kishan, did you talk to your brother about the documentary? Also, I think we should run this idea by Dr.Fagan to get her insight. I know we're all researching on the topic but I def think we should split up sections. Can you guys meet next week?
So, how do we run it by Dr. Fagan. I think the documentary is a good idea because if the younger kids do not even have a conception of what obesity or being overweight is, they don't see a problem with the status quo. Thus, they will not want to change.
Define Obesity - Statistics - Possible causes of obesity - Accessibility to Fast Food - Parental Discretion/Lack of Discipline - Investments in commercials - Why is it mainly inflicting developed nations? (Specifically US) - Cost of food - Portions served - Compare to other countries - Lack of physical education - What are we feeding our kids in school?
Our presentation is supposed to consist of documentary and a clip of Supersize me, possibly edited to get a point across
Since this is legislative bill, we need to come up with something that attacks a specific area of obesity. I would begin with school because kids spend most of their time in school, where they pick up everything including eating habits.
This is all for now. Check these out. This week wouldn't be too good to meet for me because I have an exam and a lab report. But we can continue to chat via this blog.
Here is a bill that was being implemented in 2004 for obesity prevention plans, which includes increased physical activities, as well as the actual legislative bill. http://www.state.nj.us/health/fhs/documents/obesity_prevention.pdf
Might any of you be interested in signing up for research credits in the spring to study obesity; either by doing surveys, library work, or animal (rat) experiments? The course is Research in Animal Science 11 067 495, index 61014 - up to 6 credits (3hwork/week/ credit h). Let me know. I can supply you with a special permission #.
Keep me informed via this blog site where you want to go with the project. Looking up legislation, proposed bills in the various states is a good start. There are also lots of groups promoting healthy lifestyle
i found this great website dealing with local obesity problem...robert wood johnson had just donated 20 million dollars to fix the school health program. Also this website tells us why the obesity policies are failing in America. Here is the website: http://www.rwjf.org/programareas/programarea.jsp?pid=1138
Also when you have time, take a look at this. This website has links to documents dealing with different aspects of growing obesity. There are two good topics here that can help us: how neighborhoods are reducing obesity and how marketing is making us fat. http://www.rand.org/hot_topics/obesity.html
An article on the New York times discussing the current farm bill and how its failing. Heres an except from the article:
That’s because the current farm bill helps commodity farmers by cutting them a check based on how many bushels they can grow, rather than, say, by supporting prices and limiting production, as farm bills once did. The result? A food system awash in added sugars (derived from corn) and added fats (derived mainly from soy), as well as dirt-cheap meat and milk (derived from both). By comparison, the farm bill does almost nothing to support farmers growing fresh produce. A result of these policy choices is on stark display in your supermarket, where the real price of fruits and vegetables between 1985 and 2000 increased by nearly 40 percent while the real price of soft drinks (a k a liquid corn) declined by 23 percent. The reason the least healthful calories in the supermarket are the cheapest is that those are the ones the farm bill encourages farmers to grow.
The farm bill idea is really interesting ... how the government is supporting farmers not to grow produce. This practice should be stopped. Look up info on farm subsidies - maybe thru USDA... Great topic! Run with it!
guys we have to meet with dr. fagan on wednesday to talk about our topic. What time do you guys want to meet? I'm pretty flexible so let me know when =)
I just thought of something, we should ask the kids while making the documentary what their daily lunch menus at school consists of. After that we can do a break down (fat) of each item they talked about. Realate this to failing obesity policies in America.
Its not the amount of fat that is found in foods that is causing obesity in kids. It is the amount calories that they are consuming daily. They can consume just protein and carbohydrates, and become obese. The main problem associated with fat as a macronutrient is associated with heart disease and all that stuff due to plaque build up in the arteries. But asking kids about the lunch menu is a really good idea. Especially with not only the calorie content, but the amount of sodium used to preserve the food.
Another thing I think we should address is the transition from Obesity to BDD. Once obese people start seeing results in losing weight, they become obsessed with losing it to a point where they think they are fatter than they really are, and as a result if they have a "cheat meal" or eat something unhealthy, they end up becoming depressed thinking that they did something bad.
Here is my outline from class now that we have deviated a bit:
Farm Bill->Katie Couric's comment on why salad costs more than a cheeseburger->costs more to get healthier->focus on what these subsidies of farm bill are->more expensive to eat healthy so the poor are getting more obese
Farm Bill:
What it is?(fast food nation excerpt mentioning farm bill) Sucess Advocates of farm bill Consequences (bad nutrition, less variety, obesity mostly in the poor) Who is to blame? (society, farmers, government?) Ammending (Legislative bill focused on tweaking the current farm bill)
Comment on the blog what time is convenient for you guys on Monday night =)
Farm Bill I. Introduction a. What is it? i. Katie Couric’s Videos b. When was it implemented? c. What does it address? d. Who does it target? i. Society ii. Farmers iii. Government officials e. Advocates i. General Public ii. Beneficiaries of the government f. Status Quo
II. Consequences a. Nutrition-Related i. Clinical Relationships ii. Obesity iii. Invariant diets iv. Schools v. Restaurants 1. Subsidies affecting price b. International i. Other farmers ii. Export/imports
III. Reformation a. Success i. Have there been other amendments after 1930s b. Who is doing what? i. Is there anyone in particular to blame? c. Our suggestions for reformation IV. Legislative Bill
Hey guys I wanted to use this picture which is present in the pollan article...we can use it as our title slide...i already told vicki about this so I was thinking maybe we can title our presentation Our government fueling inadequacies THE FARM BILL
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kishan, did you talk to your brother about the documentary? Also, I think we should run this idea by Dr.Fagan to get her insight. I know we're all researching on the topic but I def think we should split up sections. Can you guys meet next week?
So, how do we run it by Dr. Fagan. I think the documentary is a good idea because if the younger kids do not even have a conception of what obesity or being overweight is, they don't see a problem with the status quo. Thus, they will not want to change.
Here is the outline that I had made in class.
Define Obesity
- Statistics
- Possible causes of obesity
- Accessibility to Fast Food
- Parental Discretion/Lack of
Discipline
- Investments in commercials
- Why is it mainly inflicting
developed nations? (Specifically
US)
- Cost of food
- Portions served
- Compare to other countries
- Lack of physical education
- What are we feeding our kids in
school?
Our presentation is supposed to consist of documentary and a clip of Supersize me, possibly edited to get a point across
Since this is legislative bill, we need to come up with something that attacks a specific area of obesity. I would begin with school because kids spend most of their time in school, where they pick up everything including eating habits.
Here are some websites
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20050503/obesity-report-card-for-states-released
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9801E4DA1530F93BA35752C0A9619C8B63
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=2c255f72-031b-4cb0-a652-5d4b41ae1c8c
http://www.volokh.com/posts/1168263085.shtml
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/08/news/obesity.php
http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/consumer/a/aathinner.htm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,113836,00.html
http://www.cfah.org/hbns/newsrelease/impact7-30-02.cfm
This is all for now. Check these out. This week wouldn't be too good to meet for me because I have an exam and a lab report. But we can continue to chat via this blog.
Here is a bill that was being implemented in 2004 for obesity prevention plans, which includes increased physical activities, as well as the actual legislative bill. http://www.state.nj.us/health/fhs/documents/obesity_prevention.pdf
Might any of you be interested in signing up for research credits in the spring to study obesity; either by doing surveys, library work, or animal (rat) experiments?
The course is Research in Animal Science 11 067 495, index 61014 - up to 6 credits (3hwork/week/ credit h). Let me know. I can supply you with a special permission #.
Keep me informed via this blog site where you want to go with the project. Looking up legislation, proposed bills in the various states is a good start. There are also lots of groups promoting healthy lifestyle
i found this great website dealing with local obesity problem...robert wood johnson had just donated 20 million dollars to fix the school health program. Also this website tells us why the obesity policies are failing in America. Here is the website:
http://www.rwjf.org/programareas/programarea.jsp?pid=1138
Also when you have time, take a look at this. This website has links to documents dealing with different aspects of growing obesity. There are two good topics here that can help us: how neighborhoods are reducing obesity and how marketing is making us fat. http://www.rand.org/hot_topics/obesity.html
An article on the New York times discussing the current farm bill and how its failing. Heres an except from the article:
That’s because the current farm bill helps commodity farmers by cutting them a check based on how many bushels they can grow, rather than, say, by supporting prices and limiting production, as farm bills once did. The result? A food system awash in added sugars (derived from corn) and added fats (derived mainly from soy), as well as dirt-cheap meat and milk (derived from both). By comparison, the farm bill does almost nothing to support farmers growing fresh produce. A result of these policy choices is on stark display in your supermarket, where the real price of fruits and vegetables between 1985 and 2000 increased by nearly 40 percent while the real price of soft drinks (a k a liquid corn) declined by 23 percent. The reason the least healthful calories in the supermarket are the cheapest is that those are the ones the farm bill encourages farmers to grow.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/magazine/22wwlnlede.t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin
The farm bill idea is really interesting ... how the government is supporting farmers not to grow produce. This practice should be stopped. Look up info on farm subsidies - maybe thru USDA... Great topic! Run with it!
guys we have to meet with dr. fagan on wednesday to talk about our topic. What time do you guys want to meet? I'm pretty flexible so let me know when =)
-Smita
I just thought of something, we should ask the kids while making the documentary what their daily lunch menus at school consists of. After that we can do a break down (fat) of each item they talked about. Realate this to failing obesity policies in America.
Its not the amount of fat that is found in foods that is causing obesity in kids. It is the amount calories that they are consuming daily. They can consume just protein and carbohydrates, and become obese. The main problem associated with fat as a macronutrient is associated with heart disease and all that stuff due to plaque build up in the arteries. But asking kids about the lunch menu is a really good idea. Especially with not only the calorie content, but the amount of sodium used to preserve the food.
Another thing I think we should address is the transition from Obesity to BDD. Once obese people start seeing results in losing weight, they become obsessed with losing it to a point where they think they are fatter than they really are, and as a result if they have a "cheat meal" or eat something unhealthy, they end up becoming depressed thinking that they did something bad.
Hey guys,
Here is my outline from class now that we have deviated a bit:
Farm Bill->Katie Couric's comment on why salad costs more than a cheeseburger->costs more to get healthier->focus on what these subsidies of farm bill are->more expensive to eat healthy so the poor are getting more obese
Farm Bill:
What it is?(fast food nation excerpt mentioning farm bill)
Sucess
Advocates of farm bill
Consequences (bad nutrition, less variety, obesity mostly in the poor)
Who is to blame? (society, farmers, government?)
Ammending (Legislative bill focused on tweaking the current farm bill)
Comment on the blog what time is convenient for you guys on Monday night =)
Here is the Outline for our topic:
Farm Bill
I. Introduction
a. What is it?
i. Katie Couric’s Videos
b. When was it implemented?
c. What does it address?
d. Who does it target?
i. Society
ii. Farmers
iii. Government officials
e. Advocates
i. General Public
ii. Beneficiaries of the government
f. Status Quo
II. Consequences
a. Nutrition-Related
i. Clinical Relationships
ii. Obesity
iii. Invariant diets
iv. Schools
v. Restaurants
1. Subsidies affecting price
b. International
i. Other farmers
ii. Export/imports
III. Reformation
a. Success
i. Have there been other amendments after 1930s
b. Who is doing what?
i. Is there anyone in particular to blame?
c. Our suggestions for reformation
IV. Legislative Bill
Hey guys I wanted to use this picture which is present in the pollan article...we can use it as our title slide...i already told vicki about this so I was thinking maybe we can title our presentation
Our government fueling inadequacies
THE FARM BILL
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