A More Practical Approach to Solving the Obesity Problem in the United StatesHealthy Foods or Processed Foods? People always face this problem of food selection in daily life. Michael Pollan promotes the healthy food movement as a solution to the obesity problem in his book The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. However, the author of the article "How Junk Food Can End Obesity", David H. Freedman, has a different perspective in which he believes that reducing calories in processed foods to make them healthier should be the feasible approach to solving obesity problems in the United States. Freedman raises several objections to Pollan's argument. What seems most remarkable to me is that Freedman points out that it is impossible to fully eat healthy foods and eliminate the consumption of processed foods in daily life, which he uses to argue against practicality of food. He thinks government intervention, as Pollan mentioned in his book, won't work. However, I believe that government intervention, such as implementing regulations or promoting public education, will have a positive effect on changing dietary habits in the United States, thereby further reducing the rate of 'obesity. In Dhruv Khullar's essay "Why Shame Won't Stop Obesity," he describes the fact that more than 75 percent of Americans are overweight or obese, and that even shame won't stop them from eating foods unhealthy (128). Khullar suggests that we should minimize junk food advertising and institute nutrition and health programs in public schools (129). Minimizing junk food advertising will reduce the chances of people purchasing junk food and public education could raise awareness among people, especially children, of the long-term negative consequences of obesity. The role of government is particularly crucial in ensuring that these proposals can be implemented and reduce food consumption causing