new food labeling guidelines effective 2020 H e a l t h M e d i c a l

Research and expand upon ONLY ONE of the Nutrition Group Discussion Topics below For your research paper you are to select ONE of the nutritional topics presented in the Group Discussion Topics on Canvas, and the topics are listed below for your convenience:

Format ( PLEASE READ CAREFULLY)Paper should be 4 -6 pages typed, double spaced, one-inch margins all around, 12 -point standard Times New Roman or equivalent. Please submit your paper using MS Word or Adobe PDF file format Only into the designated Assignment in Canvas by the due date specified in the Syllabus. Only papers submitted via Canvas Assignment will be accepted as credited and graded.Points will be deducted for paper submitted late (1 point for each calendar day late) or not submitted according to the above guidelines. Reference citation should be in APA (author, date) style, exact quotes in quotation marks, and an alphabetized list of References should be included at the end of your paper. Also DO NOT use numbered footnote citations, or any other form of citation method other than APA style format, and points will be deducted for failure to not include an APA citation method or follow APA citation as specific above.

1. FDA’s NEW and IMPROVED FOOD LABEL & FOOD LABELING IN THE FUTURE Have a look at the new Nutrition Facts Panel created by the US FDA and mandated for food manufacturers to comply with the new food labeling guidelines effective 2020. Do you thing the FDA has made a better Nutritional Food Label? Would you do anything different? Do you think is serves the average consumer well? And finally, what do you think food labels will look like in the future, say 10 or 20 years from now? What new technologies do you think will be used to communicate to the consumer about packaged foods? 2. THE DOMESTICATION OF FIRE, COOKING AND HUMAN EVOLUTIONDo you agree or disagree with the video’s author that fire and cooking, or our ability to “Outsource Digestion”, according to the video author, may have triggered the so-called “Cognitive Revolution” and accelerated human evolution? 3. RETHINKING THE BMI SCALEDo you think Nutritionist and health professionals have set the BMI scale or bar too high? Should we set the bar lower to make everyone “thinner” or less overweight/obese? Do you think a “one size fits all” approach if right for everyone?4. IS OBESITY AN ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE? As we learn from reading in the text and also information presented in the NYC Obesity Reduction Initiative report, a popular belief held among experts in the public health and medical field is that “Obesity is an Environmental Disease” meaning that it’s the food environment or the lack of access to wholesome, nutritious food, in addition to the our sedentary lifestyle and the environment(s) that we’ve created that promotes non-activity, are the main cause of our obesity epidemic. With that being said and after reviewing the NYC Obesity Reduction Initiative, do you believe we will be successful in solving or “curing” the obesity epidemic with this plan? Why or Why not? Any other ideas or suggestions that could have been added or included to the plan? What about radical policy ideas or laws, such as the super-size soda ban? How would you feel if gov’t proposed a ban on buttered movie popcorn !? 5. PROTEIN VS. CARBS – Bonus Topic ! Although we didn’t get a chance to present this into the Group Discussion forum, I thought I’d add for you as another option for your term paper, as this is a popular topic and one that’s often hotly debated in dieting circles… good luck !