Humanities Homework Help

Instructions

Using what you learned today about reading a nutrition label, find a packaged food item (or look up the label of one online) and answer the prompts below:

1. What is the name of your packaged food item?

2. How many Calories are there in each serving and in the entire package?

3. The guide you read today says to  “Limit These Nutrients” for saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, and sodium. Which, if any, of those is this food high in?

4. The guide you read today says to “Get Enough of These Nutrients” for fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and iron. Which, if any, of those is this food high in?

5. What percent of your daily value of fiber does this food provide?

6. Thinking metacognitively, what memories or associations do you have with this food?

7. What does this food make you think about?

8. How do you usually feel after you have eaten it?

Discussion:

The Nutrition.Gov and EatFresh.org websites offer extensive databases of information on topics related to health and nutrition. 

You may want to look through nutrition science, shopping tips, cultural aspects of food, or recipes. 

Find something interesting on one of those two websites, think about it, then share and discuss!

Click here for Nutrition.Gov and here for EatFresh.org

Reflection:

1. What do you think about the information you explored today?

2. Were you surprised by anything you read today? Why or why not?

3. If you were able to broadcast one piece of information from today’s class into everyone’s ears, what would it be?

4. In what ways was “food deserts” a new concept to you? 

5. What was your reaction to the article on food marketing? What did it make you think about or reflect on? 

6. Have you caught yourself using flawed thinking (e.g., all-or-nothing, catastrophizing, overgeneralization) this semester?

7. Have you found any places in your life where you can practice being mindful? 

8. We are nearing the end of our course. How do you think you will feel when it is done?