Read and analyze the essay below.

[1] Americans spend between $30 and $60 billion a year on dieting. [2]This amount is
more than the gross national product for Morocco! [3]Such spending has not always been the
case. [4]Only recently has the marketing boom on health, fitness, and dieting infiltrated
American televisions, radios, and magazines. [5]The message is clear: getting healthy through
diet and exercise is a necessary part of life. [6]As Americans continue to be bombarded with
these health-conscious images, it is evident that the images have altered Americans' ideas about
health. [7]The current advertising trends in weight loss and fitness have had both positive and
negative effects.
[8]Perhaps the most positive effect of dieting and weight loss advertising is an increase in
education. [9]For many years Americans ate heavy foods cooked only in butter or lard. [10]In
addition, exercise was considered appropriate only for men. [11]These trends changed as
television and radio began promoting a healthier lifestyle that includes private gyms, low calorie
foods, and aerobics tapes, among other things. [12]As a result of this advertisement, Americans
began to understand that diet, exercise, and other preventive measures made them healthier.
[13]They are now aware that heart disease and other illnesses can be controlled with proper diet
and exercise. [14]Since the media's attention to this phenomenon, Americans are certainly
healthier than they were in the recent past.
[15]Although the current trends in weight loss have made Americans more conscious of
their health, they have also led to increased public pressure. [16]This is true for teenagers,
especially girls. [17]Adolescents cannot escape the constant barrage of ads on television and
radio and in magazines and newspapers. [18]While some teenagers take this new-found
knowledge and begin eating more appropriate foods and exercising regularly, others become
obsessed with weight loss. [19]As a result, these young people can develop eating disorders such
as bulimia and anorexia nervosa to try to emulate the physiques of models and health promoters.
[20]In these cases, the focus on fit and healthy bodies has a negative effect.
[21]The financial effects of health industry ads cannot be avoided. [22]Americans spend
billions of dollars each year trying to get fit. [23]Consumers will spend whatever they have to in
order to get the latest gym equipment, fat-free food, or diet supplement pill. [24]Because all
these marketing strategies promote healthy living, many people are spending excessive amounts
of money on such products. [25]Consequently, the diet industry continues to promote newer and
'better' products.
[26]Marketing strategies have changed public opinion in many areas, and the idea that
everyone should have a perfect body is a major example of this. [27] Knowledge is power, and
Americans should learn as much as they can about health and fitness. [28]Then they should use
that knowledge in healthful ways.
Identify the sentences and write their numbers in the space provided.

INTRODUCTION
1. Dramatic statement _________2_________
2. General b/g _________4__________
3. Transition __________5_________
4. Thesis statement ___________6________

BODY PARAGRAPH 1
1. Topic sentence ___________8________
2. Major supporting idea ____________11_______
3. Concluding sentence ______________13_____

BODY PARAGRAPH 2
1. Topic sentence ____________15_______
2. Major supporting idea _____________16______
3. Concluding sentence _______________20____

BODY PARAGRAPH 3
1. Topic sentence _____________21______
2. Major supporting idea _______________22____
3. Concluding sentence _______________25____

CONCLUSION
What does each sentence do?
[26] Restating and summarizing the thesis statement
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[27] Recommendation______________________________________________________
[28] Personal Opnion____________________________________________________________