The Anthropology of Food    Ant. C64H Spring 2003	Millenium Party
Notes & lects PAGE	Prof. Frances D. Burton      R5237 Ph. 287-7345      email: burton@scar.utoronto.ca      Office Hours: Wed 10-2

famine
greenrev
ergot etc
overnutrition
malnutrition
lect2needs
firstlectoverview
foodasmedicine
foodas symbol
food and devel
 
 

points	quantity and value	time alloted
objective	40=40 x 1 pts ea	40 minutes
definitions	30 = 30 x 3    pts ea	35 minutes
essays	30 =   3 x 10  pts ea.	30 minutes

About the Final Exam.

The date of the exam is April 24, from 2-4 in the physical lab. The final exam will be essay, definition, and multiple choice.

Please note: below are some essays for you to prepare at home [2"long" essays] You may bring your NOTES only. Notes must be handed in. In addition there will be one short answer essay you will see in class.

The essays, definitions, and a sample of multiple-choice questions appear below. The exam questions are drawn from lecture and readings. Be sure to prepare your answers with both lecture and readings in mind. The best essay will reference readings [page numbers not expected – approximate dates will be acceptable].

SAMPLE OF DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS. Define 10 (TEN) of the following in NO MORE THAN a paragraph and IN
THE CONTEXT of this course. The choice will be from 14 words. Please note: you are NOT to define a word that
is a primary focus of either one of the two essays you choose to write: e.g. Green Revolution; taboo.
 

RNI/RDA/RDV/DRI complementarity of proteins secondary compounds BMI [body mass index] Green Revolution Harris lines xerophthalmia edema mono-culture Cuba fava bean Enriched  taboo

reference womanIRRI [International Rice Research Institute  CGIAR [ Golden Rice Net protein utilization MUAC Anthropometry Protein Efficiency Ratio [PER] Pellagra Scurvy BERIBERI Weanling foods

SAMPLE definition:
example: Malnutrition: a term which should include overnutrition
i.e. the diseases of affluence, but is often used only to refer to the condition resulting from nutrient deficiency.

Essays to prepare at home
Prepare at home and write in class. From amongst the 9 [nine] questions below, you are to choose TWO essays from amongst the following: You may bring notes to class. These are to be handed in with the exam.

1. Discuss the issue of vit A deficiency, its etiology, progress and cures.
2. Food taboos, especially pregnancy and post-partum food restrictions, are quite nearly universal. Identify some, locate them within a culture or cultural system, and discuss with reference to your readings.
3. Using the Greek system of Galen, or the system of Yin and Yang, consider what a culture's symbolic system has to do with nutrition.
4. Several of the studies you have read have questionable ethics. Identify these, and describe what the study did and the rationale given by the authors for their behaviour. What was the impact on the group under study?
5. Discuss one or all of the following group from the perspective that biology AND culture determine the expression and reaction to the disease state. Be sure to include location, time, influential or causative factors.
ergotism
cretinism
pibloqtoq
konzo
6. Discuss the Green Revolution in light of its history and its current activity.
7. Discuss the causes of famine giving examples [current or historical].
8.What IS a meal? How do we know? What models might be applied?
9. A meal consists of [a] a potato salad with skins; raw sliced tomatoes, raw green beans, celery and carrots; olive oil, cider vinegar and garlic, [b] cole slaw with mayonaise, [c] chick peas and shell pasta. Consider this meal in terms of its nutrient content. [10 pts]
 

Sample of multiple choice

 Which is more important in maintainingg proper weight
a.  carbohydrate intake
b.  calorie intake
c.  protein intake
d.  fat intake

The Mexican Pima
a.  are as heavy as the american pima
b.  eat tortillas, beans, potatoes and the odd chicken
c.  have “normal” rates of diabetes
d.  eat more than the american pima

The synergism between malnutrition and morbidity is
a.  that exposure to disease is constant within any given population
b.  the fatality rate per exposure varies w the degree of malnutrition
c.  muscle mass is a predictor
d.  severe malnutrition is the only predictor

Critical times in brain development include all but:
a.  in utero
b.  at three months
c.  at 8 months
d.  none of the above are 'critical’