Food and Nutrition: Streaming Video about Food and Nutrition

"Fast food often gets a bad rap—and for good reason! High amounts of saturated fats, trans fats, sugar, and sodium, plus a lack of fruits and vegetables, make most fast foods a great choice for flavor but a questionable choice in terms of nutrition. In this video, Rickey and Genevieve explore the world of fast food with humor as they help viewers learn how to make the healthiest choices when eating on the go at fast-food restaurants..."

"In response to the widely seen documentary Super Size Me, this video follows two college students as they eat only fast food for a month—losing weight and lowering their cholesterol levels in the process. The trick? Aaron and Ellen stay within portion sizes appropriate for their body types. The experiment was organized and documented by Dr. James Painter of Eastern Illinois University’s School of Family and Consumer Sciences and monitored by a physician and nutrition expert."

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Supermarkets bring in nearly half a trillion dollars per year, making them one of the great success stories of modern retailing. Modern Marvels traces the history and evolution of supermarkets."

"Social historian Harvey Levenstein has studied two centuries of North American eating habits. He and nutritionist Rena Mendelson describe key changes which have affected attitudes and behaviors regarding food and health."

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In this edition of Make, Create, Innovate, we explore an area close to all our hearts or rather our stomachs; food and how technology is changing what and how we eat. We first explore how technology can help with the growing problem of food security and sustainability with an inventor who has developed an innovative approach to help stabilize fish stocks. His nets contain special portals that attract undesirable fish and those from endangered lists using special wavelengths of light."