Category: Food

  • Societal Control Over Food and Weight Gain

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    Table of Contents Introduction Starving Appetite Obesity as a religious sin Gluttons suffering in hell The contrast between Knapps and Proses essays Obesity Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Societal control involves the enforcement of specific behavioral standards considered socially acceptable within a community. It regulates an individuals behavior in agreement with social norms and rules that…

  • Successful Institutional Food Management & Delivery Systems

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    Food is an integral aspect of human life because it is necessary for our survival. The art of providing cost-effective and satisfactory food and drink to a large number of people is known as Institutional Food Management, and it plays a critical role in medical care as it improves patient quality of life and leads…

  • Food Cost Issues in the Hospital

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    There may be several reasons why the cost of a meal in a hospital may have an issue with the accountstarting from simple errors, including errors in amounts, price calculations, errors in the prices themselves, and ending with more severe shortcomings. These may include missed deliveries, lack of purchases, data entry errors, and inaccuracies in…

  • Analysis of Freemans Promotion of Junk Food

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    Introduction In his paper How Junk Food Can End Obesity, David H. Freeman puts doubt on foods marketed as healthy and wholesome. He argues that people who commonly eat junk food should not be enticed to leave them for the purportedly healthier, more readily available foods. Instead, he proposes that fast-food businesses should try to…

  • Food Insecurity in the United States

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    Table of Contents Problem Identification Food Insecurity as a Major Public Health Problem Major Obstacles Possible Solutions Works Cited Food insecurity is one of the most pressing global problems that is also relevant for the US today. Many families do not have enough economic means to purchase the necessary food, which disrupts their eating patterns…

  • Obesity Treatment  More Than Food

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    The proponents of the study, Anders Lindelof, Claus Nielsen, and Birthe Pedersen wanted to explore how obese adolescents, and their parents view obesity. This qualitative study is a good example of phenomenologicalhermeneutic approach. The researchers developed a qualitative study based on the phenomenological approach, because they examined real life situations. They also collated information from…

  • Protecting Ourselves from Food Article by Sherman & Flaxman

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    The primary purpose of the article Protecting Ourselves from Food was to examine the defensive mechanisms that humans adopted to protect themselves from multiple food-borne bacteria and microorganisms. To achieve this objective, the authors investigated the function of spices in various cuisines and analyzed the role of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) as a…

  • Japans Food Patterns and Nutrition Habits

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    The name of the country and foods and/or beverages commonly consumed I chose Japan as the country of choice for the assignment. The most commonly consumed foods among the Japanese people include sushi and sashimi, ramen, Tempura, Kare-raisu (curry rice), and okonomiyaki (Murakami et al. 108). Under MyPlate, sushi and sashimi, Kare-raisu, and ramen are…

  • Testing Food Service Employees: Policy Assessment

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    Table of Contents Introduction Understanding the Policy Evaluating the Policy Comparison of the Two policies References Introduction Mary Mallon, or Typhoid Mary as she was called, was a notorious healthy carrier of typhoid fever. She worked as a cook and was reputed to have caused infections of Typhoid fever in 47 people and caused the…

  • Powerade Food Myth Buster: Investigating Health Claims

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    Electrolytes are substances with a natural negative and positive electrical charge when dissolved in water. The main essential electrolytes in the body include potassium, calcium, sodium, Magnesium, Chloride, and Phosphate. Individuals may get their electrolytes by eating nutritious diets, mainly whole foods. Electrolytes help keep the body hydrated, regulate muscle contractions, balance the bodys pH…