CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Edinburgh International Science Festival, Jackie Coogan, Morgan Spurlock

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Ariel Fenster

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Topic one: intro lesson 2: perspectives health, history, science & society. Jackie coogan in oliver twist" by charles dickens (1922) please sir, may i have some more food (very bold request, persists in asking for more gruel) >goals of the course: actual substances are in food, what many people eat around the world -> consider planet of 7 billion+ as population of 100 (50:50 male/female) 7 would have university educations (1 or 2 as of 20 years ago) Concern for result of orthorexia nervosa development (= obsession in eating right" foods) The omnivore"s dilemma: a natural history of four meals" by michael pollan. Publications talking about food pyramid been debated for very long time. One perspective of interest: comment on radio way back when there weren"t that many problems with health (what a joke) e. g. belleview hospital had rats, nyc. Plumpy nut: protein, fat, and peanut based food with long lifetime.