What are we eating everyday?

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June 6 , 2010

What Are We Eating Everyday

Introduction

As the problem of obesity continues to spread throughout the world , the eating habits of people are placed under scrutiny . Fast-food chains and fatty foods sold at stores and supermarkets are blamed for being the cause of the weight and health problems seen in most countries . As technological advances caused the world to change , food and eating habits are also affected . In this essay , I will discuss the so-called

age of nutritionism and the state of the food and eating habits in the Western world , particularly in the U .S . I will also look at the cultural aspect of food habits and examine the cultural shift in the eating habits of people around the world , particularly in the Western world

The Age of Nutritionism

The term nutritionism was coined by Australian sociologist Gyorgy Scrinis in 2002 whereby in his essay , he suggested that with regard to the connection between the bodies of people and food intake , it is important to understand how nutritional and chemical constitutents and requirements interact among food and bodies (Pollan 27 . However , the term should not be confused with nutrition . Nutritionism is an ideology not a scientific subject (28 . The concept of the said ideology is to emphasize on nutrients that comprise the food rather than the food itself . This is one of the untested assumptions of nutritionism . The other is that , the maintenance and promotion of...