Brian Wansink

Processed foods have been around for far longer than most people know about. Before I opened this book I didn’t have much knowledge on exactly how many foods are actually processed, as a matter of fact it hardly ever crossed my mind. Before I eat a specific food I usually check the nutrient facts of the label but I always check for carbs, sugars, percentage of sodium and so on. I always looked at a box of cereal and thought, “wow this cereal has 300% daily value of vitamin A, how that was even…

Farm & Resource Issues 25.3 (2010): 27-30. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Jan. 2016. . García, Justin D., PhD. "Nutrition In Schools." Salem Press Encyclopedia (2014): Research Starters. Web. 9 Jan. 2016. . Hanks, Drew, David R. Just, and Brian Wansink. "Smarter Lunchrooms: Libertarian Paternalism Can Address New School Lunchroom Guidelines and Childhood Obesity." The Journal of Pediatrics 162.4 (2013): 867-69. Web. 10 Jan. 2016. . Hawley, Kristy L., Christina A. Roberto, Marie A. Bragg,…

The article “Rethinking Weight” by Amanda Spake opens with a biography of Maria Pfisterer, and her struggle with her weight. This testimony is immediately proceeded by an exploration of the costs associated with obesity and their effect on everyday life. Spake also examines multiple studies surrounding the weight debate including twins and bottomless bowls. Spake proceeds in her article by exposing common frauds connected to obesity. This section highlights Samantha Moore and her battle with the…

the food label a chance, dietary plans have been extremely easier to take note of. After thorough research, one research journal caught my attention that has some surprising information that no one would consider. A research journal written by Brian Wansink and Pierre Chandon (2006) basically consider several studies that include low-fat and normal foods. Research shows that low-fat nutrition labels can allegedly lead to obesity. Generally people would think that low-fat foods would lead to a…

It 's a new school year and you’re going to lunch.You enter the line, get your milk, and then go to get your food.You order pizza and when you get it, you realize the pizza looks different from last year. You then see the cooked green beans; you skip over that and go to check out. The lunch lady tells you that you have to take a fruit or vegetable so you take an apple. You then go sit with your friends at your table, and you bite into the pizza and realize it tastes horrible and immediately…

Fast food restaurants have a lot of fat in their food selections, and even though they are still a part of causing obesity, they aren’t the main cause of obesity. There is a 15 year study that proclaims out of 3,000 adults, people who visit fast food restaurants twice a week gained a rough 9 to 11 pounds more than people who visit once a week. https://www.bariatric-surgery-source.com/fast-food-cause-obesity.html It is half the fast food restaurants fault but yet, the other half is the…

The modern world we live in consists of time consuming activities that do not give us the chance to be with each other or stay at home to relax. We go to work, school, practices, and rehearsals so often we do not even have the time to sit at a table and eat. We may often find ourselves at the drive thru window of many of the top fast food chains that rule our world each day between activities. The repetition of eating high amounts of sodium and sugar in small bursts instead of having a big,…

The success of different kinds of diets in combination with fitness indicates that people are aware of obesity and want to lose weight. However the difficulty is, waistlines continue to swell. The acceleration and the magnitude of obesity suggest that there are other causes besides laziness and overindulgence. Obesity is an escalating issue that is destructive; it has received much attention for the last 10 years. "Where there is a blame there is a claim", this makes people to look for a target…

So, what about those who will eventually have to leave their playing days behind and get a job in the real world? Kevin M. Kniffin and Brian Wansink, two individuals involved in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, teamed up with Mitsuru Shimizu, an assistant professor of psychology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, to do a study that will answer that question.…

Cosmetically perfect food, also known as genetically engineered food or GEF, are foods derived from organisms whose genetic material has been modified in a way that does not occur naturally according to the World Health Organization. ("Food, Genetically Modified." WHO. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2015. http://www.who.int/topics/food_genetically_modified/en/). It has led to the waste of aesthetically unappealing food as the trend of “perfect” food has grown. However, there are organizations now that…