By: Laurie Tarkan
October 27, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/health/28kidn.html?ref=health
The main point of this article is pediatrics, urologists, and nephrologists are seeing a rise in their young patients. Kidney stones appear on children as young as 5 to 6 years old. They say there’s an increase of salt in children’s diet. They eat too much salty chips, french fries, sandwich meat, canned soups, packaging meals, and even sports drinks like Gatorade.
The lede of the article tells the main point, which is children at a very early age are developing kidney stones, and that signifies parents are feeding their children too much salty foods. The reader automatically thinks, “Wow, children can develop kidney stones in only 5 to 6 years. That is a really short time. They must really not be eating healthy at all. I should be careful with my children.”
Following the lede is more information about the situation and where the information is coming from. The article has quotes from the urologist surgeons and pediatricians. The article also gives an example of an 11-year-old girl, Tessa Cesario who developed kidney stones, because of a massive amount of junk food. It ended with the procedures that are being made to cure Cesario, and with a quote from the mother, “She drinks a ton more water.”
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Hey Maureen, I used your blog when I was absent to figure out what we're supposed to do for class because you're so diligent about posting regularly. Thanks for that! Also, I still have no idea what the final will be. Oy.
I like that you included in your analysis what your reaction as a reader was! It's probably what everyone else feels as well, and a writer always wants to know what his audience is feeling
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