Blog # 12

                                                          Fat Land

 When reviewing "fat land" Elizabeth kolbert reports that, we are getting "fatter" because companies/ vendors are trying to attract customers by selling larger meals. I agree with the report because many restaurants and movie theaters nowadays offer super "sized meals" for a cheap price, some restaurants also offer the buy one get one free drink or meal.

 New York City is full of movie theaters, where most of them offer the "jumbo size" meal. Mr David wellerstein had a lot of success when he introduced it in his movie theaters in the early nineteen sixties, now a board of directors for McDonald. He has also helped introduce the same value meals and is also a success. People instead of buying regular small meals weather is McDonald's, Chinese food, or drinks at the bar, people very often rather pay fifty cents more and get the super sized meal or the buy one get one free drink. I can also say that I take part in buying this, specials because for example: if I go to the movie theaters with friend or family we always buy the super sized nachos or nuggets or if we go to a bar we will get four drinks instead of two.

  

 Bars and restaurants have many ways to make the customer spend money and one of them is by offering big meal for a small amount of money and many times this meals are not healthy for the body, but we continue to eat it and support it. Reason why? is because we think we are being offered a good deal. As Mr wallerestein said it "they don't want to eat two bags and we don't want to look like gluttons" so instead of looking like "gluttons" what we do is we get the bigger meal when we are placing our order.