Fat or Fit- it is your choice!

Obesity in United States has been increased for the last 10 years. Fast foods and restaurants not only had effect on this problem, but it also turn out to be that they were the major causes of obesity. The photographer, Dina Goldstein, and the author of the article, Jennifer B. Marks have some differences with in similarities on the use the appeals. Even though both the author of the article and the photographer uses pathos to send the same message to the consumers about obesity, the photographer uses pathos as in a sense of fear and sadness on the image to show the cause and effect of where as the author uses pathos in a way of encouragement and empathy over the consumers.

In the image made by the photographer, it shows an over weighted woman is drinking fast food drinks while carrying some extra fast foods in the basket. The photographer uses the appeal of pathos to convince the observer those fast foods are one of the main causes of the obesity. In United States, most people see being overweight as unhealthy life style and many people try to avoid being fat. The photographer uses pathos technique to show obesity by the woman’s body size. This can convince the observer what causes obesity and what would be the result. Most modern women are not comfortable with being overweighed. Some may think that being overweighed takes the beauty of woman. The fact that the author uses the overweighed was to show the women that they will look like the woman on the image if they are eating those kinds of foods. On this image, pathos is being used as a threat and warning to the observer what will happen if the observer eats those fast foods. This technique gives fear to the observer to stay away from those fast foods. McDonald foods are mostly...

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...mmend using resources such as those mentioned at the end of my feature article about the NAASO/ADA meeting, as well as in the references, to assist in helping patients help themselves to become thinner and healthier.” This gives the people a good motivation to either start working out or do easy exercise in order to loose weight.

The image and the articles show some differences with in similarities on the uses of pathos. The photographer uses pathos as a fear in order to warn people not to eat fast-food. However, author uses pathos as empathy over the poor people who have been affected with obesity and as an encouragement and motivation to people who want to lose weight and get healthier. Overall, the photographer and the author use the use of appeal in different way to send the same messages.

Works Cited

http://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/22/1/1.full