Expectations, Goals and Objectives for week #14 (Nov. 30 - Dec. 6)

Identify areas in the world where undernourishment is common.
Define food security,and identify the dimensions of food security.
Define nutrition security,and discuss how it is interrelated and interdependent with food security.
Discuss the status of food security in the United States.
Identify areas in the world where obesity (overnutrition) is prevalent.
Identify factors that influence and contribute to a sustainable food system.
Discuss how food selection and diet composition impact sustainability and the environment.
Identify ways that consumers can improve the sustainability of their diets.
Describe issues contributing to water scarcity and overall prevalence worldwide.
Discuss the potential benefits and risks of genetically modified foods.

This weeks reading assignment

Chapter 14: Global Nutrition: Food Security and Sustainability Feeding the World Now and in the Future: How will we combat global hunger while we promote food security and sustainability?
Spotlight H: Food Safety How Cantaloupe Turned Lethal: Safe food handling practices from farm to table can dramatically reduce the risk of foodborne illness.
Metabolism Understanding the Interactions and Transformations in Living Cells
Chapter 15: Energy Metabolism: The Interactions and Transformations of Living Cells The Brain on Ketones: Can It Be Good? For some individuals with epilepsy, a high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet can prevent or reduce seizures.

Study Guides (work on these study guides for the fifth chapter test)

Continue to work on all of the study guides for the upcoming Chapter 5 test.

Please don't forget that you can work together on the study guides by clicking on ConferZoom to the left and entering that room each and every day from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Work together. It saves time and helps a lot while searching for answers to some of the study guide questions.

Assignments due this week

Nov. 23, 2020 (3:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m.) Zoom Student to Student Study Guide Room*

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*The above zoom room is open every day for you to get help working on your study guides from other students. You can share your screen, use your video, etc. It beats working on them by yourself.

Due by Sun., Dec. 6, 2020 11:59 p.m. (Quiz Assignment) Test #5 Chapters 13, 14 and Spotlight H Here
Due by Sun., Dec 6, 2020 11:59 p.m. (Quiz Assignment) Video Quiz #8 Starving Cancer Away Sophia Lunt Here

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