Wang Yucheng (Terry)
Professor Daniel Herron
BUS 101
02/25 2016 Reaction of "Big Fat Liability In the beginning of the article, the health condition of the United States nationwide is mentioned with the reflection of the severe numbers. In 2012, the annual cost of treating obesity-related chronic disease and disability had reached a staggering $190 billion in the United States. It is proved that the U.S. government spends too much of money annually on the medical expense at the health system. The report shows the medical expense is mostly used for treating obese people. Too many people has picked up the habit of dine at fast food, yet this is the main cause of the obesity for Americans. The examples in the article has shows the reason for obesity. Statistically speaking, average Americans take in over 2600 calories daily which exceeds the normal range for healthy people. Then the article’s focus shifts on the example of McDonald's. The problem of obesity was realized in the early 2003, but back then, the government did not have any regulation on how to inform the public or spread the awareness of how to eat healthier. Paternalism can be defined as government assuming the power to determine what is best for the people, because the latter cannot make decisions in consistence with their best interests. Paternalism can be described as parents educating children with their wisdom of what can or cannot be done. This metaphor is a parallelism of a government making regulations for the country of what is legal or illegal. Consumers, partially because influenced by corporations’ marketing campaign, consumes too much calories leading to the severe obesity problem. Consequently, government intervenes the market to regulate the companies to act on helping customers to notice the obesity’s bad effects, and to take appropriate strategies