Oct 19: Eat This! Don't Eat That!

Marion Nestle makes visible all the complex forces (scientific, political, and economic interests) that collide in creating a consensus around the message the federal government sends to the American people about how to conduct their lives. Her specific focus was on the food pyramid of 1992. You may have encountered it in your K-12 education as MyPlate. How did her chapters cause you to view this messaging more critically? 

How have you put this messaging to work? Draw a picture of what you consider to be your ideal food pyramid (according to how you are constructing your ideal diet) and a picture of how you feel you actually eat? What prevents you from realizing your ideal?

Don't forget to include a quote from the reading.