The F.D.A also wants to set rules to stop manufacturers from highlighting only the good things about their food and ignoring the bad things. For example, some products say “No Trans Fat” in bold but they neglect to mention the fact that there is a lot of saturated fat in the product. Also, the Nutrition Facts on products are often very small print so people have trouble reading it. It kind of almost seems that the manufacturers are trying to hide something.
The serving sizes used today were created in the early 1990s. They were determined by surveys on what Americans were consuming taken in the 1970s and 1980s. These are out of date and nutritionists say the surveys are wrong because often people underestimate the amount that they eat. If these problems are fixed it could help fight obesity.
I thought this article was very interesting. It got the point across and it wasn’t very hard to understand. I feel like it was able to show how crucial this issue is and show that misleading calorie counts and serving sizes are huge problems. Many of the points made in the article were also supported with a lot of detail and statistics. I didn’t really think about this issue before reading this article and the author brought it to my attention. I like how it shows all the positives and negatives of putting the nutritional information on the front of the package. It is also very informative and I like the part in the article where it talks about the potato chips and how ridiculous it is that the serving size is one ounce. I believe that it would be a good idea to change the serving sizes and put the nutritional value information of the front so people know exactly what they’re eating contains and how much.
I learned a lot from this article. I learned to be careful when reading the nutrition facts and to make sure I am careful and look at the serving size etc. I also learned that many manufacturing companies try to trick their customers into believing that they are eating something healthier than it actually is. In general I learned that this is a very important issue because if it is fixed it could help with the huge problem of obesity. It could help because people wont be confused by the nutrition facts and there will be reasonable servings so people will more accurately know the amount of calories and fat they are consuming etc.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/business/06portion.html?pagewanted=2&ref=health
Neuman, William. "One Bowl = 2 Servings. F.D.A May Fix That." nytimes.com. N.p.,5 Feb. 2010. Web. 8 Feb. 2010.
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ReplyDeleteI think that Dale did a very good job on reviewing this article. She chose a very interesting topic that was explained very well in her review. Another thing that was good of what Dale did is that she gave interesting information about the article that informed me a lot about her topic. She gave important points from the article that enhanced her review even more. Lastly, she used good language that is easy for everyone to understand, and did not try to be too sophisticated with what she was saying.
ReplyDeleteI think that Dale picked a really good article, but she could have given a little more statistics about her article because she said that there were a lot in the article. I also think that her review could have been a little less explanatory then it was. It stretched on for a little longer then it should have.
Before reading the article and review, I had no idea that the FDA was thinking about putting the nutrition label on the front of packages. It's good to hear that the FDA is actually concerned with American's health issues.