important than what is being said. Why is it some arguments that seem simple in concept can be so hard to win? Perhaps the opponent was more articulate‚ more capable of supporting their stance‚ or perhaps something was said in a way that upset the audience. Many tools for winning an argument can be utilized to defeat the opponent. An excellent example can be seen when comparing “What You Eat Is Your Business” by Radley Balko and “The Supermarket: Prime Real Estate” by Marion Nestle. Balko addresses personal
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If your mental image of an older person is someone frail and thin‚ it may be time for an update. For the generation currently moving through middle age and beyond‚ a new concern is‚ well‚ growing: obesity. Government figures show that Americans in their 60s today are about 10 pounds heavier than their counterparts of just a decade ago. And an even more worrisome bulge is coming: A typical woman in her 40s now weighs 168 pounds‚ versus 143 pounds in the 1960s. "People used to start midlife [at a lower
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Our ability to function is dependent upon what we put into our bodies and the sustenance gained from doing so. While it is true that food plays a very vital role in maintaining proper health as well as preventing/curing diseases‚ for some‚ food can also be used to fill emotional voids. Other people are forced into specific dietary restrictions based on auto-immune intolerances‚ or other health-related problems‚ while others may simply choose not to eat certain food products based on their moral
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Monkey Do” and “You Are What You Eat” came from? Although they may sound funny‚ there is truth in both of these statements. When children watch TV‚ do they pay attention to how each gender is being illustrated? Growing up‚ children watched Batman and Scooby-Doo. Children imitated what they saw on TV. Little boys tied bath towels around their necks trying to save helpless girls‚ and little girls played with dresses and makeup like Daphne. These shows start the grooming process to what is acceptable
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A Critique of Jill Dubisch’s You Are What You Eat Before reading Jill Dubisch’s article You Are What You Eat‚ I had many presumptions regarding how Dubisch would connect the health food movement to Geertz and his definition of religion. When thinking about the supposed “premise” of religion‚ I had always believed the vague and obscure definition that religion is a set of beliefs and practices that center around a divine force. Because of my ignorance regarding religion‚ my views were incredulous
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In “Should Text Messaging While Driving Be Banned? NO‚" Editor Radley Balko explains that we need to get over the idea that with a new law we can solve every bad habit and to stop passing laws that will be enforced for the reason that we have to do something about a problem. Radley Balko argues against a proposal to impose a law banning text messaging while driving in the U.S. Texting while driving should not be banned is the issue addressed in his article. The thesis of Balko’s article is that it’s
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Lauren McFall Mr. Gossett English 10H-4 March 17‚ 2008 You are What You Eat Throughout the past twenty years‚ obesity in the United States has drastically increased. Currently‚ one-hundred and seventeen billion people in the United States are obese. Out of those people‚ three-hundred thousand people die each year because of complications due to being over-weight. One out of every four children in the average school in the United States is over-weight. In an effort to combat this growing
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What Causes Obesity In America There is a reason why so many people are obese. The main reason is food‚ the kinds of foods are not just fast food but food what we call junk food. Who is responsible for this‚ is it the people who consume it or is the companies that produce and promote their food. I think they are both to blame and there is always a good and bad in everything. If you are twenty percent over your normal weight you are considered obese. We have to make the right choices when it comes
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Everest UniversityPrinciples of Sociology July 25‚ 2009You are what you eatThis paper is about an exploration in different cultures and what they eat. In this paper one ’s opinion about the different types of food eaten in different cultures will be discussed. Also in this paper there will be a discussion on cultural diversity and diet. Included in this paper will be a discussion on the sociological theories of functionalism‚ conflict theory‚ and interactionism. Also included in the discussion will
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the show because puppets seem almost human by having a mind of their own. You start to wonder what’s really going on and the person that’s pulling the strings to these puppets. In our everyday lives‚ we generally decide what we put on the table but we aren’t exactly sure where our food comes from‚ besides the store. Jamey Lionette and William Saletan have analyzed and questioned the origins of where our food comes from and what our food is. In the article “Please don’t feed the people”‚ William Saletan
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