Contents
BACKGROUND 2
Introduction 2
Factors Affecting Food Intake 4
Problem Statement 5
METHODOLOGY 6
DATA ANALYSIS 7
RESULTS 8
Social Characteristics 9
Food Consumed 9
Daily Meals 9
Nutritional Status 9
Energy Contribution Analysis 10
DISCUSSION 10
CONCLUSION 11
BACKGROUND
Introduction
According to Morawski (2008), sensible American says “you are what you eat” while the western traditions believes expresses that there exist mind set up controlling the body, stronger effects of a motive than the senses, and cultural influence over nature. In early age, food was never considered in philosophical thinking or scientific analysis (Morawski, 2008). To early people, food was a simple cooking practice, which highly differed from genuine subjects like science (Morawski, 2008). Food or taste was regarded not important.
However, as humanity is changing, humans are reshaping the way they define themselves. Consequently, today, people are defining their identity more from the food they consume other than past social responsibilities as they used to do generations ago (Morawski, 2008). For centuries now, food refinement is continuing to occur, which has inspired innovative researchers to engage in more refinement of food, which has led to the development of food science and technology to measure and the instrument nature of the food (Morawski, 2008).
As Food and Agriculture Organization (2004) state, as the world evolves, there occurs significant elimination of infectious diseases and decline in malnutrition. Since 1950s, the rate of malnutrition has been estimated to have declined by 50 percent. Currently, malnutrition is estimated to occupy 10 percent as pockets of malnutrition still subsist in the community, especia...
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In his essay “The American Paradox”, Michael Pollan illustrates his conclusion that Americans who focus on nutrition have a higher probability of decreasing their well-being. Pollan defines the American paradox as “a notably unhealthy population preoccupied with nutrition and the idea of eating healthily.” For most of our human history, our parents and culture have influenced our diet. However, today the idea of what to eat has been based on the opinions of scientists, food markets, and nutritionists. I agree with Pollan’s argument that being preoccupied with what we eat makes us unhealthy, however, we need a balance and a sense of responsibility in what we eat.
Another section that I labeled for that two days is fruit and vegetables section. I realized that I am getting lower amount of calories from fruits (462 and 197 calories) that is not beneficial for my healthy life-style. 8-10 servings are needed for my age group as recommended by Canada’s food guide.
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Obesity is a general heath issue, a condition where fat is accumulated in body due to increased energy production from consumption of food and drinks which is greater than the energy utilized by the body. The ongoing frequency of Obesity epidemic in Australia is leading public health challenges confronted by all healthcare professionals with compel to come up with strategies towards its prevention and control.
The role of dietary factors in the etiology of several cancers has been extensively investigated over the last few years including colorectal cancer (Bazensky I, Shoobridge-Moran C, Yoder LH, 2007). Cohort as well as case-control studies have been designed; they include a progressively larger number of subjects and are based on increasingly more detailed information (Manjinder S. Sandhu, Ian R. White, and Klim McPherson, 2001). However, considerations must be made when selecting appropriate dietary assessment methods for these studies. Accurate estimates of habitual dietary intake remain a challenge in the study of diet-disease relationships (Jackson et. Al, 2011). This is because dietary assessments could be affected by a number of factors such as motivation to complete assessments and reporting bias associated with unstructured eating patterns, concerns with body image and weight status (Livingstone MB et. al, 2009). Besides these, the study design, outcomes of interest , and available resources need to be taken into consideration when selecting an appropriate dietary assessment tool for a particular study (Jyh Eiin Wong et. al, 2012).
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In Michael Pollan’s “The End of Cooking” shares the message of what we are losing something important in this day and age because of all our pre-made and processed foods. This can be compared with Kothari’s “If You Are What You Eat, What Am I?” and her argument that food is part of one’s own identity. By using the examples from these two texts you can analyze the state of food and culture in the United States today. All of the processed and pre-made foods are causing people all across America to lose their sense of Culture. We no longer know what it’s like to make one of our cultures specialty dishes from scratch which can help people identify with their culture. This process helped newer generations see what it was like for those before them to cook on a daily basis and could help them identify your sense of culture.
Located in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola is the small country of Haiti. Haiti is densely populated, with a population of 11,112,945, 75% of the population living in rural areas, and only about 25% living in urban areas. Lower urban malnutrition is due to a series of more favorable socioeconomic conditions, in turn leading to better caring practices for children and their mothers. It’s obvious that both rural and urban populations of Haiti suffer malnutrition because of the country’s economic policies. Malnutrition, can be a preventable and curable disease, it affects about one in five children in Haiti.
Micronutrient Malnutrition is a crucial health issue worldwide. More than 50% of the world population suffer from micronutrient malnutrition and are mostly in underdeveloped nations. Micronutrient malnutrition or hidden hunger occurs not only because of not enough of food intake but the food is not containing sufficient micronutrient. In the developing countries, the dietary foods based on the cereals which are rich in carbohydrate but contains a few minerals and micronutrients. Moreover, monotonous diet (Hefferon, 2015) and low consumption of meat and meat products cause micronutrient malnutrition more severe. There is four critical micronutrient malnutrition: iron, zinc, iodine and vitamin A. The most prevalent micronutrient
Escape from the Western Diet, by Michael Pollen, is about the argument of what is best for people to consume in order to avoid certain ailments caused by what they eat. There are many who believe certain factors such as eating too much fat or refined carbohydrates or missing certain nutrients are to blame for the poor state of health of westerners. The reason for that is that it provides for a quick easy answer to dieting issues. The author believes that all these things may have some contribution to poor health but the overall nemesis is the western diet itself.
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In addition, the primary cause for malnutrition around the world is poverty. Malnutrition results from longstanding dietary practices that do not coincide with nutritional needs. Now, when the population is large and food supplies are low,
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Food insecurity and poor nutrition is an alarmingly large problem for low income families, especially in developing countries. Many strategies exist to fight this problem, although not many of these address all the factors contributing to it along with all the possible solutions to solve it. In many cases, multiple strategies must correlate and work together so that all the determinants of this issue are addressed and can fight food insecurity from different angles. This essay will discuss the significance of the problem, a range of possible strategies to solve the problem, and go into detail on a select few that will correlate and work together to solve different factors of food insecurity and poor nutrition.
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