Possible topics for third writting assignment:
-Profits v. Public Safety
- Obesity Rise dut to Corporate InfluenceProfits v. public safety
-food pyramid has changed; geared towards industrial gains. Omitting what we should eat ‘occationally’ from the food pyramid and replacing it with more consumer responsibility.
- Government did not fund for the new nutritional guidelines- big industries did:
The food industry. McDonald�s, General Mills, Philip Morris/Altria�s Kraft Foods, and other food titans barely waited for the ink to dry on the new guidelines before volunteering their own PR machines to �raise awareness.� The Grocery Manufacturers of America�with members like Cargill and Philip Morris/Altria�also jumped in, offering to distribute posters and guides to reach 4 million kids. America�s obesity epidemic is now the nation�s second leading cause of preventable deaths.
-Food Globalization
http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/8/0/3/9/p180397_index.html
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=decline+in+nutrition%2C+food+globalization&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/25a/007.html
How does globalization affect us as Americans? How does globalization affect
the food we eat, the communities where we live, and our quality of life?
-BSE-infected meat and hazardous chemicals are creating new health threats for consumers even in affluent countries.
- It is increasing chemical use, through conventional methods as well as genetic engineering. It is increasing transport and 'food miles', and fuelling food insecurity through climate change. It is promoting the mining of water and soil fertility by putting profitability above sustainability. It is giving primacy to trade and undermining domestic production.
- While the globalization of the food and agricultural systems has produced some benefits, such as increased varieties of foods available to consumers and new markets for producers, there are also concerns about the impacts of this ?food globalization?, including the effects that it has on local farmer livelihoods, the environment, food safety, and consumer sovereignty.
-The products we buy are not meeting health standards.
-Overuse of land leads to decreased nutrition in food.
How does corporate influence over the food industry affect our health? our diets?
Are the foods we eat less nutritious because of corporate controll over agriculture?
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