Study guide and discussions questions for "America's National Eating Disorder"
by Michael Pollan
Discussion questions:
What does Pollan mean when he writes that our eating tends to grow more tortured as our culture's power to manage our relationship to food weakens?
According to Michael Pollan, which source is superior with respect to making good food choices, established cultural traditions or science?
According to Michael Pollan, what is the relationship between the food industry and America's national eating disorder?
What is your assessment of Pollan's claims?
Study guide questions:
According to Michael Pollan, the French culture of food successfully negotiates the omnivore’s dilemma, allowing the French to enjoy their meals without ruining their health. True or false?
According to Daniel Bell, there is a tendency in capitalism, in its single-minded pursuit of profit, to erode the various cultural underpinnings that steady a society but often impede the march of commercialization. True or false?
According to Michael Pollan, American’s rely on what in making their food choices?
