Posted in Food Choice, Reilly on Apr 18th, 2012
Courtney Schatt, Dechen Lama, Willa Townsend In recent years, the once straightforward definition of eating “healthy” has become blurred. Americans struggle to eat a healthy diet in part because of the discrepancy in the current definition of healthy. For years, groups such as the Eating Disorders Coalition are pushing to name America’s eating disorder—the obsession [...]
Posted in Food Choice, Reilly on Apr 18th, 2012
Caitlin Cristante, Stefan Knight, Hannah Light In an era of “going green” and conventional food movements, modified foods (MFs, or “Frankenfoods”) are demonized by the media due to their non-natural compositions. The stigma surrounding MFs often leads to dismissal of these foods, as they are perceived as harmful to health and lacking of consumer benefits. [...]
Posted in Food Choice, Reilly on Apr 18th, 2012
Catrina Mancini, Courtney Murray, Jonathan Reshef In today’s society, people are more likely to associate fruits and vegetables with the frozen food aisle rather than the ground. Food items are going from mass farms, to packaging plants, and to tables without the consumer knowing or wanting to know where it came from or when it [...]
Posted in Food Choice, Reilly on Apr 18th, 2012
Lindsey Olivere, Carl Lawrence, Abby Farley Today two in three members of the US population are obese or overweight, a reality responsible for one in eight American deaths and 147 billion dollars annually. Our research involved looking into simple ways to cut calories without compromising flavor or completely changing the Standard American Diet. We specifically [...]
Posted in Food Choice, Reilly on Apr 18th, 2012
Cynthia Wang, Julia Hunter, Connor Moore While grabbing an apple may seem like a simple task, for many Americans, the availability of healthy food options is limited. We studied the factors that influence food choice, specifically, how socioeconomic status contributes to health and diet. Where income is low, BMI is high. The correlation between income [...]
Posted in Food Choice, Reilly on Apr 18th, 2012
Alec Klassen, Lauren Gerald, Kirstie James The concept of fast food was introduced around 70 years ago to respond to the demand for cheap food that can be produced at a large scale. What started out as smaller businesses eventually evolved into multibillion dollar corporations focused on meeting such large demands. The result was businesses [...]
Posted in Food Choice, Reilly on Apr 18th, 2012
Jullian Goncalves, Ali Kershner, Caitlin Chase Food gendering: it is a concept that has plagued society for years. By definition, it is the association of a food with a specific gender: fruits and vegetables are linked to women while meats are linked to men. In reality, however, this concept is a system of generalizations often [...]
Posted in Food Choice, Reilly on Apr 18th, 2012
Angela Zhang, Audrey Gibson, Anna Qiu Every year, it seems as if there is a new food trend that dominates the American food industry: fat-free, sugar-free, carb-free, or gluten-free. However, while these diets may lead to temporary weight loss and other such benefits in the short term, they are suspected to be detrimental over a [...]
Posted in Food Choice, Reilly on Apr 18th, 2012
Chandni Das, Tabria Willford, Meron Hailu Since the 19th century, a multitude of immigrant populations brought their food cultures to the United States, causing the United States to obtain its colloquial identity as “the melting pot.” Interestingly enough, we didn’t melt; we coexisted. Our paper serves to track the evolution of our food culture, looking [...]
Posted in Food Choice, Reilly on Apr 18th, 2012
Kenai McFadden, Joshua Hao, Michael Margolis It is a bewildering phenomenon for Americans to achieve a significantly higher level of obesity rate as a nation when Americans put such a large emphasis on their diets and lifestyle. The cause of the obesity rate then is not the lack of information or lack of knowledge about [...]