Presentations
The various presentations we have seen throughout the past few weeks have been interesting, informative, and quite often rather amusing. The many branches of population and food explored in these presentations provided a great deal of insight into the past, present, and sometimes futures of their subjects. The opportunity to discuss the topic at the end of the presentation was a very important step in being able to seek clarification on certain aspects of the presentation, as well as discussing in many cases, as a group, the pros and cons of such an action or topic. The most interesting presentations were those covering the same topic, but viewing the subject from two entirely different perspectives. Both Jeffery Sum and J.D. Katz covered the topic of caffeine in the same day, coincidentally one after the other. J.D. presented the harmful side effects of high-levels of caffeine consumption, including varied levels of headaches, nausea, and in some extreme and rare cases, death. Jeff then defended caffeine in his presentation, saying that in many cases, it was not actually the caffeine that produced the aforementioned side effects, but the combination of
the caffeine with many other factors. High levels of stress, varied levels of diets (i.e. a high-calorie diet), and the direct results of drinking caffeine were among those explored in this presentation. The concentration of presentations based on food rather than population were quite unfortunate in the sense that we now know a great deal more on different food topics, than we do on population. Though many different topics were covered in the food presentations, there were still glaring oversights in terms of a many aspects of food. The differences in the food preparation and ingredients in various cultures would have made for an excellent topic to explore. Food allergies and intolerance would have also made a very good topic to look into. Many people in the class most likely suffer from an allergy to some type of food, so it would have been interesting to see the reasoning behind the body's negative reaction to some specific foods. The absence of information pertaining to the third world was evident in most of the statistics presenters used to support their theses. Comparisons to the third world were rarely made, and if they were, the information was
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