Both “America’s War on the Overweight,” by Kate Dailey and Abby Ellin and “The Cooking Animal,” by Michael Pollan discuss obesity in America. Dailey and Ellin collaborated on their essay titled, “America’s War on the Overweight.” This article traces the impact of America’s fat bias and was published in Newsweek, August 25, 2009. Michael Pollan, a regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine since 1987, and author of many books related to eating culture, examines the reasons behind the increase in obesity in an excerpt from his book, “Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch.” While both essays shed great insight on obesity, Michael Pollan’s essay is more convincing because of his logical approach, as well as his reliance on experts, while Kate Dailey and Abby Ellin’s essay exposes a fat bias through pathos, but offers no solution. Michael Pollan, in “The Cooking Animal,” builds a logical case for his convictions by tracing cooking with the evolution of man. He offers a vigorous defense using factual and relevant details to support his contention that man’s relationship with food distinguishes him from animals and demonstrates cultural development. The reader follows along with the logical development and progress of mankind. His next key point speaks of the repetitive important advancement. He states that “cooking gave us not just the meal, but also the occasion” (Pollan 582). This statement demonstrates that eating became a social activity, a cultural advancement that clearly separated man from beast. Pollan steadily builds his case on the shoulders of giants from the fields of anthropology and economics. His reliance on experts, ranging from Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham to Harvard economist David Cutler, quickly builds and gives credence to the rise and fall of cooking in America. In addition, he alludes to Wrangham’s book Catching Fire, which not only traces the history of co