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3 Impact Issues - Food
vegetarian
vegan
genetically modified foods
nutrition
diet / dietary
balanced diet
vitamins and minerals
first world (2nd, 3rd)
herbivore, carnivore, omnivore
eating disorders - anorexia, bulimia
protein, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, vitamins
expiration date / sell-by date
ethanol
biofuel

How much do you consider the environmental impact of the food you eat?
On what basis should schools base their food decisions? cost, nutrition, cooperative companies, environment, other?
How carefully do you check the nutrition labels of the food you eat?
What is the nutritional value of rice? How would you counter the argument that white rice is merely “empty calories”?
What do you think is the ideal diet? Why?
What should be the national food policy of first world countries?
What are some unusual foods you have eaten or heard of?
What Japanese foods might be considered strange by foreigners?
What unusual foods or food culture have you learned about?
The world hot dog eating champion is a Japanese man (Takeru Kobayashi). What do you think about that?
Could you enter an eating contest? Would you win? Any opinion about eating contests?
Favorite foods? Hated foods?