Eric Schlosser - Fat Food Nation Eric Schlosser begins "Global Realization" with a visit to Plauen, which he writes, "has been alternately punished, rewarded, devastated, and transformed by the great unifying system of the twentieth century... Plauen has been a battlefield for these competing ideologies, with their proudly displayed and archetypal symbols: the smokestack, the swastika, the hammer and sickle, the golden arches. " What are the "competeing ideologies" to which Schlosser refers? What do the "archetypal symbols" he mentions represent? Each person learns to develop their own distinct set of beliefs based on the fact that they have their own subjective reality.
In the article “Fat Acceptance : A Basic Primer” by Cynara Geissler published in Gee Magazine 2010, she takes on the popular culture around fatness negativity into which she had herself become immersed and eventually emancipated from it. She advocates for a perspective which is centred on the Fat Acceptance Movement ideology: that ones self images and locus of attention and motivation ought not to be ones body size but rather other aspirational ideas. Geissler in building her argument reviews elements of popular culture which she finds contrary, and she does to through a review of the critics of the Fat Acceptance movement and relating her personal struggle with fat. In particular she questions the nexus between ‘shame and motivation’ and
CJC 1295 For Fat Loss and See Fast Results Unhealthy eating habits and lack of exercise cause the body to create fat. Stress and lack of sleep can destabilize the endocrine system, causing the body to store more fat. Eventually, you find that you have gained weight. You decide to lose the weight through fat loss.
Food industries throughout the globe including Canada initially resisted the call to remove trans fats from the food supply citing increased costs in production, reformulation difficulties and reduced food product quality.7 At one point Canada had the highest levels of trans fat consumption in the world attributed to high intake of processed foods containing trans fat used as a cheap preservative - a food systems trend made popular in the 1980s era reliance on ready-to-eat meals and minimal preparation food products.140 Canada has since seen huge reductions in trans-fat within the food supply.7, 141 Various levels of Canadian government recognized the public health nutrition issue and took action. In the province of British Columbia, the government regulated trans-fat in the restaurant and food service sector by establishing strict thresholds limits.7 At the federal level, The Trans Fat Task Force was formed in early 2005, a direct result of an opposition motion in Parliament, calling for the establishment of a collaborative stakeholder task force.142 The motion passed in November 2004 and designated Health Canada and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, a NGO, as task force co-chairs with a mandate to develop recommendations and strategies "to effectively eliminate or reduce processed trans fats in Canadian foods to the
Fat acceptance: A basic primer Critique essay Cynara Geissler’s article “Fat Acceptance: A Basic Primer” was first published in Geez Magazine in 2013. Geissler addresses a lot of issues about fat acceptance and how it is affecting our society and people’s attitudes towards over-weight people. One of the reasons why Geissler thinks that is because many health industries now days have a slogan “Thinner is better” and that makes over-weight people seem lazy or just not willing to put the effort to become better. Most importantly Geissler mentions that health industries and causing people to make a negative attitude towards overweight people which can be seen.
Obesity is a prevalent issue within the United States. “According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) (2009-2010), approximately 69% of adults are overweight or obese, with more than 78 million adult Americans considered obese”. Today’s society is inundated with a firestorm of information regarding the types of foods that are healthy and will decrease obesity. The most prominent voices in today’s food culture, primarily the wholesome-food movement, believe eating unprocessed food is the only way to live long, healthy lives free of obesity. However, journalist David H. Freedman argues that individuals should not fall prey to these false misconceptions.
In the easy by Freedman “How Junk Food Can End Obesity” he really explains how fast food industry is trying very hard to make their products healthier by cutting down the calories; putting less fat in to the products, making the size of the products smaller. Freedman also talks about how wholesome foods can be unhealthy for us and he gives us examples by telling us how the sellers get the public to buy there products by saying its healthy and it has no fat it in but what the people don’t know is that the less fat products or no fat products have a lot more sugar in it to make the product taste better because it has no fat in it. I learned a lot form Freedman, he made me understand more about how to eat. I am an athletic person so I really
“Fat Is Not A Fairy Tale” is a lyric poem by Jane Yolen. A poem that criticized princesses that are “Anorexic and wasp-waisted.” It makes it seem like there will never be a princess who would be fat. Yolen tries to address to adolescents that they should not view themselves as anything less because they are not as perfect as princesses. She portrays this by altering the classic name of various fairy tales.
“Michael Pollan’s ‘ The Consumer- A Republic of Fat analysis” Michael Pollan is an established writer who has, in fact, won many awards. He has written several books, including The Omnivore’s Dilemma (2006), as well as, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (2008).
“Definition of a trans fatty acid: (noun) an unsaturated fatty acid of a type occurring in margarines and manufactured cooking oils as a result of the hydrogenation process, having a trans arrangement of the carbon atoms adjacent to its double bonds. Consumption of such acids is thought to increase the chance of health risks.” Although certain fats are considered be part of people’s health, there are certain types of fats that should be closely assessed and ignored out of our diets. One of which has drawn an array of controversial issues is trans-fats. Trans-fats can be mostly found in many food sources such as vegetable oil, crackers, cookies and margarine.
Spatial Cognition in Adult and Aged Mice exposed to High-Fat Diet Cognitive: defined as relating to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes; the act of process of knowing. The research article, “Spatial Cognition in Adult and Aged Mice Exposed to High-Fat Diet” is a lesson in the on-going study of cognitive functions related to high fat diets (HFD). The study explored the impact on cognitive deficits of a HFD in adult versus aged mice. After feeding the mice high fat diets for three months prior to, and during, the testing the results were that adult mice (5 months old) and aged mice (15 months old) reacted differently to the high fat diet. Adult mice were more
How Junk Food Can End Obesity Society has being trying to solve the problem for obesity and has yet to find a solution. David H. Freedman found a solution to this problem and as crazy as it may say sound, his answer is Junk Food. Healthy foods and drinks can be expensive and frankly don't taste the best, so the question arises why do people consume them? The answer is easy, people want to consume things that are labeled as healthy because it looks pretty good holding a healthy snack or drink. When people look good they feel pretty good about themselves.
Perinatal death, especially one that is sudden, is an emotionally traumatic experience for everyone involved and should not be taken lightly. The perinatal period is defined as the period that commences after 22 completed weeks of gestation, which ends seven completed days after birth. Perinatal death is also known as stillbirth, and globally, more than 2 million stillbirths occur each year 12. One cause of perinatal death is meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS). Meconium, known colloquially as ‘the first stool of the newborn’, is a viscous, dark-green substance consisting of intestinal epithelial cells, lanugo, mucous, and intestinal secretions.
Included among these fats are peanut oil, canola oil, and olive oil. Polyunsaturated fats include some fats from vegetable sources, as well as fats derived from fish. Among polyunsaturated fats are safflower and corn oils. These provide Omega-6 fats. We get Omega-3 fats from fish
Obesity Proposal Obesity is a major problem in the United States. With the rates on obesity constantly rising we have to come up with a way to solve the problem somehow. Fortunately, there are some way that we can help and that includes helping the youth understand obesity, encouraging restaurants to improve their menus and nutrition facts and opening space for citizens so they can become fit and active. One of the main issues as to why America is obese is because of all the opportunities they have available to them.
