...Size Me, experimentation and interviews confirm Spurlock’s claim because of the interdependent relationship of the two methods. The two social science methods separately do not give sufficient support to validate Spurlock’s claim. If only one of the methods were used, the information gathered would be unsupportive or too broad for the audience to understand. The interviews alone would have only portrayed assumptions and not proof to back up his thesis. If Spurlock solely relied on the experiment, individuals could question the probability of the results happening again or to other people. Interviews are conducted with average Americans and experts to medically explain and prove how fast food meals contribute to the U.S. obesity epidemic. The experiment is used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the fast food industry’s influence to encourage poor nutrition, and to physically show the correlation between fast food and an unhealthy lifestyle. Both methods serve to validate one another because the responses from individuals supply the audience with data and information to better understand Spurlock’s experiment, while his personal experience provides data to support the information the interviewers give. Throughout the length of his experiment, experts are interviewed multiple times, which is crucial to reveal and explain the negative effects of fast food to the human body. As Spurlock prepares himself mentally, he sets appointments and interviews with a cardiologist, gastroenterologist...
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...government. More specifically, the government claims that they are trying to create a healthier America but really what have they done to accomplish this? They created programs such as MyPyramid and MyPlate, which are useful but without the complimenting foods, you can almost deem them useless. The point in which I am making accuses the government of making our diet into a business. The government suggests that we eat healthy and provide us with guides such as MyPlate, only for us to find that the foods that are most recommended also carry the highest price tag. This causes me to believe that the government may not have our health as their main priority. I find myself thinking this every time I make a trip to the grocery store. I am proposing that, we the residents of Lebanon County raise awareness of this to our local government authorities and from there it will become recognized nationwide. Solutions to this problem may include tax breaks for producers of healthy goods as well as tax breaks for those who are self-sufficient, people who live off the land so to speak, as well as other monetary incentives to promote a healthy diet. Currently, the main problem arises when “junk food” is heavily discounted when compared to “healthy food”. This is a serious problem, in my opinion this shows that the government looks at money more highly than the people that it governs. We, the residents of Lebanon, can be the start to the change of this type of ideology of the government and make them...
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...Assessment of Families with Heritage Assessment Tool Grand Canyon University September 2, 2014 Assessment of Families with Heritage Assessment Tool Each country has a different tradition, culture, customs and anindividual’scultural legacy plays a very important part in upgrading the health of that person. According to various sources, United States will observe an immense increase in mixture of cultures in the 21stcentury. Nurses should have a proper knowledge about the patient’s health who belonged to various cultures, and their social needs, in order to enrich their life’s value and the protection of health.Each patient will have different beliefs of their well-being and nurses should be able to recognize, evaluate and work with conventional health habits used by patients of all cultures A teaching method that endorse cultural skills can bedeveloped by educating nursing students about patients heritage evaluation and tradition (Toddmckee, 2012). The heritage assessment tool aids to differentiate various customs and culture of different societies. The main aim of this paper is to apply the heritage assessment tool to evaluate the requirements of a person and his health preservation, assertion, and renewal. In this paper, evaluation of three families, their family background, their culture and tradition is been discussed. Usefulness of Applying Heritage Assessment Tool The purpose of this Heritage Assessment tool is to provide awareness to students which will help them to understand...
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...The Future of Food Production The process that food consumed in America goes through to make its way to our mouths is like a Rube Goldberg contraption. The seemingly straightforward process of growing, raising, harvesting, and slaughtering goes on every day, completely hidden from consumers. Very few Americans are aware of the highly complicated, mechanized, and convoluted journey that any given bite of food takes from its origins in nature (or some manipulated approximation of it) to its destination on our plates. Although some people criticize the state of our food system, it is clear that it grew to be the international machine that it is because of demand. More than 300 million Americans want lots of food, meat especially, and they want it cheap. So like every other production process in this country, our food system has been industrialized to produce maximum food calories for the American people at minimum cost. This industrialization of our food system has allowed for population increase and higher standards of living. But there are significant problems with the industrial food system. Caught up in a drive to maximize production and profit, the industrial food system has grown to an unsustainable size. As food production has become increasingly industrialized, concern for the environment and the animals we eat has taken a backseat to expansion. Specialization, rather than integration, has become Forman 2 the hallmark of America’s farms. Rather...
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...Almost every day today it seems as there are multitude of ways processed foods are introduced to the average American throughout the day. One would have to sit down at their house all day without going on the internet or T.V. to not be introduce to any type of processed foods via advertisements or products itself. Stephanie Soechtig wrote and produced the documentary film Fed Up in 2014 detail the affects of how the high-processed foods that people consumed contribute more to obesity than the lack of exercise. One of the most prominent ideas in the documentary is that the powerful food industry puts personal interest and greed over the well-being of the Americans (especially the youth) by giving half-truths, lies, and denying the detrimental affects of processed foods....
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...Progress Administration interview almost 3000 former slaves from the south. These former slaves, were born in the last years of slavery or during the Civil War provides us with a look in their lives in their lives The narratives are a very positive travel in time. It gives us a glimpse of slaverys and makes us understand what slaves had to endure. The slave narratives use the actual voice of the slave and their believe in GOD. The first slave narrative that I will dissuss is Fountain Hughes from, Baltimore, Maryland. Hughes was 101 during this interview and was born a slave in 1848 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Fountain Hughes was grandfather was owned by Thomas Jefferson. Fountain Hughes were left poor and homeless after slavery and speaks about having to carry a pass to get from one place to another, his thoughts on soldiers and slave auctions. Hughes starts off his interview explaining why he believes people should never buy with credit. Hughes didn’t believe in owing money to creditors. Hughes’s states in his interview “I, nothing in the world worries me. I can sit here in this house at night, nobody can come and say, "Mr. Hughes, you owe me a quarter, you owe me a dollar, you owe me five cents." No you can't. I don't owe you nothing (Hughes, Library of Congress). Growing up as a slave restricted Hughes from a lot of the things that human beings take for granted. Hughes when on to explain what happened after he was free. Slaves were homeless, without food, jobs, and money....
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...Per 3 The famous Scottish saying "S mairg a ni tarcuis air biadh," "He who has contempt for food is a fool." describes the attitude of the food and cooking of Scotland. Scotland is geographically located in the continent of Europe occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britan. Scotland is the second largest country in the United Kingdom of Great Britan. Scotland is known around the world for its grade A whisky as well as being considered the homeland of the popular American sport of golf. Of all the wonderful contributions Scotland brings to the world, I am here to study the culture and importance of Scottish food. Scottish cuisine is very distinct and unique, usually based off of traditional foods. For example, a very simple Scottish traditional food is porridge. Porridge should be thick and wholesome not slimy like gruel. Porridge must be cooked with salt to get the right flavor. Those eating porridge outside Scotland have been known to cook it without salt and instead eat it with sugar or even syrup, which is a habit which would turn the stomach of any Scotsman. Scotch whisky (or simply "Scotch") is the best known Scottish drink. Scotch whisky is distilled from barley liquor and flavored with peat tainted water. There are two types of whiskey, Malt whiskey which is more expensive and comes from a single distillery, and Blended whiskey which is cheaper and more popular, comes from multiple distilleries. The national dish of Scotland is Haggis. Haggis is made...
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...Children and teens see all different kinds of fast food marketing strategies everywhere. From television ads, internet ads, cell phones, magazines and so many other ways it’s astonishing. Fast food restaurants make sure that they use toys that are popular at the time to market to children so that they will want to get the happy meal with the toy like a doll or an action figure. If a new movie is coming out then the fast food restaurants make sure they get the toys for that movie. They have both girls and boys toys. Fast food restaurants also like to use flashy ads to draw kids to want their food. Over 10 billion dollars are spent on advertising to children. Fast food places need to cut back on the advertising would be very beneficial. They know that children are a big influence on what their parent buy for food. On average children view over 40,000 commercials a year, which are mostly for candy, cereal, toys, and fast foods. A lot of the time parent will not object to the idea of getting something fast and easy so that they do not have to cook themselves. Interview with Shannon Brownlee According to Shannon Brownlee, who is a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, at Washington, D.C. that it is hard to really say that fast food places are encouraging unhealthy eating habits, because you have to know how people respond to the advertising. She says that it is very clear though that the amount of fast food which people are eating has gone up in the last 20...
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...served atop injera, a large sourdough flatbread made of teff flour. One does not eat with utensils, but instead uses injera to scoop up the entrées and side dishes. Character: Radiet is 16 years old and has come to the states to get a better education and to have a family. She has been brought up without a family. Her dream is to have a good education and to explore another country. She is looking for a cultural change and value dimension through the different cultures. Interviewer: My interviewer is Kathryn Sorrels. He wrote the intercultural communication book for our class. There is an interview so that he can see how Radiet interacts though both cultures. View of coming to America: Radiet has told me that coming to the states was a huge change for her. She said that everything was really huge even they people. The weirdest thing for was the rules in a household. The food...
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...In 2004 an impactful documentary, Super Size Me revolutionized the way American’s view on fast food. In the documentary, Morgan Spurlock uses himself as a credible source in convincing the viewers to believe The United States is the most obese country in the world due to bad diets and lack of exercise. From the onset, the film weighs on the audience’s pathos appeals. The opening sequence of the film is a group of kids singing multiple food chains’ theme songs. Many of the children singing appear to be overweight. The intended emotional response of the audience is to think it’s cute and funny. This is especially effective in Spurlock’s argument. It proves that fast food chains have begun marketing towards children. This shoots down his counterargument that the fast food companies are not at fault for weight gain. The audience inquires that the counterargument is wrong because they visually see these children being marketed towards and seeing the addictive qualities of the fast foods they are consuming. Spurlock suggests to the audience that the children don’t know any better so it is the fast food companies fault for the children’s weight....
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...Stupidity We’ll Have to Explain to Our Grandchildren (2006), is directed by filmmaker Carl Christman (2006) in which he takes a comedic viewpoint on American patriotism and consumerism. Christman’s (2006) main intent for this documentary expresses his opinions and thoughts in effect to how Americans react to France deciding not to assist the United States with the war against Iraq. These reactions include American protests, the decision to change the names of certain foods (i.e. French Fries was changed to Freedom Fries) made by the Republican U.S. Representatives, and other voluntary actions that indicate dissatisfaction with France. He utilizes many rhetorical tactics and strategies for the purpose of dissuading American...
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...Julia enrolled “ in a Los Angeles cooking school to prepare for married life, though she'd later admit her early forays in the kitchen were disastrous.” (juliachildfoundation.org, 2016) A couple of years later, Paul was given an assignment to report to a new post located in Paris, France. Once in Paris, Julia fell in love with French cuisine and then enrolled at Le Cordon Bleu to learn to cook the food she loved. In 1951, Julia graduated from cooking school after failing the initial exam she was able to retake and pass the exam on her second...
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...Cultural competence is defined as having “the attitudes, knowledge and skills necessary for providing quality care to diverse populations” (Black, 2014, p. 198). Healthcare professionals who have obtained cultural competency “are prepared to provide patient-centered care with a focus on the patient’s specific needs that are shaped by culture” (Black, 2014, p. 198). I had the opportunity to interview one of my friends, Nawfal Patel. Nawfal has grown up into the Muslim religion his entire life, and has family members that are in the healthcare profession. Having the chance to interview him was very interesting to me since I’m not entirely familiar with his religion. Nawfal educated me on his family’s culture and traditions, and how they are affected in the medical field....
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...the Economy” Nazli Kibria argues that age and gender tension in the Vietnamese immigrant/Vietnamese American family could be explained by the interaction of the patriarchal structure of the family and the new strategies employed by family to improve their socioeconomic position in the US. I personally agree with Kibria to a certain extent. Through my interviews of people I did find some tension because of patchworking. On the other hand I also found patchworking to be something that brought families and communities closer together. I also found that patchworking could also form family like bonds between people that are not related. When the Vietnamese first arrived in the United States they were amazed at the amount of economic freedom that was in the United States compared to Vietnam. They were especially amazed in the ability to engage in business activities freely something that they could not do in Communist Vietnam. Among the amazement was a sense of worry. In Vietnam a person could earn enough for everyone. “Here, people need more; everyone needs to get a TV, a car, a house. Here I work very hard and very long, and still I’m not sure, do I have enough money? Because there’s always something more I have to buy” (Kibria 74). In a sense when they were in Vietnam they had to worry about the communist, after escaping they now have to worry about money. Vietnamese Americans view on economic life in United States was uneasy. On one hand they liked the freedom and the justness...
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...through the labyrinth of my local grocery store, I cannot help but notice how things have changed. Metal carts overflowing with food and the once prevalent "market" section is now gleaming with the reflection of glass doors and the glow of brightly colored boxes, frozen meals ready for consumption. It was not always this way. I can still remember when I would travel to the store with my mother, help pick ripe fruit and vegetables for the family. This memory now clouded with the current sight of a child sitting in a cart grazing on fried potato crisps as his mother decides whether to buy the regular or the value sized bag. When did this change occur? When did we all of a sudden choose the premade package of "gourmet" frozen dinners rather than making a simple pasta dish for the family? With this abrupt change in our diets also came the inevitable change in portions provided by the grotesquely large food companies. And now with my home town of Chicago being ranked in the top ten most obese cities in America, it is time we discover where we went wrong. It is not new to us as Americans to see how our beloved country has gone from glorious to gluttonous. The amount of food that we consume has dramatically increased in the past thirty years and it is continuously on the rise. In reports by the U.S. Census Bureau, the per capita consumption of major food commodities has grown considerably. Since 1970, the amount of poultry consumed has risen from 40.8 pounds to 72.2 pounds per capita...
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