What’s Wrong with What We Eat?

According to the speaker, what happened to home cooking when women entered the workforce?

Experts concerned with disease reduction advise people eat how much meat per week? How much do we actually eat?

Do you agree that Americans eat too much meat? Why or why not?



Ann Cooper Talks School Lunches

How does Ann Cooper directly relate nutrition and the food that we eat to our personal health and disease prevention?

According to Ann Cooper, what specific diseases and health issues are directly caused by poor nutrition and food choices? Do you personally know anyone or have experience with any of the diseases discussed in the video?

How do public health policies and government regulations influence the food that we eat as a nation? What does Cooper mean when she says that the government ’commodifies’ food?

What does Cooper mean when she says “…non-nutrient foods are really, really cheap which is why I say it’s a social justice issue.” (7:50 in video)

How might having cooking and gardening classes in schools change the relationship that students have with food, and therefore change their overall health?

The nutritional changes that Ann Cooper has made in the Berkeley School District are significant. Do you believe that these changes are possible nationwide? Would you want changes like having a salad bar or gardening and cooking classes at your school?

Go to minute 12:00 in the video and pause it. Examine the Healthy Meal Wheel that Ann Cooper created. How does your diet compare to her suggested daily nutrition? Where do you need to make improvements to your diet based on her Meal Wheel? How does the food service industry promote or negate this food wheel?

In your community, what do you think could be done to improve not only the nutrition of the students, but the nutritional health of your community as a whole? How could the food service industry play a role in these improvements?

How would improving the nutritional health of an entire community impact the overall physical, emotional, and financial health of that community?

(i could only get one video link to the question. )
https://www.ted.com/talks/ann_cooper_what_s_wrong_with_school_lunches