Nutritionism

Question 1

Who wrote in their book, “In Defense of Food”, “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.”

Answer 1

Michael Pollan

Question 2

When Pollan refers to “mostly plants”, he is saying about __%

Answer 2

80%

Question 3

____ is an unhealthy obsession about healthy eating

Answer 3

Orthorexia

Question 4

The rule of 1869 had something to do with _____

Answer 4

Margarine

Question 5

____ removed from foods don’t seem to work (e.g. antioxidants, fiber)

Answer 5

Molecules

Question 6

____ science is assuming what we can see (measure) is important

Answer 6

Parking lot

Question 7

Eating more of one things means eating less of another. This is called the _____ relationship.

Answer 7

Zero sum

Question 8

How does the food industry bypass the fixed stomach?

Answer 8

1. Decrease fiber (e.g. vegetables)

2. Increase liquid (e.g. oils..pre-digested stuff)

Question 9

____ science is where hypotheses are treated as fact because it is difficult and/or costly to find true causation

Answer 9

Sort-of

Question 10

The food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was developed by an epidemiologist named ____

Answer 10

Gladys Block

Question 11

How can we move beyond nutritionism?

Answer 11

Low-fat, low-calorie