AESC 2050 Final Exam Study Guide Keipper Questions And Answers

The Cultural Impact of Advertising - ANS most product advertisements focus on EXTRINSIC values (Conformity/ Bandwagon fits most with a fad) what percentages of the food groups do we eat - ANS 50% Carbs - what percentages of the food groups do we eat - ANS -50% Carbs -35% Fat -15% Protein How much land does it take to feed me for a year? - ANS ~1 Acre US Population - ANS ~330 million Lower 48 States Acreage - ANS ~1.9 Billion Acres % of lower 48 states acreage needed? - ANS ~17% (THINK ~20%) Where is most of the farmland located in the US? - ANS Midwest Where is the population most dense? - ANS East coast and west coast What is the diversion of farmland? - ANS loss of farmland -US has lost about 0.5% of farmland between How much money has New York State put into farms since 2011 - ANS $83 million Farmland Protection Initiative - ANS $14 million to farms struggling under climate change, COVID19, federal policy -50% of farmland must be allocated for cattle, hogs, certain crops, maple syrup, to be eligible what is the most common food used for fuel? - ANS corn Change in Corn Use - ANS 90% used to feed people and livestock in 2000 and only 60% used to feed them in 2018 Dietary Supplements - ANS -started with the scientific ability to isolate macro- and micro-nutrients from nature -followed by theb marketing/ advertising idea- "your normal diet isnt good enough" -first- companies started supplementing food products themselves -second- companies started selling supplements as stand alone products Dr. John Harvey Kellogg - ANS touted the dangers of the American high-protein, high-fat diet. -started with the cultural icon of the bacon and eggs breakfast home refrigeration - ANS Food Fad of the 1920s that flattened or normalized food culture in the US Jell-O - ANS Another food fad from the 1920s -powdered-flavored gelatin invented in the early 1900s Casseroles - ANS food fad from the 1930s -during the decade of the Great Depression -culture of "waste not, want not" -casseroles started as a way of combining left-overs to reduce waste Spam and Campbells Soup - ANS Food fad from the 1940s -WW2 introduces soldiers to processed, extended shelf life foods -became a part of their post war diet TV Dinners - ANS food fad of the 1950s -families start to eat in front of the new technology of a TV -combined convenience with modern food processing technology Fondue - ANS food fad of the 1960s -place of origin: Switzerland - featured a communal pot containing melted cheese which appealed to 1960s Americans Tang - ANS Another food fad from the 1960s -fruit flavored powdered drink -sales were poor until NASA started using it Crockpot - ANS food fad of the 1970s -in response to the emergence of the "working mom" -the idea of slow cooking comes into Vogue -homecooked meal that cooks while you work The Egg McMuffin - ANS another food fad from the 1970s Pasta Salad - ANS food fad from the 1980s -features the use of chilled pasta as a base in a cold salad featuring vegetables, cheeses and/or meats fat-free potato chips - ANS food fad from the 1990s -Frito lay introduces a new potato chip line made with Olestra -Wow! Chips gave a significant number of consumers adverse digestive issues from the Olestra The Atkins Diet - ANS food fad from the 2000s -touted the dangers of the American high-carb, high-starch diet Eating "Raw" - ANS food fad from the 2010s -no cooked or processed foods Cooking of Raw Food - ANS Less calories needed to tap into nutrition -cooking made us human -cooking breaks down plant cellulose -cooking denatures protein -cooking acts as a pre-digestion step Fad - ANS an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something -often short lived