Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Blog Post #2, "Walter Willett's Food Fight"



In Neil Swidey’s article, “Walter Willett’s Food Fight” published by The Boston Globe on July 28, 2013, he asserts that there are numerous contradicting ideas on what is healthy fare. Swidey utilizes strong imagery while appealing to logic in his report on why it can be so confusing for Americans to choose what the right choice at the dinner table is. There are many discrepancies between the theories of nutrition specialists and the author addresses quite a few of them, favoring Willett with his choice of diction and more appealing imagery while offering a more drab and dry approach to the FDA and CDC. “If scientists from Harvard and the CDC can’t decide on something as basic as whether being overweight will kill you sooner or later, who are we supposed to believe?” inquires Swidey. It is apparent through his written strategies that he is inclined towards Willett’s assertions  and appeals to the reader to consider the Harvard nutrition guru’s concept of healthy eating.

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