Atkins and other diet crazes *effectiveness of
*cross marketing and (see Subway and Atkins)
*influence of celebrities
*Health aspects of
*Impact on grain farming/ cattle industries
*vs. more established diets
*Economic impact
Other diet issues
*Making Healthy food cheaper
*Food Coaches
*Food/ Diet and the female athlete
*Healthiness of school lunches
*Fitness drinks (effectiveness of)
*Caffeine addiction
*Vitamin deficiencies in American diets
*Trans-fat (FDA Regulation)
*Increase of peanut allergies: why?
*Preventing/ Treating eating disorders
*Low-fat foods actually healthier?
*Commercialization of American diet
Fast Food, etc.
*Cola Companies in Schools
*Fast Food in Schools
*The rise of “gourmet” Fast Food
*Globalisation practices of fast food etc.
*And anti-American sentiment
*Urban myths of fast food
*Working conditions
Restaurants
*Increase in restaurant patronage
*Women chefs in top restaurants
*Immigrant employees in Restaurant kitchens
*Working Conditions for Waiters/Waitresses
*Economic challenges of non-franchise restaurants
Obesity
*Treating Obesity in Children
*and infant birthweight
*Fast Food’s responsibility
*Obesity and regionalism
**Among U.S. regions
**U.S. Compared to other nations
*American Fear of Fat
*American Obsession with weight loss vs. American Obesity
*U.S. opposition to WHO obesity guidelines
Transgenic Foods
*Regulating / Labeling
*And the environment
*Researching
*And third world countries
*Biodiversity
*Small farms and competitiveness
Meat:
*Cloning Meat
*Irradiating Meat
*Mad Cow and other food borne diseases (including avian flu)
*Regulating the meatpacking industry
*Environmental impact of cattle farming
*Beef and American identity
Seafood
*Over-fishing: Swordfish, Chilean Sea Bass, shellfish
*Farmed salmon safety scares
Food Movements
*Raw Food
*Slow Food (home-based eating)
*Fruitarianism
Vegetarianism
*activism for
*health benefits of
*ethical /environmental reasons for
*Health disadvantages of
Organic foods
*and lifestyle
*Organic Agriculture
*As a marketing phenomenon
College eating habits (including the freshman 15)*Impact of scheduling
*Aramark and other University food service contractors
*healthy options for
*Labeling and regulating organic foods (and standards of designation)
Food additives & artificial sweeteners
*Aspartame as carcinogenic
*Natural vs. artificial
*Ethics of
International Food Issues:
*Bushmeat Conservation
*Labor practices behind imported foods
**Migrant labor and domestically produced foods
*NAFTA and American farmers
*Rice and Global Food Security
*Free trade coffee and Starbucks
*Subsistence farming and free trade
Food and Psychology*Food and depression
*Food and personality traits/ moods
*Scientific basis of aphrodisiacs
Ethics and Eating
*The ethics of “adventure eating”
*Ethics of Foodie Culture
*Americanization of Ethnic foods
Miscellaneuous topics
Revising the Food Pyramid
Ensuring Water purity in urban environments
Food and religious identity (Kosher, etc.)
Food Contamination (regulating)
Food industry lobbying practices
Historical impact of food muckrakers
Conspicuous consumption
Alternative grocery stores
Agribusiness issues
Animal welfare and food production
The importance of food to retail sales
Area Food Banks
Fat Taxes