What You Eat Is Your Business by Radley Balko and Escape From The Western Diet by Michael Pollan - Essay Example

The government has restricted insurance companies from charging premium prices to the obese people and this is not motivating people to eat healthily. The author is trying to argue against the government’s present steps to fight obesity, but the article fails to persuade me because it lacks factual information and only focuses on providing emotional and opinion-based information. Summary The article titled as “Escape From The Western Diet” was authored by Michael Pollan and in this article, the author argues that the Western Diet is the main cause of obesity and people should start eating the same way their ancestors used to.

The author argues that the causes of obesity that have been identified by researchers are not real and are motivated by personal gains. Reflection The thesis of the article is that the western diet is the main cause of obesity and not the individual ingredients in the western diet (Graff 421). The author does not explicitly state the thesis and instead develops it over time. The author is trying to persuade the readers that it is time to change their diet plans and instead of eating a western diet, citizens of US should move back to eating what the ancestors used to consume.

In order to pursue the readers, the author has quite well used the ethical appeals of ethos and pathos but the article lacks logos which includes factual information and thus the article lacks objectiveness.