In David Freedman’s article, “How Junk Food Can End Obesity” he aims to demonstrate how media and influencers who consume “healthy” food have decreased good nutrition, rather than bringing it up. With Freedman’s audience, typically old and wealthy men, reading The Atlantic magazine, he goes through a process of steps to help support his writing. These steps are shown throughout, proving evidence by comparing and contrasting healthy and junk food, and showing how many claims may not always be followed up. When arguing his case, he shows how many people believe that processed and junk food cause obesity, but in reality, lots of “healthy” foods have been found to have less nutrition, and more fat and calories than many processed foods. Due to his research, he …show more content…
After looking into a similar recipe online, he saw menus from the restaurants online stating that they only use healthy and natural sweeteners but in reality, their statement was proven to be false. Using his personal experiences, he expresses that false food advertisements such as the ones mentioned before are made for people to believe that what they are consuming is healthier and cheaper than others but in most cases, they are less healthy and more expensive than other food items. To Freedman, this is not right and he continues to share his experiences and ways to avoid false advertising. Freedman’s article is without a doubt safe to say that he fully got his point across that junk food can be the savior of good nutrition, and he uses his examples, advertisements, and personal experience to back up his reasoning. By including examples, he gives the reader relatable and reliable reasons as to why junk food is not as bad as it