• “… …obese masses, who would continue to sicken and die early”. Is this exactly such a bad thing? Isn’t this just a form of survival of the fittest? (intro.)—LH

• “Popular food producers, … are already applying various tricks … to create less caloric and more satiating versions of their junky fare that … retain much of the appeal of the originals, and could be induced to go much further … companies could do far more for the public’s health in five years than the wholesome-food movement is likely to accomplish in the next 50 …” (intro.). Can this statement even be true? Even after reading the entire article I find this statement a huge extrapolation on the data that is available.—JS

• In the section Michael Pollan Has no Clothes (§I), why do people believe that just because they are eating organic foods, they are eating better than what they do at a fast food restaurant?—DE

• On page two of the article, it talks about obesity because of food choices. Do you think that if the prices were the same for healthy foods as the fast foods that people would choose to eat healthy? Given that fact that we discussed how much satisfaction a cheeseburger gives us.—CJM

• In the “Let them eat Kale” section (§II), the author says “Even if wholesome food caught on with the public at large … how long would it take to scale up from a handful of shops to the tens of thousands required to begin making a dent in the obesity crisis? How long would it take to create the thousands of local farms we’d need in order to provide these shops with fresh, unprocessed ingredients, even in cities?” Is he suggesting that it’s better to give up and focus on improving fast food?—CSt

• Mid-way into the article, the author talks about how problematic it is to eat healthy due to terminology used by companies; like “farm-to-fork” or “lite.” How big of an impact does properly labeling the food play on the health conscientiousness of people?—ASC

• Question: Towards the end of the reading, “eat this, not that-” is mention. First off has anybody heard of this book? Second, should a company be “praise[d] or sham[ed]” for making there product that is demanded?—HW

• Do large food corporations deserve the bad reputation for hygiene that the mainstream media gives them?—MT

• If “whole” or “organic” foods were ready available like processed foods, would do you think “whole”/“organic” foods reputation would be?—RG

• This article seems to go against anything I’ve ever learned. Do you agree with this?—CB

• Can you see the future of fast food being healthy food that is genetically altered to taste good?—MO

• How has this article changed your views on fast foods and whole foods?—NB