Reword Assignment Chapter 2
Chapter 2 reword
1. How has your geographic background or your ethnic heritage influenced your food preferences? Are there food norms from your home that you no longer share? What food norms or preferences would you find difficult to change or give up?
Answer: Well, coming from the south western part of Nigeria in Africa, this really made me like certain food which I know I miss so much here in the States ( Amala with gbegiri soup, corn eaten with coconut, etc), there are some things like eating with my hands while sitting on the floor, eating good fruits would be difficult to give up.
2. Consider movies, TV shows, or advertisements that you have recently seen. How is the act of eating depicted, particularly among ethnic, regional, or socioeconomic groups? Similarly, how is being thin depicted? How is being overweight depicted? How could these depictions influence young persons’ views of food?
Answer: Movies, TV shows or any advertisement portray being slim or skinny as the standard beauty. There are some advertisements that has nothing to do with beauty but they still use skinny people as models for the advertisements which I think it’s wrong. Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes in different races and colors. Caucasians are usually seen to be slim or skinny for the most part compared to the counterparts (African Americans) due to socio-economic status and as well as genetic make-up too. People from the South are also usually obese because they indulge in lots of soul foods which has lots of calories and fats. Being considered overweight sometimes can be inaccurate because it’s determined by BMI which I think shouldn’t be the standard of determining one’s overall health. People should focus on staying healthy as oppose to focusing on the scale. Young boys and girls (especially girls) are so focused on staying skinny as opposed to staying healthy just because the way the society idolize skinny. They are so obsessed with their bodies these days to the point of going into depression when they gain healthy weight. Society even expect you to have thigh gap to be considered beautiful. Most people’s body is not built to have thigh gaps unless one become anorexic which is another issue. I just think people should focus on healthy life style and that doesn’t necessarily mean being skinny.
3. Who was in charge of food in your household when you were young? Why? Did other adults or children in the household affect food decisions? How?
Answer: When I was growing up, my parents (mum) was in charge of food in my house and there was nothing like everybody eating different foods at a point in time. Everyone ate the same for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The choice of foods to be served was determined by what the head of the home eats. As a child, you eat what your parents offer which is usually balanced diet. Eating the same food at the same time was unity and spending family time together.
4. What types of interventions could be developed to help households avoid processed convenience foods when faced with fatigue and time constraints? What variables might influence the success of such interventions?
Answer: Growing up, we never had to eat processed foods because we were taught to make our own foods. There are still some foods that can be made within a short period of time even when faced with fatigue and time constraints e.g. corn and coconut, etc. Another way one can avoid processed convenience in this modern age is to make some foods over the weekends or off days and preserve it in the freezer so that one only need to micro wave when it’s time to eat.
Planning which includes, early planting in small scale to feed family and doing groceries shopping wisely (not putting too many processed foods in your cart), knowing what to cook and cooking on your off days can influence the success.
5. Did any of the messages from perspective 9.1 (white bread) r 9.2 (zombies) cause you to question your own attitudes r assumptions?
Answer: Back in the days, we used to eat foods picked from our garden which helps the family to bond as well eating together and healthily. But industrialization has taken that away from us. Now, people tend to go to the supermarket to buy processed foods, fruits and vegetables. Also, adaption into westernization is creating bonding time among friends in such a way that one used to cook for friends when they come over to one’s house back in the days but now, people tend to go to restaurants and eat whatever is on the menu even though it’s not really healthy. The more we tend to drift away from culture and tradition, the more we keep getting into trouble and the more stress we are putting on our body in such as way that the body keeps going through inflammation by eating all these processed foods. Moreover, we used to be much more active back in the days because there was no online shopping, no drive-thru, no video games. Therefore, people spent quality time and had very good social skills regardless of their educational background. The results of all these globalization has led to the high incident rate of of inflammatory diseases such as diabetes, hypertension etc.
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