Your Way.... Final Thoughts

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.

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?

What has been the most shocking thing you have learned from reading Chew on This up to this point?  Have you told other people what you have been learning?  Has it made you think twice about the food that you eat and where it came from?  Has it affected your life in any other ways?

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?

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?

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

The Secret of the Fries

Were you surprised to learn what's in the red food dye that goes into many fast food strawberry shakes? Or to find out what flavoring goes into the french fries? What do you think about the fact that a lot of the flavors in your fast food come from chemical factories along the New Jersey turnpike? Could our food be made in any other way?

After killing thousands at a time, the dried insects are boiled to produce a liquid solution that can be turned to a dye using a variety of treatments. Some people worry that the coloring — often called carmine or carminic acid — could be listed as a “natural color,” disguising the fact that there are bugs in the product.

McJobs

Do you think McJobs are good or bad for teenagers today? Would you work at a McJob while going to school?

Be sure to restate the questions in your answer, write in complete sentences, discuss the pros and cons of having a McJob, and include details from the book!

The Youngster Business

What do you think about the ways that the fast food industry does research and markets their products to children? Back up your opinion with details from the book.

Now THAT is a big burger!!

This hamburg weighs 8,266 pounds! It was made in Hamburger Charlie's hometown of Seymour, Wisconsin. You can also visit the Hamburger Hall of Fame if you visit Seymour. I found this picture on a website that told me a little more about the hamburg. You can visit the website by clicking here.

Hamburger Charlie

Do you think Hamburger Charlie had any idea how popular the hamburger would become?  After reading this chapter, why do you think the hamburger became America's most popular sandwich?

What's in a Name?

Why do you think the authors chose the title Chew on This for this book?  What can this expression mean?