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What:
Date:__________________________
Literature- Ms. Kurtz
How:
Conflicting information:
information/statistics that are opposite
of each other.
1. What do the texts have in
common?
2. What evidence is completely
opposite of the other in each
article?
3. How did the author use that
evidence to promote his/her
point?
4. Which choice of evidence is
stronger?
Comparing: showing the similarities.
Annotation Rubric
1
2
2.5
3
Little evidence of
true interaction
with text:
Evidence of some
interaction with text:
Evidence of strong
interaction with text:
Evidence of thorough interaction with text
including rereading:
-intentionally
marking text with
accompanying
margins
notes/symbols
-asking and answering
questions
-asking and answering questions
-margin notes are
rushed and
obvious, but
present
-generally writes
margin note and/or
symbol when marking
text
-lots of
marked text
with few
accompanying
margin notes
-margin notes
are largely
obvious or
rushed
-writing and revising
summaries as needed
Together: article and first section
Guided:
Independent/HW: finish up to p.258
-writing and revising summaries and
inferences as needed
-identifying and defining unknown
and important vocabulary
-consistently writes margin note
and/or symbol almost every time text
is marked.
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Literature- Ms. Kurtz
Junk Food Companies Target Developing Nations
by Tara Lohan · 2010-06-04 12:11:00 UTC
Some of the biggest junk food companies are making at least a PR effort to tackle obesity in the U.S. Following
new efforts from the White House to make kids healthier, 16 food and beverage companies said they would cut
1.5 trillion calories from their products in the next five years.
The real health impacts of, say, reduced-calorie Cheetos, are likely negligible. But what is important, as Amit
Srivastava of India Resource Center recently wrote, is that the role that fast food and junk food companies play
in contributing to Americans' obesity is now being widely acknowledged by policymakers and the public.
Conquering the epidemic of overweight Americans has now gone mainstream as people are beginning to
understand that tons of processed foods laden with sugar, fat, and salt can be dangerous.
But while these companies are pledging to improve the healthiness of their products for Americans, they're
ramping up the distribution of gut-expanding goods in the developing world, particularly in India and China.
According to Srivastava, PepsiCo is set to make a $2.5 billion investment in China and a $200 million
investment in India. Coca-Cola is looking to spend $250 million in India, and McDonald's will fork out $20
million annually to open 30 new restaurants in India each year.
"But if high-fat, high-sugar, and highly processed foods are bad for the health of Americans, are they any good
for people in India and China?" questions Srivastava. "The answer, obviously, is a clear no."
The problem with this double standard is that both China and India are already saddled with health problems
and over-burdened health care systems. In India, 20 percent of the urban population is overweight or obese. The
country was the world leader in diabetes until recently being superseded by China, where an estimated halfbillion people will have diabetes by 2030. In China, obesity has now reached 30 percent of the adult population.
Add in a sudden schmorgasbord of sugar and fried fare and it's easy to see just how dire the situation could
quickly become.
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Of course these grim statistics can't be blamed on fast food companies alone, but new efforts to boost sales of
unhealthy foods can only make a bad problem even worse. Srivastava writes: "If these food companies were
serious about the social responsibilities that they so often tout, they would approach the growing obesity rates in
India and China just as they have pledged to do in the U.S.—by not adding any more calories and in fact,
reducing calories in the developing countries."
The situation seems oddly reminiscent of the 'green revolution,' where we exported industrial agriculture to
India and other developing countries, addicting farmers to expensive chemicals and corporate-owned seeds.
Activists in India have been fighting to reverse the ill effects of this for decades. Now the country has major
corporations like McDonald's and PepsiCo bringing on more troubles.
As America's sustainable food movement continues to grow, let's hope that we have the foresight to extend our
vision beyond the borders of our own country and work for equitable, healthy, and sustainable food for the
global community.
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Homework – Chew On This #10
Homework:
Directions: Using the article from class, answer the following questions.
1. How many food and beverage companies plan to cut calories in the next five years?
2/3. What countries mentioned in the article are increasing distribution of foods with lots of fat
and sugar?
4. How much of the population in India is already considered to be drastically overweight?
5. What food movement is starting to grow in the United States?
Answer Key
1.
6. Which of the following synonyms most identifies the word grim in the
following piece of evidence:
Of course these grim statistics can't be blamed on fast food companies alone, but new
efforts to boost sales of unhealthy foods can only make a bad problem even worse.
sullen
severe
negative
relentless
2.
3.
4.
7. What are two text features used in this article?
8. The article is pro-/anti- fast food development in lower socio
economic countries.
5.
6.
9. True/false: This article is heavily biased.
10. Where might one find this article?
7.
8.
9.
10.
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