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COURSE WORK:
Lilia Grass
English 1010
Annotated Bibliography
Final Paper
Annotated Bibliography
Balko, Radley. "What You Eat Is Your Business." Cato Institute. 23 May 2004. Web. 09 Feb. 2016.
In this article, Balko argues about how the government is spending a lot of money on anti-obesity. According to Balko, Americans should be responsible for what they consume and how “our government ought to be working to foster a sense of responsibility in and ownership of our own health and wellbeing.” He writes himself, “The best way to alleviate public health crisis is to remove obesity from the realm of public health.” That way it will cause people to face health consequences and then will have no choice but to be more responsible. Balko supports his main point with reason by addressing the problem and coming up with a solution to alleviate obesity.
Graff, Gerald, Birkenstein, Cathy, & Durst, Russel (2015). "Food as Thought" by Mary Maxfield found in They say I say with Readings (3rd ed.). New York: W.W Norton & Company.
Mary Maxfield mentions in her article the journalist, Michael Pollan, argues that Americans are obsessed over french paradox that their own health, He criticizes the theories of nutrition saying that “any and all theories of nutrition serve not the eater but the food industry.” He also mentions the food industry, along with nutrition science and journalism, is taking advantage of our confusion on how to eat. In a different approach Maxfield claims “as a culture, we no longer discuss unhealthy eating without also discussing unhealthy weights.” She also claims diet, health and weight are not correlated with each other and that our problem is that our understanding of health is as based in culture as it is in fact. Maxfield believes that “we can eat as we always have-and still survive or even thrive.” In results she claims that science has nothing to do with our decision to choose “right” food over the “wrong” food, neither does the “religion in science”. She supports the idea that adults will do and eat what they want. As long as you: Trust yourself.Trust your body. Meet your needs.
Nestle, Marion. What to Eat: An Aisle-by-Aisle Guide to Savvy Food Choices and Good Eating. New York: North Point, 2006. Print.
In this summary, Marion Nestle believes supermarket companies control people to buy goods by using the system. She also points out “supermarket retailers know more than you could possible imagine, about how to push your ‘buy button.’ One of the evidence comes from Vance Packard's book The Hidden Persuaders that corporates we’re hiring social scientists to study unconscious human emotions to help companies manipulate people into buying products”. In other words food corporations not only produces food but also research people's emotions to get them to buy goods.
Pollen, Michael. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. New York: Penguin, 2008. Print.
Pollen prompts us with many different nutritional theories behind numerous diseases that trouble those who eat a “Western Diet”. Pollen disagrees with the theories and blames the food and health industries for using different nutritional theories that released new products, using them to develop new prescriptions and treatment methods. In this excerpt, Denis Burkett suggests “The only way we're going to reduce disease, is to go back to the diet and lifestyle of our ancestors,” which means eat foods that are less processed. Pollan also researched a way out of the Western Diet. He developed and collected three rules or personal eating policies, “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants”. These will form a habit creating a healthy and pleasing culture of eating.
Zinczenko, David. "Don't Blame The Eater." New York Times, 23 Nov. 2002. Web. 9 Feb. 2016.
In David Zinczenko’s ‘Don’t Blame the Eater,’ Zinczenko claims that fast food restaurants are increasing the rate of obesity and diabetes in children and teens. To support that, Zinczenko explains, “In 1994, diabetes in children was caused by a genetic disorder- only about 5% of childhood were obesity related or type 2 diabetes. Nowadays, according to National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new childhood cases of diabetes in this country. And without such warning, we’ll see sicker, obese children and more angry parents.” He also pointed out that another cause of obesity is because of lack of information about what exactly is it that we are consuming along with no calorie information listed on fast food packaging.
REFECTION QUESTIONS/PAPER
What changes have you seen in your writing this semester? The changes I have seen in my writing is giving a clearer statement so my audience can read and understand my writing more. Also, my grammar and punctuations are not very good so this class helped prepare my self for any upcoming final papers to help me get a good grade. We also volunteered to meet with another English student who is taking classes on grammar, she helped me with my papers and guided me through my mistakes so I can achieve more in the future.
what challenges did you face, and how did you overcome them?
My challenges were not being able to attend every class. My job made it impossible to attend every class due to the other hours they gave me. I spoke with the Teacher and kept up on my assignments outside of class. Even when I had no idea what to do, I asked a classmate or asked questions as the semester went by.
what did you learn from each of the assignments you uploaded-and how did this feed your writing process? I learned about my eating habits. it showed me what kind of food I consumed through out my life, the amounts of money I spent on food, and it brought me many memories through our papers. it taught me that if good academic writing involves putting yourself into a dialogue with others, it is extremely important that readers be able to tell at every point when you are expressing your own view and what you are stating someone else's..
what will you remember about this class?
I will remember the food theme of this class and how it engaged students to want to learn more and come to class. We also learned about our eating habits and how unhealthy some of us eat, we just don't realize it. And most important I will remember Mrs. Howe. She is the type of professor you would want and what we need more of. She makes learning fun.
Lilia Grass
English 1010
Annotated Bibliography
Final Paper
Annotated Bibliography
Balko, Radley. "What You Eat Is Your Business." Cato Institute. 23 May 2004. Web. 09 Feb. 2016.
In this article, Balko argues about how the government is spending a lot of money on anti-obesity. According to Balko, Americans should be responsible for what they consume and how “our government ought to be working to foster a sense of responsibility in and ownership of our own health and wellbeing.” He writes himself, “The best way to alleviate public health crisis is to remove obesity from the realm of public health.” That way it will cause people to face health consequences and then will have no choice but to be more responsible. Balko supports his main point with reason by addressing the problem and coming up with a solution to alleviate obesity.
Graff, Gerald, Birkenstein, Cathy, & Durst, Russel (2015). "Food as Thought" by Mary Maxfield found in They say I say with Readings (3rd ed.). New York: W.W Norton & Company.
Mary Maxfield mentions in her article the journalist, Michael Pollan, argues that Americans are obsessed over french paradox that their own health, He criticizes the theories of nutrition saying that “any and all theories of nutrition serve not the eater but the food industry.” He also mentions the food industry, along with nutrition science and journalism, is taking advantage of our confusion on how to eat. In a different approach Maxfield claims “as a culture, we no longer discuss unhealthy eating without also discussing unhealthy weights.” She also claims diet, health and weight are not correlated with each other and that our problem is that our understanding of health is as based in culture as it is in fact. Maxfield believes that “we can eat as we always have-and still survive or even thrive.” In results she claims that science has nothing to do with our decision to choose “right” food over the “wrong” food, neither does the “religion in science”. She supports the idea that adults will do and eat what they want. As long as you: Trust yourself.Trust your body. Meet your needs.
Nestle, Marion. What to Eat: An Aisle-by-Aisle Guide to Savvy Food Choices and Good Eating. New York: North Point, 2006. Print.
In this summary, Marion Nestle believes supermarket companies control people to buy goods by using the system. She also points out “supermarket retailers know more than you could possible imagine, about how to push your ‘buy button.’ One of the evidence comes from Vance Packard's book The Hidden Persuaders that corporates we’re hiring social scientists to study unconscious human emotions to help companies manipulate people into buying products”. In other words food corporations not only produces food but also research people's emotions to get them to buy goods.
Pollen, Michael. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. New York: Penguin, 2008. Print.
Pollen prompts us with many different nutritional theories behind numerous diseases that trouble those who eat a “Western Diet”. Pollen disagrees with the theories and blames the food and health industries for using different nutritional theories that released new products, using them to develop new prescriptions and treatment methods. In this excerpt, Denis Burkett suggests “The only way we're going to reduce disease, is to go back to the diet and lifestyle of our ancestors,” which means eat foods that are less processed. Pollan also researched a way out of the Western Diet. He developed and collected three rules or personal eating policies, “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants”. These will form a habit creating a healthy and pleasing culture of eating.
Zinczenko, David. "Don't Blame The Eater." New York Times, 23 Nov. 2002. Web. 9 Feb. 2016.
In David Zinczenko’s ‘Don’t Blame the Eater,’ Zinczenko claims that fast food restaurants are increasing the rate of obesity and diabetes in children and teens. To support that, Zinczenko explains, “In 1994, diabetes in children was caused by a genetic disorder- only about 5% of childhood were obesity related or type 2 diabetes. Nowadays, according to National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new childhood cases of diabetes in this country. And without such warning, we’ll see sicker, obese children and more angry parents.” He also pointed out that another cause of obesity is because of lack of information about what exactly is it that we are consuming along with no calorie information listed on fast food packaging.
REFECTION QUESTIONS/PAPER
What changes have you seen in your writing this semester? The changes I have seen in my writing is giving a clearer statement so my audience can read and understand my writing more. Also, my grammar and punctuations are not very good so this class helped prepare my self for any upcoming final papers to help me get a good grade. We also volunteered to meet with another English student who is taking classes on grammar, she helped me with my papers and guided me through my mistakes so I can achieve more in the future.
what challenges did you face, and how did you overcome them?
My challenges were not being able to attend every class. My job made it impossible to attend every class due to the other hours they gave me. I spoke with the Teacher and kept up on my assignments outside of class. Even when I had no idea what to do, I asked a classmate or asked questions as the semester went by.
what did you learn from each of the assignments you uploaded-and how did this feed your writing process? I learned about my eating habits. it showed me what kind of food I consumed through out my life, the amounts of money I spent on food, and it brought me many memories through our papers. it taught me that if good academic writing involves putting yourself into a dialogue with others, it is extremely important that readers be able to tell at every point when you are expressing your own view and what you are stating someone else's..
what will you remember about this class?
I will remember the food theme of this class and how it engaged students to want to learn more and come to class. We also learned about our eating habits and how unhealthy some of us eat, we just don't realize it. And most important I will remember Mrs. Howe. She is the type of professor you would want and what we need more of. She makes learning fun.