Jennifer Heng

Diary
Of the .

Poor College Student on a Budget

2/25

Snacks:
Throughout the day: 1 handful
of raw almonds, 5 oz; 2 cups
of Kroger green tea, 10 oz; 1
Korean Asian pear; Filtered
water; 2 sheets of seaweed
paper, 1 plum, 1 bag of taro
chips; cup of Greek yogurt

Personal

Information:

Age: 192
Height: 55
Weight: 140 lbs
Approx Cal: 2200
5

Information
Box:
Breakfa
st:
Eggs, 2
Oz;
Almond
milk, 6
Oz;
Mexican
shredded
cheese 2
Oz; 2
slices of
sprouted
wheat
berry
bread;
TBS
siracha
hot
sauce; 1
TBS
garlic

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Paradise
Perks
latte; 1
orange;
~4
strawberri
Analysiseson my

Daily Intake:

Lunch:

I approximately eat about 2200 calories

per day. I do not eat as much meat as I used to due to the
Chicken
fact that I dont live at home anymore.
Preparing meat takes some time, which I dont have as
meat
much of since being in college. I would
estimate
slices;
12 that I eat about 3 oz of meat, usually white meat.
Red meats tend to be more expensive
and definitely may create a dent on your wallet! Plus, meats
oz, bowl
such as turkey and chicken are lower
in fat and are leaner meats. Those qualities pertain to the
of salad,
reason why I prefer white meats over
red
meats
2 oz;
of

tomato; 3
slivers of
Comparison
garlic; to the Nation and
Tofu the World
chunks; 1
TBS olive
oil ,
When comparing myself
slivers of
to the United States, I in
onion; 1
fact eat about 400 more
cup of
than an average
brown
American woman my
rice; 6
age. According to the
oz; of
Dietary Guidelines for
stir-fried
Americans 2010, the
eggplant;
reported consumption of
1 handful
food of a 19 year old
of baby
man averages to 2,640
bak choy
calories versus a 19
vegetable
year old woman at 1,785
; 1 cup of
calories. This data is
carbonate
derived from national
d lemon
survey and self reported
water

data. The content of

food that an average
American would eat
differs a lot to other
countries. Actually, in
fact the content of food
exemplifies actual
nutrition versus how or
how little calories were
ingested. The
significance of what
kinds of food are being
consumed is considered
more important than the

Dinner:
1 can of
healthy
selection
Cambell
soup, 8
oz; 1 bowl
of linguini
pasta,
cup of
pasta
sauce,

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largest portions that

peppercor
make up most of the
n pepper;
average diet are dairy
1 TBS
and vegetables. When
sea salt,
gazing upon the meat
1TBS
portion, it has been
rosemary,
reported that it makes
1 cup
up a whopping 110 lbs
orange
of red meat, which is
juice
pretty high. Content of
food Although
is making American
processed foods are convenient and easily attainable, I try to stay
largeraway
even even
thoughthough it would be especially difficult since being a college
calorie
intake isAll college students do is find what ever is convenient to eat! In the
student.
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of nutrition of certain
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foods. Surprisingly, over
my diet are not processed. I tend to buy fresh produce and cook it all into a
the past decade, US
dish. Yes, it takes time, butcash/food
its much tastier and healthier. Lots of food that is
adults have been eating
processed
include un-natural
ingredients
that many people are not aware of.
nexus
is
steadily
fewer calories
They
of the time cannot even pronounce the names of these ingredient
despite
the most
increasing
where the
This is why I prefer to buy raw produce and create a meal out of it so
ratesnames!
of obesity.
that I know exactly what is systems
in it. It is nice to know what your putting into your

My Total Servings by Degree of

Processing:

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are
connected.
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example,
the
precipitatio
n system.
Without
one
another,
the whole
things will
fall apart.
This
relates to
nutrition
transition
by how
broad and
how much
areas both
topics
cover.
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transition
involves
topics
such as
economic,
demograp
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changes.
Urban
cash/food
nexus
relates
because it
covers
various
cateogorie
s that
make up
the whole
system. As
though
nuttrition
transition
does the
same.
Based on
my diet, if I
had to
frame
myself into
the history
and
present
state of
the global
food
system, I
would say
my
location
would be
for the
present at

the
consumer
side
buying into
the
industry
and for the
history,
would be
agriculture
and
farming
side. I feel
to the
degree my
portrait
representa
tive of al
US not
only
matches
but
exceeds
the
average
calorie
intake.
However,
the
content
leans
more
towards
fruits and
vegetables
instead of
meat. If