Question

Katie is a 35-year-old business woman who is very health conscious and is very meticulous regarding what she eats. She enjoys reading health magazines and includes those on healthy eating.

• Would food labels be a point of interest for Ms. Katie?
• Would Ms. Katie be interested in health claims that link nutrients or food groups with risk of disease?
• How does the government assist Ms. Katie in ensuring that the health claims she is reading are appropriate?
• Discuss how pesticides and genetic modification might concern Ms. Katie.
• Review some ways that Ms. Katie can avoid food contamination.

Answer 1

Answer: The labels on the food should be point of interest for Ms. Katie as these ingredients shows the content of the product and it's nutritional values.

It is important to understand the risk of the foods, specially the labelled foods. The amount of fat content, proteins etc present in the food also have affect on the health.

All the products should be FDA approved, so that people can trust the product as it is verified by the FDA as safe to eat.

The use of pesticides causes various diseases, it also lowers the nutritional value of the product of food. So, it is one of the major concern regarding the food intake.