Pillar 1 - Week 4 - Nutrition Specifics Flashcards
Whoever creates __________ drives what is on your _____.
nutrition policy, plate
_____ policies heavily influence our _____ guidelines and dictate which foods are grown, how they are grown and processed, and how they are marketed.
Government, dietary
The outside _____ that industrial food and agriculture lobbyists have on our policies encourages a food system that engenders _____.
influence, disease
Our nations and the world’s health crises are not driven by medical issues, but rather by _____, _____ and _____ issues that conspire to drive disease.
social, economic, political
A negative consequence of our food policy is:
A health care crisis that resulted from lifestyle and ________ choices that have created ________ affecting half of all Americans.
food-driven, chronic disease
A negative consequence of our food policy is:
Escalating federal _____ due mostly to the fiscal burden of ________ on Medicare and Medicaid.
debt, chronic disease
A negative consequence of our food policy is:
An achievement gap due to childhood obesity and ________ illness that drives poor school ______, resulting in diminished global competitiveness.
food-related, performance
A negative consequence of our food policy is:
Environmental degradation and climate change from _________ based agriculture and ___________________ (CAFOs) which is how most meat is raised and slaughtered in the US.
petrochemical, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
The _____ a food is for you, the _____ the advertising budget.
worse, bigger
To entice you to eat more of what they sell, food companies combine _____, _____, and _____ in a very specific way that plays on the brain’s biological hardwiring for pleasure. This creates _____.
fat, sugar, salt, addiction
What was once only found in _____ junk food is now in every kind of _____ food in the grocery store.
stereotypical, processed
Food companies partner with the _____ via powerful lobbyists to create food _____ that promotes eating MORE sugar, processed foods, dairy, and meat.
government, policy
Our current food policy allows:
Unregulated food marketing that targets _____, _____, and _____ and pushes sugar sweetened beverages.
children, underserved, minorities
Our current food policy allows:
______ (a form of financial aid) of high-fructose corn syrup and soybean oil. Only about 1% of farm subsidies support _____ food.
Subsidization, healthy
Our current food policy allows:
A ________ program (SNAP) that supports consumption of sugar sweetened beverages. The single biggest line item in SNAP is _____ at $7 billion a year. It is the number one “food” bought with food stamps.
food stamp, soda
Our current food policy allows:
US Dietary Guidelines that reflect _______ influence over _____.
food lobby, science
Our current food policy allows:
Use of _____ for prevention of disease in animal feed, which puts us at risk by creating ________ superbugs.
antibiotics, drug-resistent
The food with the biggest negative impact on the environment is ________.
animal protein
It takes _____ gallons of water to produce 1/4 lb of meat.
425
Livestock production is responsible for 14.5% of ___________.
greenhouse gases
Livestock is the world’s largest human-related land user, taking up _____ of the earths entire land surface.
30%
