http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/22/health/avoiding-sugary-drinks-improves-childrens-weight-in-2-studies.html?_r=1&hpw
On September 21, Roni Caryn Rabin wrote an article regarding how the consumption of sugared drinks can affect weight gain. The article started off with a shocking statement from the city health officials, who said supersized sugared drinks would be banned from now on. For many Americans, whose daily diet consists of a soft drink, or any sweet drink any time during the day, this new policy would probably have aroused many negative claims. The next sentence in the introductory paragraph supports the new policy, claiming that a decrease in such beverages can slow weight gain. The following paragraphs explain about the experiments taken (one group of children was given sugary drinks while the other was encouraged to avoid them for over a year) resulted in an average weight gain difference of approximatelly three pounds. The next part of the article provides analysis of the experiments, and different views from industry representatives disagreeing health researchers.
Rabin's purpose in this article was to inform and explain his audience, about the pros and cons people think about the new policy of banning supersized sugared drinks and the experiments' results. Using an unbiased view, Rabin wrote about both sides of what researchers thought. This tone was especially evident when Rabin did not forget to leave out the industry representatives' point of view regarding the situation, instead of only quoting health officials and the positive results. Thoughout the article, the author used statistics, specific results from the experiments, and quoted specific researchers, giving credibility to the article in general.
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