Writing Homework Help
DAV Public School Issue of Childhood Obesity Discussion
Part 1: Select one of the following 4 articles below and describe their main “take away messages” in one or two meaningful paragraphs.
Post one or more thoughtful question(s) to one or more of your peers’ posts.
Fully and thoughtfully respond to one or more questions from your peers.
Your choice of one article from the following four articles:
- “Child Obesity an Exploding Nightmare in Developing World”. January 2016. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-01-child-obesit…
- “The Truth About Fats: The Good, The bad, and The In-Between”. Harvard Medical School. August 2018. https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-truth-about-fats-bad-and-good (Links to an external site.)
- Food Politics. Robert Paarlberg. 2012. Chapter 2, “Food Production and Population Growth” (pages 9-17); Chapter 4, “The Politics of Chronic Hunger and Famines”, (pages 41-47). This is from one of your two class books.
- Food Politics. Robert Paarlberg. 2012. Chapter 7, “The Politics of Obesity”, (pages 81-97)
Part 2: Take a photo of 2 food labels, embed it into your discussion post, and answer the following questions.
Which words did you find confusing or did not know?
What was the most important part of the label for you?
What regulatory changes re food labels would you like to see enacted in order to allow consumers make better informed decisions on food purchases?
