Healthy Eating Persuasive Speech Outline

As a culture and as individuals, we no longer seem to know what we should and should not eat. When the old guides of culture and national cuisine and our mothers’ advice no longer seem to operate, the omnivore’s dilemma returns and you find yourself where we do today—utterly bewildered and conflicted about one of the most basic questions of human life: What should I eat? We’re buffeted by contradictory dietary advice: cut down on fats one decade, cut down on carbs the next. Every day’s newspaper brings news of another ideal diet, wonder-nutrient, or poison in the food chain. Hydrogenated vegetable oils go from being the modern alternatives to butter to a public health threat, just like that. Food marketers bombard us with messages that this or that food is “heart healthy” or is “part of a nutritious meal”. Without a stable culture of food to guide us, the omnivore’s dilemma has returned with a vengeance. We listen to scientists, to government guidelines, to package labels—to anything but our common sense and traditions. The most pleasurable of activities—eating—has become heavy with anxiety. The irony is, the more we worry about what we eat, the less healthy and fatter we seem to become.

The 2010 dietary guidelines for Americans focuses on food variety, amount, and nutrition. It also emphasizes less saturated fat, sodium and added sugar. It encourages people to make small changes in their diet and to make healthy food and beverage choices. These are some of the strengths of this dietary approach.

Central Idea: I'll talk about choosing healthy foods when at a restaurant, packing your lunch, and keeping nutritious snacks on hand.

Americans love to eat, but do we actually understand how to eat healthy? In today’s world, everyone wants to be healthy, nonetheless, it seems no one knows how. With the nutritional knowledge of present-day, society’s health should be getting better instead of worse. However, there are so many different ideas regarding food that the public may feel confused. Michael Pollan points out many worthy causes in his book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto; he tends to overuse quotes and research and uses unseemly portrayals, but he also implements excellent information to make a valid argument.

On July 16, Julie Paszkiewicz held a health convention for children and young adults in the local community to discuss popular diet fads, health misconceptions and different ways to make healthy eating enjoyable. Julie Paszkiewicz has an undergraduate degree in sports medicine from Central Michigan University and a master’s degree in nutrition from Georgia State University. The purpose of the convention is to inform the different age groups about health and what you must do to remain healthy. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and nearly quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years. The spread of misinformation leads to bad habits in children which leads to worse habits as an adult.

Unhealthy diets are becoming an increasingly profound epidemic affecting the United States of America. Bad eating habits/choices and health related behaviors are consequences to poor food choices which can later develop into detrimental health implications. The prevalence of these unsound diets among the American population has significantly increased in recent years. Unfortunately, studies have shown that like adults, many adolescents are also falling victim to the rising epidemic (Story, Neumark-Sztainer, & French, 2002; Wardle et al., 1997).

Health Education is a crucial factor for the success of today’s youth. It has been overlooked, misinformed, and incorrectly taught. For students to obtain the necessary knowledge they need to live a healthy lifestyle this unacceptable misinformation must change. Over the course of this semester we have studied different health practices, learned about different chronic illnesses, and how to properly incorporate health practices into the classroom. This information is crucial to ensuring the success of our students’ health. Through this paper we were given the opportunity to record and analyze our current eating habits and physical activity. This is an important task for educators and future educators

Kale - the leafy green vegetable which is on the menu in almost every trendy restaurant and juice bar in the USA - has experienced a resurgence in popularity as a “superfood” over the past decade. From sketches in Portlandia to a barrage of articles in our Facebook news feeds, kale is a topic of conversation on TV and around the dinner table. That’s a good thing; Americans should be encouraged to eat more vegetables, even if it requires a food trend to do it. [1]

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recently devised a system to guide Americans in making healthy food choices. This system is called My Plate, which provides a visual demonstration of appropriate portion sizes for the five food groups that should be consumed for each meal (USDA, 2015). In addition, the USDA makes recommendations according to gender and age about how many servings of each food group should be consumed per day. Therefore, according to My Plate, Mark should consume seven-ounce equivalents of grains, Maggie should consume six-ounce equivalents, and the daughters should consume 5-ounce equivalents every day. For protein, Mark should consume six-ounce equivalents, Maggie should consume five-ounce equivalents, and the children should consume five-ounce

Diet Mistakes: With all the food choice available to us, how do you tell the "good from the bad"? Well, based on what the top US nutrition experts have to say, here's a number of ways that we make bad food choices, and how we can make better

“Your diet is your bank account. Good food choices are good investments” (Frankel). When it comes to food, people tend to be quite particular, especially where taste is involved. But what about the health factor of food? Why does nutrition often get left in the dust? Researchers from Carnegie Mellon report that, “no matter how much calorie information is on the menu list, people still choose the food they like, not what's supposed to be healthier” (Dahl). NBC Diet and Health databases also “support the idea that many consumers choose taste, value, and convenience over nutrient density and controlled calories” (Dahl). Food is an essential element for life, but more importantly, nutrition is an essential element for a healthy

Kara knows the importance of eating healthy because good foods keep your body healthy, strong, and energetic. As Kara goes about her day, she chooses healthy food with a reason behind her choice. Not only does she choose something healthy to eat she points out the unhealthy option that she is passing over. Not only is Kara informing the reader about her meal choices, but the author also adds facts that support Kara’s decisions. This text will be used as a read aloud to show the students that making healthy choices is possible. With becoming informed on the importance of eating healthy, the students need to also understand that just knowing is not enough to make a difference. Instead, the students will see the choices Kara makes and organize

There are many things that are confusing and overwhelming when it comes to making nutritious choices. One product will have a high content of something good and another will have low content in something bad. When it is time to consider what we put in our bodies we have ample opportunity to weight the pros and cons of various products. According to the Nielsen Global Survey in 2011 sixty percent of the population doesn’t not understand the mandatory nutritional code in order to properly identify the ingredients they are considering ingesting. Alarmingly, this statistic is that the nutrition label and the ingredients list are the only true allies a consumer has when determining what we should be eating. Only they tell the full story of what the food we are consuming is comprised of. For this assignment I was asked to first select two pairs of similar food products from the supermarket and then secondly compare them, while critically evaluating both their food labels and ingredients. I chose to compare coconut milk against 2% dairy milk and rolled oats versus steel cut oats. I am going to address the following comparisons in the body of my essay: the nutrition facts table, serving sizes, price, ingredients, product claims, percentage of daily value (%DV), whether they are part of a healthy eating plan, and lastly whether their labeling is clear and concise. On the war against obesity and disease caused by diet, food labels and ingredient lists are the consumers’

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans provide important information to people about healthy eating patterns and physical activity to maintain one’s health and reduce the risk of disease. The Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services provide five official guidelines every five years for individuals who want a healthy, personalized diet. The first guideline states: “Follow a healthy eating pattern across the lifespan.” Following a healthy eating pattern at an appropriate calorie level will help maintain a healthy body weight, and reduce the risk of disease. The second guideline states: “Focus on variety, nutrient density, and amount.” To

Eating healthy foods is important to have a sustainable diet. But the problem here, what is healthy food? My purpose is to get Santana High School to understand we need to make a change in what they provide for the students. People do not tend to focus on the consequences of eating unhealthy; eating unhealthy will sometimes force people not to be as active. To start eating healthy, you must make a change your daily routine habits. Also, people must change their environment that they are around, which includes: your home, work, school, and places you tend to eat at a lot.