The show “Arthur” is a cartoon that plays on PBS. The show is based on the “Arthur” adventure books. The characters are all animals. It is centered around an eight year-old aardvark named Arthur, his mother and father, his two sisters D.W. and Baby Kate, his friends and classmates Buster, Francine, The Brain (Alan), Binky. Muffy, Sue Ellen, George, Prunella, and Fern, and his third grade teacher Mr. Ratburn. The episode “Desert Island Dish” is all about nutritional health. The characters focused on in this episode are Arthur, Brain, Buster, Francine, and Mr. Ratburn. Mr. Ratburn has a final homework assignment that he assigns to his students at the end of every school year. The assignment is to “Imagine that all of you are stranded on a desert Island. Each of you may choose an unlimited supply of one food to bring with you. What
It is relatively impossible to incorporate enough nutrition from every food group into one food. From this realization he gets the help of Arthur, Buster, and Francine to make their final presentation. When they present, they have a poster with the food pyramid on it, and they each bring a food from one food group. Arthur brings eggs (protein), Francine brings salad with olive oil dressing (vegetables and fats), Buster brings bread with cheese (grains and dairy), and Brain brings an apple (fruit). In their presentation, Brain says “it would be impossible to survive for very long without combining our food choices,” and Francine explains that “you have to have Grains, Fruits and Vegetables, Dairy, Protein, and Healthy Fats.” Mr. Ratburn congratulates them and told them that they made “a perfect presentation. You figured out that you need a selection from each of the major food groups.” He then goes further and congratulates them by giving the entire class cake and explains that there is nothing wrong with a treat every now and
Arthur had to direct a play on the Thanksgiving day when the pilgrims and the Indians had to work together to make a feast, and he called the play “The Turkey Hunt”. He had to find people to be the turkey but nobody wanted the parts, that he had assigned to his friends, Francine wanted to be the narrator, brain wanted to be an Indian chief, muffy wanted to be the Indian princess, buster wanted to be governor Bradford. so he had to be the turkey and at the end everyone was wearing a turkey costume so he wasn't the only one being embarrassed.
Who was King Arthur? Most people would tell of a great King; a devoted circle of heroic knights; mighty castles and mightier deeds; a time of chivalry and courtly love; of Lancelot and Guinevere; of triumph and death. Historians and archaeologists, especially Leslie Alcock, point to shadowy evidence of a man who is not a king, but a commander of an army, who lived during the late fifth to early sixth century who may perhaps be the basis for Arthur. By looking at the context in which the stories of King Arthur survived, and the evidence pertaining to his castle Camelot and the Battle of Badon Hill, we can begin to see that Arthur is probably not a king as the legend holds.
Because the people who live in food deserts do not get proper supplements of fruits and vegetable, much of their diets are consisted of mainly junk food, fast food, and meats. As a result of this, today, more than one third of adults in America are obese. In addition to obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease can also be results of a lack of healthy food choices, which result from people buying their food from convenience stores that only sell processed foods and from fast food restaurants. This paper attempts to provide readers with a better understanding of the fact that not only do food deserts exists, they are threatening the lives of Amer...
(#13) Do you believe that Health food can power the brain and the body? Many parents believe that their should be more health food present in the cafeteria room. Although, many students feel they get their power from their favorite foods, healthy or not. Students should have a variety of both because if the students make the wrong choice of food it's on them not the school’s cafeteria because they provided both. The school and students should both make good
Imagine a single mother, living in a poverty stricken neighborhood without any personal means of transportation. She walks down the stone-cold streets of Brooklyn and every corner she turns there is either a neon-green sign flashing 7-11 or a red-orange clown spinning a sign reading McDonald’s. In order to reach a supermarket or grocery store she leaves her kids behind, because of the hassle and danger of New York subways, and travels about two miles to feed her and her children a nutritious meal. Although eliminating food deserts in impoverished neighborhoods may not seem possible overnight or have an immediate effect, communities should come together to raise money to build a local grocery store or placing a healthy food trucks down the street, which can soon become a catalyst for completely
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As a typical college student, I suffer from daily stresses, lack of sleep and lack of a proper diet. I have pulled countless all nighters; my body and brain fueled only by coffee, chocolate and pizza, in order finish a paper or study for an exam. As a result, I may have done better on the paper or test, but I was being very unkind to my body and brain. In terms of nutrition, it is important to think of the brain as just another organ in the body. The food and other substances we put into our bodies affect our behavior, mood, thoughts and emotions. The brain responds very quickly to proper nutrition. However, as a college student who dines daily in the dining hall, I most likely do not get the nutrients needed to maximize my brain potential. In this paper, I'm going to take you through a day of brain friendly meals and explain why our brains and bodies need more than coffee, chocolate and pizza to thrive and survive.
Each daycare has their own menu for the children’s breakfast and lunch. Through my observations, I have noticed that the “Don’t Worry Childcare” has a variety of food options throughout the month. For example, the children could either choose from fruit loops cereal, or frosted flakes for breakfast. The snacks eaten varies every day as well. For instance, the children ate milk and cookies one day, and cheese crackers another day. An example of lunch would be, milk, chicken fingers, French fries, green beans, and mixed fruit one day, and spaghetti, corn, peaches, and bread and butter another day. I observed the children eat ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, and peaches one day for lunch. All those food options seemed very delicious. Each meal and snack give the children an option to what they would like to drink. For instance, the children can pick
Many cafeteria workers and staff members in 49 states have said many students do not want the governments new school lunches. Almost 7 out of 17 schools with have been seen with students throwing away some or all their fruits or vegetables, even the cafeteria workers are suffering under these new standards. About 60.3 percent of school districts want flexibility to be given to all schools to improve their ability to provide and give good nutrition without harm to any instructions and school district operations. Schools should know by now what is good for students and what is not, but they should not go overboard with the wheat and whole grain items. Another example that shows that schools should be responsible for providing a nutritious lunch is knowing that there are a variety of ways to make healthy foods taste good for school students. Healthy tasty food that will risk diabetes and obesity .One of the biggest reasons people do not eat healthy foods is because they feel it as if it will not taste good. The problem is, if your health food does not taste good, you are eating the wrong health food. Just because something is good for you does not mean it has to taste nasty, boring, or completely gross. There are plenty of ideas out there for eating healthy without making sacrifices on taste. “It is silly that people are worried about kids throwing things out. There are many ways to make
She realized that she had enough supplies to last the semester, so she decided to spend the money on healthy food since she was not sure what the cafeteria was going to offer. Tammy decided to listen to the article written by Concordia on what foods not to eat. “it suggests limiting foods that are high in calories, fat, sugar or salt (sodium) such as cakes and pastries, chocolate and candies, cookies and granola bars, doughnuts and muffins, ice cream and frozen desserts, French fries, potato chips, salty snacks, alcohol, fruit flavored drinks, soft drinks, sports and energy drinks, and sweetened hot or cold drinks” (Concordia, p.6). After knowing what not to eat, Tammy wanted to know the correct proportions of what to eat for her age group. She looked in her book for lifestyle and age group for women 19-25 years of age. According to Sizer (2013, p.45) “Sedentary women 19-25 years old should get 2 cups of fruit, 2 and a half cups of vegetables, 6 Oz of grains, 5 and a half Oz of protein, 3 cups of milk, 6 tablespoons of oils and 258 calories of fats and sugars.” By getting the range of nutrients from the different food groups is how one is to obtain a balanced
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The nutrition table assignment has taught me much about what exactly goes into my body. Before reading about nutrition, I, like many people, often thought the key to a good nutritional diet was with a restrictive approach (Bushman, 2017, pg. 12). One filled with unappealing options like gluten-free goods that were bland tasting. However, this isn’t the case. A balanced approach is actually more preferable (Bushman, 2017, pg. 38). My initial problem was that I focused too much on a single group. Instead of eating a balanced diet, I ate high levels of protein and vegetables. I neglected dairy, fruit, and grains.
Staying away from processed foods is the first step. Yet, to achieve a healthy diet, many people look to the internet. Many times finding that incorporation of all food groups is the best way to go. This is usually shown with the Food Pyramid, more recently with My Plate. The Food Pyramid was replaced with My Plate in 2011 because, “[like the Food Pyramid,] My Plate divides foods into five groups: fruits, vegetables, grains, protein foods, and dairy. It is meant to teach people how to create a balanced meal” (“Nutrition”). This is something the Food Pyramid did not provide information to. It just categorized foods into five food groups, leaving out the recommended amount of what is meant to be consumed a day. This left people with a bad impression that as long as all food groups were incorporated into a meal, the meal would be considered healthy. In contrast, My Plate, painted a picture of the amount of each food group that should be consumed at each meal. Now, it is more common to see school utilize My Plate and serve healthier meals during lunch and break. If more schools were to implement healthier options, schools would be able to help prevent overweight and obesity. With not just lectures, but with physical engagement (“Nutrition.” Healthy Living.). By having them choose between an apple or a banana, instead of some bag of chips and a cookie, there is a higher chance for them to make healthier
When I walk into Tower Dining, I always glance toward the salad bar and the vegetarian options in the kitchen, but most of the time I pass them up to pile garbage on my plate. I want to eat nutritious food, and every once in awhile I’ll eat a meal centered around nutrition and feel really good about myself, but then that night I’ll retire to my room and eat five cookies and an entire bag of cheesy popcorn. This assignment helped open my eyes to what I was actually eating (and what I wanted to eat when I knew I was being watched), and it did make me want to eat better, at least on the days when I had an assignment. Ultimately, I’ve had enough education to know that eating nutritious food and living a more active lifestyle will give me a longer, healthier life, and I want that because there’s a lot I have to do on this Earth, and I can’t do it all in sixty years. I’m going to need around ninety healthy years, and that’s low balling it. There’s no way I’m going to reach that goal if I continue to eat as I do on a daily basis. The habits I set for myself now will follow me into my adult life, good or bad. I need to make sure that they’re good ones, ones that will create a strong base upon which I can build the rest of my life. Thanks to this assignment, I had to look my priorities dead in the eye and evaluate them. Is the taste of a chicken strip basket really worth all the fat and sodium I’m putting into my body when I