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Estefania guada (c.a 2)
The speaker declares himself as a: chef and a food policy guy
His family is mostly comprised by: teachers
Few examples mentioned are: his sister (special teacher), his father (was a teacher of fifth grade for 25
years), uncle and cousins.
According to the speaker, when you ask the right questions: you have the right answers
In order to better understand the educational outcomes among children, the author suggest
considering: the food is really important for the development to the children’s, the kid’s do not probably
eat the particular the breakfast with all the nutrients have poor cognitive function overall
According to the author, to set up kids for success probably means:
a) To talk to them about being successful
b) To educate kids on how to be successful
c) To prepare them for success
The speaker used to be: competition judge
What happened during the episode of chopped considered to be special:
The mystery ingredient and was the quinoa, a woman (Cheryl Barbara) cook a pasta with vegetables
and she put the quinoa (a little bit raw) in the pasta, and was really crunchy, the why is because was
Monday and she always prepared pasta the Mondays for the children’s fill them up.
Who participated in this competition, what were their roles:
Cheryl Barbara (nutrition director high school in Connecticut)
Describe how the events developed, try using bullet points to capture the key ideas:
The presentation continues with emphasis on the nourishment of and provides examples of two
hypothetical kids
What are the most important elements to consider for:
Kid # 1
Allison (12 years old)
Smart
She goes to school that serves a nutritious breakfast
She has lower levels of anxiety and depressions
She’ll have better attendance and show up on time more often
She has better health
Kid # 2
Tommy (11 years old)
When he’s in kindergarten, he was really bad in mat, and when he was in 3 grade he’s got lower
math and reading scores.
the research shows that kids who do not have a consistent nourishment have poor cognitive
function overall
According to the speaker, poor cognitive function in possibly linked to:
The speaker presents other key facts and statistics:
A (food insecure)
These problems could also be linked to:
Diabetes
Diet and nutrition is the number one cause of preventable death and disease
The speaker has mentioned some initiatives of his own and other successful cases
Himself:
Proposed solution: created a program for the schools that had 40 percent more low income kids, and
serve the breakfast and lunch to every kid in that school.
Results: the schools who had the program saw an increase in math and reading scores by 17.5 percent
and research shows that when the kid have a consistent nutritious breakfast, their chances of graduating
increase by 20 percent.
A
B
Donna Martín
Problem: the kids of the district doesn’t have to eat
Proposed Solution: donna decided to get out ahead of the new standards that were coming and
overhaul her nutrition standards with (breakfast and dinner)
Results: They loved not being hungry
Erick Parker
Problem: the burke country bears lose in they division (were a mediocre team for years)
Solution: donna changed the menus
Results: the bears won their division, and they went on to win the state championship
A
B
C
According to the speaker, better nourishment for all will: we are going to thrive, and we could see a
world that is more stable and secure, we could improve our economic productivity, and transform our
health care.
A
B
C
D
