Alison Motluk's Essay 'Fat People Have Fat Kids'
Hunter, Aaron
ENGWR 100 1030-1150
9/26/2011
“Fat People Have Fat Kids”
If you live in America, chances are either you or one of your parents or one of your siblings is considered obese. If it is one of your parents then you have a 50% chance of being classified as obese. If it is both of your parents that are overweight then your likelihood of being considered obese increases to 80% (www.aacap.org). What makes those numbers so much higher in America compared to the rest of the world?
I n Alison Motluk’s essay ”Supersize Me”, she claims that living an unhealthy lifestyle has become the norm due to the prevailing culture in the United States that promotes obesity. She comes to this conclusion through various observations of the changes in American society. She justifies this statement by pointing out that in a ten year period, the number of people considered clinically obese has doubled in some parts of the country. Alison Motluk asserts that one reason …show more content…
I came to this conclusion through common sense (fat people are more likely to have fat kids), and personal experience. Like any other Afro-American with a large family, I have relatives that are overweight, obese and morbidly obese. I have relatives with diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. I find that the people in my family that suffer from these conditions had at least one parent with the same condition. Take my nephew DJ for example. His dad (my brother) is a 350lb diabetic. His mother is 300lbs, but otherwise healthy. DJ is 10yrs/old, 4’9” and 160lbs. DJ is not obese from mimicking his parents eating habits because he does live with his parents, he lives with me and eats the same things I eat. DJ does not overeat and is very active compared to other kids his age. So why is he so fat? I believe he has been cursed with genes that will forever prevent him from being
ENGWR 100 1030-1150
9/26/2011
“Fat People Have Fat Kids”
If you live in America, chances are either you or one of your parents or one of your siblings is considered obese. If it is one of your parents then you have a 50% chance of being classified as obese. If it is both of your parents that are overweight then your likelihood of being considered obese increases to 80% (www.aacap.org). What makes those numbers so much higher in America compared to the rest of the world?
I n Alison Motluk’s essay ”Supersize Me”, she claims that living an unhealthy lifestyle has become the norm due to the prevailing culture in the United States that promotes obesity. She comes to this conclusion through various observations of the changes in American society. She justifies this statement by pointing out that in a ten year period, the number of people considered clinically obese has doubled in some parts of the country. Alison Motluk asserts that one reason …show more content…
I came to this conclusion through common sense (fat people are more likely to have fat kids), and personal experience. Like any other Afro-American with a large family, I have relatives that are overweight, obese and morbidly obese. I have relatives with diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. I find that the people in my family that suffer from these conditions had at least one parent with the same condition. Take my nephew DJ for example. His dad (my brother) is a 350lb diabetic. His mother is 300lbs, but otherwise healthy. DJ is 10yrs/old, 4’9” and 160lbs. DJ is not obese from mimicking his parents eating habits because he does live with his parents, he lives with me and eats the same things I eat. DJ does not overeat and is very active compared to other kids his age. So why is he so fat? I believe he has been cursed with genes that will forever prevent him from being