Rhetorical Analysis Of Could Yoga Be The Answer By Teresa Ann Power

Could Yoga Be The Answer is an article in which author Teresa Ann Power, a children's health and fitness specialist, explains how she believes the practice of yoga in children could be a solution for the obesity epidemic in America. In the article, Power explains the causes behind obesity, the effects of childhood obesity, and claims that yoga could be the answer to the problem of obesity. I believe Power excellently presents her point by correctly targeting her audience and appealing to the audience using the rhetorical strategies of logos and pathos. The article itself was published in the magazine USA Today by EBSCO Publishing. Teresa Power's intended audience can be assumed to be Americans with children by looking at the magazine it was published in, USA Today, and the subject matter, which is obesity in children in the United States. Power's intentions in choosing this particular audience was mostly likely because the article describes methods in which yoga may be easily implemented into American children's daily routine, and those children's parents are the ones that are most likely to add those changes into the children's routines. In regards to her use of logos, Power wonderfully structures her article and uses statistics and facts as evidence in backing up her argument. Power opens the article with a quote from former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona who …show more content…
Power then gives examples of basic yoga poses that can be done by the youngest of children. It is now that the article is wrapped up with Power explaining that yoga is becoming popular in education and concludes that "yoga for kids is one way we can fight childhood obesity at a national level and ensure the future health of our youth"(Power