Essays on What You Eat is Your Business

In Radley Balko’s essay “What You Eat Is Your Business,” he argues that what we put into our bodies is our business, and it is our responsibility to make healthy choices. The widespread epidemic of obesity can only be solved if people become more aware...

Growing up, I struggled a lot with my food intake and dieting. I always got criticized by my family members by how much weight I had gained in an amount of time. This leads to shamefully blaming myself for not being careful with my choices....

In his recent work “What You Eat Is Your Business”, Radley Balko harshly criticizes government involvement in public health. He argues that spending a large sum of money on anti-obesity programs is the incorrect way to end the obesity epidemic. In his opinion, the best...