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allowed the Americans to be able to drink more than ever for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
2: Pg. 102- 3 of every five Americans are overweight; 1 of every five is obese.
3: Pg. 102- The Journal of the American Medical Association predicts that a child born in 2000
has a 1 in 3 chance of developing diabetes.
4: Pg. 102- How many people worldwide are suffering from overnutrition? How many are
suffering from malnutrition? 1 billion from overnutrition. 800 million from malnutrition.
5: Pg. 102- What are some of the plausible explanations for humanitys expanding waistline?
Changes in lifestyle, affluence, poverty, technology, marketing, and change in diet contribute.
6: Pg. 102- Since 1977, an Americans average daily intake of calories has jumped by 10%.
7: Pg. 103- What accounts for most of the surplus calories we are growing and eating? The corn.
8: Pg. 103- How many pounds of high-fructose corn syrup do we process per year? 17.5 billion
pounds of high fructose corn syrup.
9: Pg. 104- How many pounds of sugars (all types) does the average person eat per year? 158
pound per person per year.
10: Pg. 104- Why does Coca Cola and Pepsi use HFCS? HFC cost a couple of cents lower than
sugar.
11: Pg. 105- Explain how marketing executives have tricked consumers into eating and drinking
more. They make the portions bigger and raise the price a bit more so people will not feel too
guilty of buying bigger portion compared to buying seconds.
12: Pg. 106- Researchers have found that people presented with larger portions will eat up to
30% more than they would otherwise.
13: Pg. 106- Why has natural selection predisposed to the taste of sugar and fat? The taste have
the most sugar in it.
14: Pg. 107- How does Type-II Diabetes occur? It occurs rwhen the body does not manage the
glucose properly. It occurs in environments with energy-dense foods.
15: Pg. 108- While the surgeon general is raising alarms over the epidemic of obesity, the
president is: signing farm bill designed to keep the river of corn flowing, guaranteeing that the
cheapest calories in the supermarket will continue to be the unhealthiest.