In the Reading Textbook, we find two articles describing obesity. Despite the fact that these two articles are both from newspapers and both regarding obesity, there is a difference in their focus and the types of data used. While the first article looks at causes, the second one is more about treatments.
The first article reports a scientific study of the number of obese and overwieght children in a specific school, and it also gathered data on the amount of physical activity and level and type of food intake. The study found that obesity occurred in 7.4% of the sample and that, of all the children, only 19% had daily physical activity. The survey also showed that 46% of the sample visited fast food restaurants once or twice a week. The article doesn't have any data that actually shows cause and effect, but it speculates that the lack of activity and fatty foods are major causes of weight gain. This seems fairly obvious.
In contrast, the second article is an unscientific description of one particular "fat farm" in China and how it is treating obesity. The information is mostly anecdotal, coming from interviews with the director and a number of patients. They say that the farm uses an alternative holistic treatment. Specifically, they use accupuncture, a special diet, and exercise along with education. Although the institute claim to be alternative, many of the treatments appear to be quite standard.
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hello,Brett,
This is a really good compare and contrast example article. But as you even taught us in a former class, can we write articles basing on the "misleading" point?
If doing that, I think comparation should focus on the similarity- misleading.Then I feel lack of information, could you please teach me how to organize this kind of article.
Thanks!
Sure, come to my office after class, and I'll be happy to work through it with you.
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