesity. Body-shaming happens to everyone at some point in their lifetime, it sometimes includes inappropriate negative statements and attitudes towards a person weight or size. Fat-shaming is a term made by obese people to avoid their responsibility in taking care of their body. These people make themselves victims in society by pretending they are being discriminating like an ethnic group.

Throughout the United States it may be normal to eat fast food and junk foods all the time because it is something we see as normal, however, this is far from it. In the US 32.2% of men are overweight and 35.5% of women are heavier than they should be. Now in 2017, many have made it a goal for them to work out more often, eat healthier, and maintain a better health. When people hear the word ‘diet’, they think of starving yourself and eating salad all the time. However, a diet is just the food consumed by an organism. Many people use healthier diets to help reach their goals.The way you eat now, will affect the way you feel ten minutes from now and for the rest of your life.

Have you ever wondered why it's so easy for people to eat unhealthy, but they find it extremely difficult to eat healthy. There are literally so many reasons why people seems to have a hard time eating healthy foods. The first reason may be the fact that people are so busy that their schedule is actually interfering with their lifestyle. Unfortunately, some people are just too busy to eat on time, and they are most likely going to fast food since they could get food a little quicker there even if it's unhealthy, for them it's better than being late. If you happen to be one, then this is now the time to prioritize your health among other things, here are a couple of tricks you can do when it comes to trying to resist the temptation of unhealthy foods.

The modern way of life…We sit for hours at work; travel to work by car or public transportation, and then sit some more at home in front of the TV eating foods loaded with calories. Lack of physical activity and over eating year after year results in muscle atrophy and fat pads on our stomach, arms, buttocks, thighs and slowly leads us to obesity. Then, one day we look at ourselves in the mirror and realize it is time for change. Of course, we want this change to happen overnight. We seem to forget we did not gain weight overnight.  So, we start conducting Spartan regime and manage to lose few kilos but this drastic change causes our body starving, slowing of our metabolism and in the end to feeling fatigue and dizziness.  This fast diets usually end in gaining more

Unfortunately, Americans today are obsessed with losing weight. Everybody wants to be thin! Everywhere I go, there’s someone counting calories, cutting "carbs", and running themselves to death on a treadmill. Dieting can be beneficial, when done properly and with discussion with a doctor. Sadly, some people fall into these bad habits when the desperation to lose weight has become tremendous.

In today’s American society, many individuals have developed unhealthy eating habits. A study done in 2012 states fifty-two percent of polled Americans thought that doing their taxes was easier than trying to figure out how to eat healthy. There are many things that people look at as hassles to healthy eating rather than looking at the big benefits healthy eating has on someone. Many people think of these issues when they think of healthy eating the cost, the availability of the food, that it is “hard”, they do not want to diet, and so on. Changing the eating habits of an individual