Has reading Chew on This changed your mind about where to buy your food or the types of food you eat? Why or why not?
Remember that a complete blog will restate the questions, be a complete paragraph, and include details from the book and your life to support your opinion.
Chew on This
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Gastric Bypass at 16?!?!
Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson describe Sam Fabrikant's struggle with weight gain and his frightening experience with gastric bypass surgery at the age of sixteen. After reading about Sam's experience, do you think that gastric bypass surgery was the best option for him? What were Sam's alternatives? What should the age cutoff be for this type of surgery?
Who's to Blame?
Representatives of the fast food industry say that the responsibility for healthy choices lies with you. How much do you think lack of personal responsibility is a cause of the current obesity crisis? How much do you think that corporations are responsible? Why?
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Meat
If you were in charge of one of the biggest meatpacking companies, what would you do differently?
Has this book made you think twice about eating meat? eating fast food? Why or why not?
Has this book made you think twice about eating meat? eating fast food? Why or why not?
Monday, February 6, 2012
Stop the Pop!
Do you think that the National School Lunch Program is still able to fulfill its 1946 mission to "safeguard the health and wellbeing of the nation's children"? Why or why not?
Monday, January 30, 2012
Now check this out!!
Read this blog post about 10 weird and gross ingredients in processed food, and blog your reactions. Does this make you think twice about the food you eat?
http://cravingformyfate.tumblr.com/post/4536829733/10-weird-and-gross-ingredients-in-processed-food
http://cravingformyfate.tumblr.com/post/4536829733/10-weird-and-gross-ingredients-in-processed-food
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