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1: Pg. 100- How did corn contribute to the alcoholic republic in the U.S. of the early 1800s?

It
allowed the Americans to be able to drink more than ever for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
2: Pg. 102- 3 of every five Americans are overweight; 1 of every five is obese.
3: Pg. 102- The Journal of the American Medical Association predicts that a child born in 2000
has a 1 in 3 chance of developing diabetes.
4: Pg. 102- How many people worldwide are suffering from overnutrition? How many are
suffering from malnutrition? 1 billion from overnutrition. 800 million from malnutrition.
5: Pg. 102- What are some of the plausible explanations for humanitys expanding waistline?
Changes in lifestyle, affluence, poverty, technology, marketing, and change in diet contribute.
6: Pg. 102- Since 1977, an Americans average daily intake of calories has jumped by 10%.
7: Pg. 103- What accounts for most of the surplus calories we are growing and eating? The corn.
8: Pg. 103- How many pounds of high-fructose corn syrup do we process per year? 17.5 billion
pounds of high fructose corn syrup.
9: Pg. 104- How many pounds of sugars (all types) does the average person eat per year? 158
pound per person per year.
10: Pg. 104- Why does Coca Cola and Pepsi use HFCS? HFC cost a couple of cents lower than
sugar.
11: Pg. 105- Explain how marketing executives have tricked consumers into eating and drinking
more. They make the portions bigger and raise the price a bit more so people will not feel too
guilty of buying bigger portion compared to buying seconds.
12: Pg. 106- Researchers have found that people presented with larger portions will eat up to
30% more than they would otherwise.
13: Pg. 106- Why has natural selection predisposed to the taste of sugar and fat? The taste have
the most sugar in it.
14: Pg. 107- How does Type-II Diabetes occur? It occurs rwhen the body does not manage the
glucose properly. It occurs in environments with energy-dense foods.
15: Pg. 108- While the surgeon general is raising alarms over the epidemic of obesity, the
president is: signing farm bill designed to keep the river of corn flowing, guaranteeing that the
cheapest calories in the supermarket will continue to be the unhealthiest.

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