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    BruceBangerter

    JohnOlsen
    BIO1090
    TakingSidesIII:
    CananOveremphasisonEatingHealthyBecomeUnhealthy?

    TAKINGSIDESANALYSIS(10points)
    Name:
    BruceBangerter
    Course:
    BIO1090
    Book:
    TakingSidesreadings
    Issuenumber:
    3
    Titleofissue:
    CananOveremphasisonEatingHealthyBecomeUnhealthy?
    1.AuthorandmajorthesisoftheYesside.
    LindseyGetzclaimsthat
    all
    foodshaveaplaceinahealthydiet,andcouncilsagainsttoo
    muchofagoodthing..
    2.AuthorandmajorthesisoftheNoside.
    ChrisWoolstontakesthesidethattheonlymajorproblemwithourdietistheamountoffood
    weeat.
    3.Brieflystateinyourownwordstwofactspresentedbyeachside.
    Getzadmitsthatorthorexiaisnotanofficiallyrecognizedmedicalcondition.Shealso
    mentionsthatourculturehaspaintedsomefoodsasinherentlygoodandothersasinnatelybad.
    WoolstonpointsoutthattheaverageAmericancaloricintakehasincreasedby304calories
    adayfromtwodecadesago.Healsopointsoutthat66%ofAmericansareconsideredtobe
    overweight.
    4.Brieflystateinyourownwordstwoopinionspresentedbyeachside.
    Getzsaysthatmanychildrenwhohaveparentswithorthorexiaareatahigherriskof
    orthorexiathemselves.Shecontinuesthislineofthoughtbysayingthatparentsshouldfocuson
    teachingtheirchildrenmoderation.

    Woolstonsprimaryargumentisitselfanopinion:themajorproblemwithourdietisthatwe
    eattoomuch.Healsosaysthathumanswillalwayscravesweets.
    5.Brieflyidentifyasmanyfallacies(lackofreasoningorvalidity)ontheYessideasyoucan.
    Ms.Getzdoesagoodjobofavoidingfallacies.Shemakesanumberofassumptionsbased
    onlimiteddataoropinionsonwhatisbest,butthatthosearenotlogicalfallacies.
    6.BrieflyidentifyasmanyfallaciesontheNosideasyoucan.
    TheonlyfallacyWoolstonmakesthatIcanfindisatthebeginning.Hementionsthatthe
    averageAmericaneats304caloriesmorethanwastheaverage25yearsagoenoughforeach
    persontogain31extrapoundseachyear.ButthenhesaysthatmanyAmericansseemtobe
    gainingevenmorethanthat.Heistechnicallycorrectbecausemanypeopleeatmorethanthe
    averageamount.Butmanypeoplealsoeatlessthantheaverageamount.Youcantciteanaverage
    andthenactsurprisedwhensome(ormanybothcanrefertothesameactualnumber)scale
    higherthanaverage.
    7.Allinall,whichauthorimpressedyouasbeingthemostempiricalinpresentinghisorher
    thesis?Why?
    DespitemydislikeoftheagendaGetzisclearlypushing,shedoesusemoredatathanMr.
    Woolston.Yes,Woolstoncitesagreaternumberofnumbers,butmuchofhisdataiseither
    tangentialorultimatelyirrelevant.
    8.Arethereanyreasonstobelievethewritersarebiased?Ifso,whydotheyhavethese
    biases?
    Atthebeginningofherarticle,Getzreferstothereaderdiscussingtheissueoforthorexia
    withtheirclients.Thisgivesawaythatsheiswritingthearticletopersuadeaspecificindustry.Ergo,
    shessellingsomething.Woolstondoesntseemtohaveanybiases,exceptmaybebeingsomewhat
    uninformedregardingthefactthatnutritiondependsonmorethanjustnumbersofcalories
    consumed.

    9.Whichside(YesorNo)doyoupersonallyfeelismostcorrectnowthatyouhavereviewed
    thematerialinthesearticles?Why?

    Again,despiteGetzsobviousagenda,Ihavetotakeherside.Itismorerational,backed
    bymoredata,andsimplymakesmoresensethanWoolstonsarguments.

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