Read: Don't Eat the Flan by Greg Critser pg. 557
In your reflective journal answer the following:
Most health reports indicate that obesity continues to rise in America toward epidemic proportions. What do you think has gone wrong? What do you think needs to be done? What incentives are needed to encourage change?
Can food be a part of our identity? What about our perceptions of food? Are our perceptions cultural?
Read: Supersize Me: It's Time to Stop Blaming Fat People for Their Size
by Alison Motluk pg. 562
What does Motluk mean when she writes, "Ironically, the U.S.'s obesogenic environment is one that societies through the ages have dreamed of: cheap food in abundance and barely a lick of hard work to be done" (paragraph 8) Explain the irony.
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