Rhetorical Analysis
To: William H. Dietz, Donald E. Benken, and Alicia S. Hunter
Subject: Rhetorical Analysis
In the article “Public Health Law and the Preventing and Control of Obesity” the authors talk of obesity and its growing epidemic and in the article, the authors address how the government has been supporting the control and prevention of obesity. There is usually one reason why Americans are becoming obese and that is due to the amount of food intake they are consuming. In some cases it is hereditary and people are more likely to become over weight and obese but as state by the author, “genetic makeup cannot explain the rapid rise in obesity” (Dietz, Benken, Hunter, 2009, 217). The author creates an argument of how the government needs to do more and enforce laws and regulations in order to stop the rapid growth of obesity. This analysis will show what major persuade the authors used in order to rally those who support their movement, and convince the who are unaware of the growing problem in America. The article uses a professional tone as seeing as it is used to address adults and government officials facing this problem and trying the make changes to it all
The authors of the article talk about obesity in its entirety, and how there has been a large increase throughout the United States. As stated in the article “30 percent of adults and approximately 16 percent of children and adolescents” (Dietz, Benken, Hunter, 2009, 216) are obese. There has been many different bills have passed throughout the government as well as separately through the states. The article for example elaborates on the fact that the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene implemented “a rule requiring chain restaurants that serve standardized meals to post calorie information on their menu boards” (Dietz, Benken, Hunter, 2009, 221). This is an example of what the government is doing to regulate and control the wide spread of obesity throughout the United States. Through these statistics the author can create a strong argument against the freedom of what people want to eat.
Ethos
The authors do not try to establish credibility directly, but they do establish their knowledge of this subject by stating different events and agencies that support the control of obesity. Along with these agencies and events the author’s state different statistics which would be an example of logos, but can also considered part of ethos as seeing as his facts and numbers sow some knowledge of what they are actually supporting. The authors appear to not be fair as far as it being the people’s rights to eat what they want. The journal supports only the fact that obesity has been hurting the U.S., when it actually has but has no consideration for those who do not support the laws. In the end the author did not establish a strong enough credibility, and only through the numbers and statistics around stating when, by who, and how much did it affect. The numbers will be reviewed in the analysis to come.
Logos
The article contains a lot of logos as seeing as it deals with laws and many different statistics that will support the argument by implementing the laws. The article starts by stating many different statistics and throwing them around in order to support that which the author is trying to do in order to convince the reader. The authors creates a strong logos appeal by actually naming the amount of people obesity affects, the increase in consumption, and the overall growth of the number of nutritional programs and requirements put in place by state and government officials. The authors also conduct a comparison of a passed law put in place to restrict the amount of media towards the use of tobacco products, called the “Fairness Doctrine” (Dietz, Benken, Hunter, 2009, 218).
Pathos
The authors do not create an emotional appeal in any way. As seeing as the article only talks about laws and how to support them it only uses the numbers and statistics for their overall argument. For that reason it is assumed that the authors saw no need for the emotions in their piece.
The overall article was written with evidence and for the eyes and ears of politicians or others who support the topic, in order to inform them of the findings. In the end there are many different programs being used all around the country that have made a difference in many people’s lives and continues to help everyone. There also so many other ideas in planning still being prepped and getting ready to launch.
References
Dietz, W., Benken, D., Hunter, A.(2009). Public Health Law and the Prevention and
Control of Obesity. The Milbank Quarterly, 87, (No.1) 215-227. Retrieved from http://0-web.ebscohost.com.lib.utep.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=3f67483b-6481-43f7-a45c-3e00310e694f%40sessionmgr111&vid=4&hid=125
Subject: Rhetorical Analysis
In the article “Public Health Law and the Preventing and Control of Obesity” the authors talk of obesity and its growing epidemic and in the article, the authors address how the government has been supporting the control and prevention of obesity. There is usually one reason why Americans are becoming obese and that is due to the amount of food intake they are consuming. In some cases it is hereditary and people are more likely to become over weight and obese but as state by the author, “genetic makeup cannot explain the rapid rise in obesity” (Dietz, Benken, Hunter, 2009, 217). The author creates an argument of how the government needs to do more and enforce laws and regulations in order to stop the rapid growth of obesity. This analysis will show what major persuade the authors used in order to rally those who support their movement, and convince the who are unaware of the growing problem in America. The article uses a professional tone as seeing as it is used to address adults and government officials facing this problem and trying the make changes to it all
The authors of the article talk about obesity in its entirety, and how there has been a large increase throughout the United States. As stated in the article “30 percent of adults and approximately 16 percent of children and adolescents” (Dietz, Benken, Hunter, 2009, 216) are obese. There has been many different bills have passed throughout the government as well as separately through the states. The article for example elaborates on the fact that the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene implemented “a rule requiring chain restaurants that serve standardized meals to post calorie information on their menu boards” (Dietz, Benken, Hunter, 2009, 221). This is an example of what the government is doing to regulate and control the wide spread of obesity throughout the United States. Through these statistics the author can create a strong argument against the freedom of what people want to eat.
Ethos
The authors do not try to establish credibility directly, but they do establish their knowledge of this subject by stating different events and agencies that support the control of obesity. Along with these agencies and events the author’s state different statistics which would be an example of logos, but can also considered part of ethos as seeing as his facts and numbers sow some knowledge of what they are actually supporting. The authors appear to not be fair as far as it being the people’s rights to eat what they want. The journal supports only the fact that obesity has been hurting the U.S., when it actually has but has no consideration for those who do not support the laws. In the end the author did not establish a strong enough credibility, and only through the numbers and statistics around stating when, by who, and how much did it affect. The numbers will be reviewed in the analysis to come.
Logos
The article contains a lot of logos as seeing as it deals with laws and many different statistics that will support the argument by implementing the laws. The article starts by stating many different statistics and throwing them around in order to support that which the author is trying to do in order to convince the reader. The authors creates a strong logos appeal by actually naming the amount of people obesity affects, the increase in consumption, and the overall growth of the number of nutritional programs and requirements put in place by state and government officials. The authors also conduct a comparison of a passed law put in place to restrict the amount of media towards the use of tobacco products, called the “Fairness Doctrine” (Dietz, Benken, Hunter, 2009, 218).
Pathos
The authors do not create an emotional appeal in any way. As seeing as the article only talks about laws and how to support them it only uses the numbers and statistics for their overall argument. For that reason it is assumed that the authors saw no need for the emotions in their piece.
The overall article was written with evidence and for the eyes and ears of politicians or others who support the topic, in order to inform them of the findings. In the end there are many different programs being used all around the country that have made a difference in many people’s lives and continues to help everyone. There also so many other ideas in planning still being prepped and getting ready to launch.
References
Dietz, W., Benken, D., Hunter, A.(2009). Public Health Law and the Prevention and
Control of Obesity. The Milbank Quarterly, 87, (No.1) 215-227. Retrieved from http://0-web.ebscohost.com.lib.utep.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=3f67483b-6481-43f7-a45c-3e00310e694f%40sessionmgr111&vid=4&hid=125