(Use AMA for citation) In your opinion using factual information to back your thoughts, What do you believe is the biggest challenge Americans face when making healthy food choices?
2. What barriers in today’s world/society keep American’s from making healthy choices?(your answer must be different from #1)
3. Social media influencers are a huge voice for diet and health information on the internet. Many people blindly follow what ever these people recommend. The majority of influencers are not properly educated in the science of nutrition, the diets and eating advice they promote are not evidenced based, and are very unbalanced and far from the DGA recommendations. These fad diets promoted are unbalanced and can also be be very dangerous and harmful. Should the message social media influencers be regulated, especially when they are not promoting scientific evidence for diet and health?
4. Obesity in children is also on the rise; research shows children are not eating nutrient rich diets. How can we get the message out to impact this vulnerable population?
5. Discuss one specific thing (do not be vague!) you can do as a college student in your community to impact the problem of obesity in adults or children.
