Fed Up Ethos

In the film Fed Up, directed by Stephanie Soechtig, the horrors of eating too much sugar is shown. The film shows four adolescents and teens stories of being overweight or obese. It shows how they try to change their eating habits, exercise more and still can lose weight. The film uses ethos by having doctors in the film, pathos by using children an example and logos by giving facts to illustrate the effects of sugar has a person's body and health. Fed up strongly suggest that America should reduce or stop eating food that have added sugar in it. I feel Fed Up was very effective to the audience, using equal support of ethos, pathos and logos. Soechtig used reasoning in the film Fed Up to display how too much sugar is extremely dangerous for one.. In the film, it is stated that the calories going in your body aren't the same as when you burn those calories. When …show more content…
As shown in the film, sugar fires up the same part as the brain as cocaine does. Parents are feeding their children that has the same effect as an illegal drug. Sugar is also eight time more addicting than a narcotic. Our children are actually addicted to sugar and feel they need it. Another way ethos is used is Dr. David Ludwig says there was no children with type two diabetes in the 1990s. By 2010, there was fifty-seven thousand children with type two diabetes. The doctor doesn't know the long-term effects of type two because no one has ever had it before their thirties until now. Lastly, in the film there are many doctors and authoritative people such as Dr. David Kessler, President Bill Clinton, and Dr. David Ludwig. Dr. Kessler being a pediatrician, Dr. Ludwig being an endocrinologist, and President Clinton being our 42nd president. People tend to believe someone with power such as doctors and presidents over an average