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Fast Food: Who’s to Blame?

This survey dives into the articles "Portion Distortion" and "If You Pitch It, They Will Eat" to analyze the authors' positions on responsibility for America's growing weight problem. It also examines the similarities and differences between the articles and letters to the editor.

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Fast Food: Who’s to Blame?

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  1. Fast Food: Who’s to Blame?

  2. SOCRATIC SEMINAR • Who’s at fault for America’s growing weight problem?

  3. Surveying the Text • What do the titles “Portion Distortion” and Barboza’s “If You Pitch It, They Will Eat” tell you about the author’s position on who is responsible for America’s growing weight problem? • What do you think is the purpose of these articles? • “Portion Distortion” was published in The Sacramento Bee, and “If You Pitch It” was published in The New York Times. What similarities do you think the articles might have? What differences do you think they will be equally reliable? • What else can you tell about the articles just by looking at them?

  4. On the basis of the title of his article, what do you think Weintraub’s position will be? In what ways do you think his article will be similar to those of Brownlee and Barboza? In what ways do you think it will be different? What do you think his purpose is? • On the basis of the title of his article, what do you think Zinczenko’s position will be? Which of the authors do you think he might agree with?

  5. What do you expect is the purpose of the letters to the editor written in response to Zinczenko? How will they be different from Zinczenko’s article? • What can you tell about the letters just by looking at them?

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