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Summary of “Fast Food and Personal Responsibility”
Alicia McBride
American University of Sharjah








Summary of “Fast Food and Personal Responsibility”
In “Fast Food and Personal Responsibility,” Ninos P. Malek (2003) believes that people are responsible for themselves and should not blame others for their own health. He begins his argument by stating that the release of fast food restaurants is not the cause for anyone’s weight-gain. He supports his argument with various examples such as cigarettes and how companies do not force people nor persuade people to start smoking. It is the person’s own initiative and action to do so. Malek then refers to high school students accusing their school’s cafeteria for their unhealthy diet. However, he suggests an idea of preparing their own lunch by waking up early or doing them the night before. He also mentions how health experts are more focused on politics, and what can earn them money rather than the health of the society. These fast food restaurants are only created and developed by their customers. He discusses how people disregard their health because of the public health movement. If people were to be more careful about their health then it wouldn’t have become a public problem. Therefore, this had led to the making of rules and loss of freedom towards our lifestyle. Malek concludes the argument by restating how a person’s choices will reflect back due to their own responsibility and not others.







References
Malek, N. (2003). Fast Food and Personal Responsibility. In A. Shine (Ed.), Majlis of the
‘others’ (pp. 308-310). London: Pearson.




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