This documentary simply amazed me. In the first time I came to America, I saw a lot of wide corn farms while we were driving across the middle America. However I did not found a lot of corn in American diet. I was wondering that where does corn go. The “King…
To eat or not to eat, that’s the question
Key Aims & Messages The hand of the African in the pot, transformed the taste of the pot. (10:21) “Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them”(Steve Maraboli, 2013), if you look at the history of racial minorities in the United States, especially the African-American community, the persistence should…
What’s for Dinner?
Film Title: A Place at the Table Primary Aim/Key Messages: The primary aim of the documentary is to educate viewers on the actual scope of hunger. Hunger can be defined in many different ways, and as Barbie Izquierdo states, “Hunger is right here in the United States. It could be right next door. And you…
Behind Your Food
Key Aims & Messages The aim and message of the film is to tell the actual truth behind the food industry and the growing techniques that are behind the food production that most are clueless about. That includes how animals are raised and fed and eventually killed. It is a torturing life that repeats for…
Forks Over Knives: Ending the American Health Crisis with a Whole Foods Plant-Based Diet
Primary Aim: The primary aim of this documentary is to show that America is facing a massive health crisis.The number of people developing and dying from chronic disease is skyrocketing. The top two killers in America are heart disease and cancer, and almost half of the US population is obese. America spends over 2 trillion…
What the Healths the Issue?
What, in your opinion, are the current important health issues that are directly related to food. Specifically, what are they, and why are they so important in today’s society? Athletes in fast food Obesity Diabetes Heart disease 2. How, in your opinion, does food impact these problems? Promotes them Makes the problems easier to get…
Health Advertisements and Discussion
Ads: 1. https://vimeo.com/285856421/84327f028a 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkHvj_KEHBk 3. https://www.reddit.com/comments/alvfiv/introducing_the_ua_hovr_infinite_zero_gravity/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb&_branch_match_id=547979529186923768 Response questions: What, in your opinion, are the current important health issues that are directly related to food. Specifically, what are they, and why are they so important in today’s society? Obesity- overweightness, excessive fat, a big cause of chronic illnesses and diseases Diabetes- insulin intolerance/resistances, leads to a large…
Got Nutrition?
What, in your opinion, are the current important health issues that are directly related to food. Specifically, what are they, and why are they so important in today’s society? Highly processed foods are the most readily available and easy to get. The availability of highly processed foods has led to many health problems including obesity…
Advertising Against Obesity
Obesity is an important health issue today because it leads to increased risks of heart disease, hypertension and type 2 diabetes. People are very aware of the obesity epidemic in the U.S. but there does not seem to be a significant decrease in the issue, due to the availability and convenience of unhealthy foods. Food…
Giving ’em Health: A Sample Review of “What the Health”
This is a sample review of the film What the Health, for use by students to guide the general format of the reviews I am hoping to see. Key Aims & Messages The primary aim of the documentary was……complete rest here. Key messages included. One important quote from the director was: This film is really important, and so…