What You Eat Is Your Business Radley Balko Summary

In his article What You Eat Is Your Business, Radley Balko argues that the way the government is expenditure a lot of m aney for anti obesity measure is the wrong way to prevent obesity. Balko suggests that the people need to responsibility on their cause wellness matter. He thinks the best way to slow down the public health is to include obesity in our private matter, which means having people pay for their own medical needs because he believes that it would force people to face the consequences and to make them more responsible.I agree with Balkos position because people tend to be less(prenominal) responsible for them when they are not the one paying for their prices, but what they dont know, is soon they will be paying the price no one can offer to help. Balko stated at the end of his article, Well all make better choices about diet, exercise, and personal health when someone else isnt paying for the consequences of those choices. I strongly agree with Balko because I do also believe that the only way to make to make people make better choices about their health is when someone isnt paying for their consequences. My experience with this, people I know who are not under their parents insurance, they tend to watch what they eat and exercise passing(a) to stay healthy. They know if something was to go wrong, they will have to pay their medical bills out of their own pocket. Those who I know that do have insurances, tend to incautious of what they do and eat, because they someone else is paying for your consequences.