...In America, more than one-third of the food produced goes to waste every year, with most of it ending up in the environment. The food waste is equal to 320,000 jumbo jets worth of food thrown into our environment every year (Cicatiello, 101). Recycling, reusing and reducing wasted food and creation of infrastructures that support these actions through the supply chain can help in feeding the Americans who are food insecure approximated to be 49 million (Cicatiello, 101). Decrease in agricultural stress on the surroundings, and increase in business efficiencies for those either producing or selling food. This essay shows areas in food supply chain where food wasting can occur and economic and environmental effect of wasted food, and the occasions when registered dietitian and nutritionists can assist reduce food wastage in an infrastructure where we have consumer and...
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...“Even if we took all the food produced in 2009 and distributed it evenly amongst the global population, the world will still need to produce 974 more calories per person per day by 2050,” (2014 Map of the Meal Gap). Unsustainable food supplies are a big deal here in the United States. Because of unsustainable food supplies, the food gap continually increases everywhere in the U.S. However, if more people in America tried to create a more sustainable food supply, it should help decrease every state's food gap. People everywhere in the United States are not getting fed because of the nation’s food gap. Even though no one said the solution to the problem would be easy, but sustaining food supplies might be the answer. “Figuring out how to feed all these people—while also advancing rural development, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and protecting valuable ecosystems—is one of the greatest challenges of our era,” (Ranganathan, Janet). Closing the gap by sustaining food supplies are going to take everyone to help. Some...
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...Junk Food In the essay “How Science Supports Junk Food Addiction,” the author, Cynthia Andrzejczyk, explains junk food companies’ efforts to perfect the taste of their foods and create an addiction for their products. In 1999, a meeting between the biggest junk food companies took place to discuss the problem of obesity in America. Despite the severity of the problem, Stephen Sanger, the CEO of General Mills, stated that his companies worry “was not about good nutrition; it was about what tasted good” (qtd. In Andrzejczyk 375). This statement ended all efforts to make food healthier. When it comes to taste, junk food companies have it down to a science. Junk food companies have hired specialists to increase the desirability of certain foods. One of these specialists is Howard Moscowitz, a Harvard graduate with a degree in Experimental Psychology (Andrzejczyk 375). Moscowitz’s main goal is getting certain foods to their maximum “optimization” and “bliss point”” (Andrzejczyk 375). The “bliss point” of a food is the best version of itself. This bliss point is normally the culprit for fast food addiction. It gets you to the point where you need to eat more because it tastes so good. Potato chips are deemed as the “perfect junk food” (Andrzejczyk 375 . However one of the biggest issues, associated with potato chips, was people deemed them unhealthy. In 1957, potato chip sales were dropping off. Ernest Dichter, a psychologist, found that the reason for this drop off was that...
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...Food Poverty in America What is causing America’s obesity epidemic? Why is it so difficult for the majority of people in the U.S.A to eat healthy diets? Compare America to almost any other country and it is painfully clear that we have an overabundance of food: Americans eat 815 billion calories of food each day and throw out 200,000 tons of it daily (“Consumption”). However, it is commonly thought that people should have the self-control and knowledge necessary to winnow through the plenty and make good choices. Nutritional facts are readily available and no one could possibly think fast-food is good for them, could they? And yet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that 34.9% of all Americans are clinically obese and that...
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...Sugar, one of the deadliest foods in America today. Why is it dangerous all of a sudden? Well, we are eating too much of it and it’s giving us all sorts of health issues and diseases, unhealthy diseases. Sugar is unhealthy because we can get obesity, heart disease, and early death. Obesity is taking over our bodies.. 1 out of 3 Americans today are Obese. But, in 2012 74% of Americans were Obese. More than two thirds (68.8%) Of adults are considered to be overweight or obese. More than one third (35.7%) of adults are considered to be Obese. More than 1 of 20 (6.3%) have extreme obesity. Almost 3 out of 4 men in America (74%) are considered to be overweight or Obese. Heart Disease is another problem we face in America. Heart Disease is actually a small portion of our heart infected. If we didn’t notice the signs or go see a doctor right away, it would possibly be too late. There were 39.5% of America diagnosed with Heart disease. In the 1960’s it was not common for Americans to die of heart attack in their 50 or 60’s. In the U.S, death rate for heart disease rose steadily in the 20th century, but then a peak formed in 1968....
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...proud and boastful as America, their citizens still face food insecurity, where people are without reliable access to an adequate amount of affordable, nourishing food. Food insecurity is shown predominantly in minorities and Although many believe that several go hungry due to overpopulation and underproduction, it is a neoliberal, untrue attempt to justify hunger and structural barriers in America. Studies show that food insecurity is not distributed equally but is shown more in racial minorities. African American and Hispanic groups are more susceptible to food insecurity because of “economic and social disadvantages” (Nam, Huang, Heflin, & Sherraden). Disadvantages are already in place for people of color, including racism and poverty. Unfortunately, food insecurity comes hand in hand with poverty. The cycle of poverty makes it hard for upward mobility,...
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...in America say they don’t get enough money to eat the way they want to eat. Estimates show 49 million Americans make food decisions based on cost,” (Gustafson). There are many people in the world that don’t get enough food in the world and a lot of families can’t pay for the food for their families. Parents are unable to put healthy food on the table because they don’t get enough money since the fruit and vegetable prices have increased. Some parents don’t get much money from their jobs to pay for food. Parents are unable to put food on the table nationally. Some kids can’t eat since the food isn’t healthy. “The updated food pyramid, now called “MyPlate,” encourages higher consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, which are typically more expensive than processed foods,” (Gustafson). If you were to buy healthy food it would be more expensive than to buy unhealthy food. “Purchasing food items that provide important nutrients like potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin D and calcium, could add up to $380 annually to consumers’ grocery bills,” (Gustafson). This sentence explains how much it would or could cost to buy healthy groceries for most families. Lots of families...
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...A food gap is widening of space between two groups of people in the world. In American the food gap is between the rich and poor how high quality of food cost. The rich are getting richer and poor are getting poorer in food habits. In a food gap it is expense for poor people to buy healthy food for their family. In America the cost of food and income of the family had an impact on who can buy health food. Americans should eliminate the regular consumption of fast food because the fast food diet leads to preventable and expensive health issues, such as diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. In America, there are many fast food restaurants are many people go there because they are too lazy cook. Many people state they go to a fast food restaurant...
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...Food pantries greatly serve to those in need, but their contributions to the famished are questionable. Hunger has always been an issue. Not only in the U.S but also worldwide. Ever since the world’s first food pantry, great amounts of people have expressed their concerns about the validity and value of them. Getting political acceptance from the left and right, the idea of having a low income and access to food through an organization is fine, right? This is where the catch of it all initiates. There is a reason why countries like Canada and the U.K determine food pantries as a public policy, and not as a means of helping those who suffer from lack of food. It is because most food pantries in those countries are ubiquitous and only required...
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...has an immense food waste problem, about fifty percent of all produce in the United States is thrown away and some sixty million tons every day. Almost all of the uneaten food from grocery stores, businesses and restaurants go to landfills, even though a large percentage of the food is edible and unexpired. Americans and businesses waste a great deal of food due to strict standards for food appearance, and the inconsistent food labeling system. If the federal government implements laws on the food labeling system, and educate the public about when food expires, food waste can dramatically decrease. Food that gets spilled or spoiled before reaching its final product or retail stage is called food loss. The U.S is wasting...
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...Out of all the food produced in America, we let up to 40 percent of it go to waste and a big part of that problem is the stores selling it. Grocery stores throw out an outrageous amount of edible food each year that fills our landfills instead of hungry bellies, wastes resources used for harvesting and transporting food, and wastes retailers’ money. There are ways retailers can reduce food waste and wasting of resources by donating food, composting, and marking down foods not up to standards. Most food you see in the supermarket does end up being purchased but a large amount of that food is actually thrown out. NRDC author Dana Gunders states, “In-store food losses in the United States totaled an estimated 43 billion pounds in 2008, equivalent to 10 percent of the total food supply at the retail level” (Gunders, pg. 10). So what are some of the reasons all this food goes to waste? Supermarkets keep such high food standards for their consumers resulting in unnecessary food waste such as a whole carton of eggs being thrown away simply because one is cracked or a bag of oranges being tossed because one orange had a spot on it. Customers often buy produce from stores that they know have high quality foods. Retailers can attract more people to buy these foods if they look appealing so they must be the same size, shape, and color. Retailers must also order enough food so they don’t...
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...While some health trends, like eating more whole foods, are worth the effort, others are more hype than fact-based. This is something to consider when deciding to make a change in and/or about your diet. There are many types of food trends and fads, not only including weight loss or diets. Recent interest (especially in North America) in health foods such as quinoa, Kombucha, and almond milk, have all caused many scientists to really try to understand these products. When determining whether these health food products should be included as a part of a healthy diet, we need to understand nutritional value. The nutritional value of food defines what a food is made of and its' impact on the body. Because of disease and weight control, it's particularly...
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...HON 410 Professor Yesudas Choondassery February 22, 2013 Our Future: What Fast Food is Taking From Us We as Americans are facing quite an epidemic when it comes to health. It is not as though the nation was stricken with some sort of plague or fell victim to some conspiracy. Unfortunately, the cause of our issues is much more in our control than I think we would care to admit. Our health is depleting at large numbers all because of our diet. The rates of heart related issues, blood pressure and diabetes are at astounding numbers. These medical concerns are costing the country billions of dollars in healthcare. Why and when did our health begin to plummet? Over past decades America’s love for junk and fast food is the culprit behind this country having one of the unhealthiest populations any continent has to offer. This fascination of fast food had to start somewhere. Not only that but so did awareness that this particular industry may single handedly be responsible for obesity in this country. There are few topics actually that will help to understand this phenomenon a little further beyond the awareness of fast food. There was legislation that was passed that was supposed to help Americans understand what they are consuming on a daily basis. We learn this is only as helpful as one is able to translate the information. Many people are lost when it comes to nutritional food labels and what the numbers mean when it comes to their personal diet and intake. People...
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...Recently two close friends went on a week long cruise. They of course mentioned the fun in the sun, but all they really could talk about was the food.”We lived like hobbits for a week… Breakfast, second breakfast, Elevenses, Luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, and of course supper.” They expressed how sick of eating they were, but they didn't stop. Why? Well, why not? Why would you pass up food on every level of a cruise ship? Or 24 hour room service? It is clear two teenage girls are never going to finish all of the food they are presented. No human is capable of eating that amount of food.So why do we use time resources and energy to produce large portions of food just to dump every wasted plate down the garbage chute? Americans struggle immensely with food waste, and it’s not just food. When you think of all the food being wasted don’t think so shallow; someone's unfinished plate being dumped into the trash. Think resources, time, energy, and the obvious-- food. Consumers have more to think about when it comes to the waste they cause when they are dealing with our food sources. Think of a that apple that you put on your plate, and later decided you didn’t want so you tossed it. You didn’t just waste an apple. You wasted soil. You wasted a seed. You wasted...
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...In “How Junk Food Can End Obesity,” by David H. Freedman, Freedman discusses how fast food restaurants and junk food companies can end obesity in America. Fast food chains provide cheap, quick, and tasty meal and are lined on just about every major street in America. Because of this it has become the most popular food choice for most people. A side effect of this convenience is the growing obesity rate in America. Obesity has been a concern for our society so much so that, that even fast food chains have made small incremental changes to helps its consumers without them even knowing. Despite the common notion of eating fast food can make you obese, Freedman provides the evidence to support the fact that fast food chains can continue doing what they are doing to help end obesity in America. Freedman first discusses how he paid approximately eight dollars and waited ten minutes until he received a subpar fruit and vegetable smoothie. He then went...
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