The Rising Epidemic: Obesity

Obesity has been growing in America for years now and it is up to the producers of our goods and each individual person to take it upon themself and bring this to an end. A good question was presented in our discussion section this week. Is it the job of the vendors or the jobs of each individual to bring obesity to a hault? I personally think it is the job of each individual to take ownership upon their own body and live a healthy lifestyle. It is the job of vendors to stay in business and to continue selling their product in order to stay competitive; however, they do not force anyone to eat their product and they are not shoving it down our throats. By saying it is the vendors fault for modern day obesity being on the rise we would just continue to allow it to grow, and we would be deflecting the blame onto others besides ourselves. If we desire to bring this problem to an end we have to look in the mirror and identify that this problem starts with us as individuals and as a society. When we begin to take responsibility for our actions and what we put into our body, then and only then, will this growing problem called obesity be put to rest.