Sample Nutrition Essay Notes
Essay by Gloria Zhang • March 25, 2016 • Course Note • 406 Words (2 Pages) • 1,174 Views
Essay topic: Menu labeling helps individuals reduce their caloric intake.
- Introduction
- Thesis: This essay refutes the statement, as the presence of labels on menus is not the most important factor in reducing caloric intake
- There have been differing results
- Most of them are small: 4
- Paragraph One: Motivation
- The information can be given, but if individuals do not desire to use it, it will have no effect
- Article 3: Effort is needed to promote healthy eating
- Article 4: The labels were noticed but had no effect
- Article 5: The labels were noticed, and had no effect. What is even stranger is that of the people who saw themselves as needing to lose weight, only 33% changed their diet.
- Paragraph Two: Education
- Even with motivation, many do not know how to approach a healthier diet
- There are many who do not understand how to use nutrition information
- Good: Vitamin, protein, fibre content
- Bad: Fats, sugars
- Also, each person is different in what they need
- If they do not know this, they cannot compare their food choices and choose what is best for them
- Article 1: This study showed the difference between having information that helps people understand versus not having that information, and shows a difference in results
- Article 8: Underestimating the amount you eat
- Paragraph Three: People
- To encourage healthy diet for all people, there must be adjustments made
- Just supplying numbers may not make sense to people
- Children definitely will not be noting what they eat
- Their health is important too; Article 6: Target parents who make choices for children
- Gender: Articles 1 and 2
- Article 4: Ethnicity, education, etc. may have an impact
- Article 9: Health conscious versus unhealthy
- Conclusion
- As Article 5 stated, menu labelling should be enforced, as a small effect is better than none, and were no observed setbacks to the restaurants
- As Article 6 and 7 states, there is potential
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