There are two parts to your initial post. In part one, you will be talking about what you normally do to make choices about food and nutrition. In part 2, you will be talking about what you may or may not change about making food and nutritional choices. You will also describe your thoughts about what problems you believe exist in the food/nutrition industry and why.
Part 1
Pick a meal: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Describe what you ate
Talk about why you ate what you did — what factors influenced your eating choices?
Do any current nutritional fads, promotions, or diet claims influence your choice of foods? If yes, talk more about these sources of influence. If no, talk about what does influence your nutritional/food choices.
Part 2
Watch this TED Talk about food and happiness
Link (Links to an external site.) https://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_choice_happiness_and_spaghetti_sauce
Now for the Part 2 of this Discussion Board –
After watching Maccolm Gladwell’s TED Talk and reading from your text and other materials in Module 3, will you to consider changing the way you will make nutritional choices? If yes, why? If no, why not? Provide specific examples from the video, other materials, websites, and text to support/describe your answers.
Finally, what do you think is the biggest problem area in the nutrition/food industry in the United States? Be specific and detailed in your description. There isn’t a right or wrong answer to this question!