Nutrition, Metabolism, and Diabetes

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.06.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Overview
  4. How Sweet Is It?
  5. Why Focus on High Fructose Corn Syrup?
  6. What Makes Kids Obese?
  7. Lessons
  8. Appendix A
  9. Appendix B
  10. Student Resources
  11. Teacher Resources
  12. Bibliography
  13. Endnotes

Childhood Obesity and High Fructose Corn Syrup. What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing!

Huwerl Thornton

Published September 2008

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Endnotes

1. Linda Joyce Forristal. "The Murky World of High-Fructose Corn Syrup" Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts. (fall 2001).

2. Nancy Appleton. "Fructose is No Answer For a Sweetener," Mercola.com Take Control of Your Health, 5 January 2002, http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/01/05/fructose-part-two.aspx> (25 June 2008).

3. Nancy Appleton. "Fructose is No Answer For a Sweetener," Mercola.com Take Control of Your Health, 5 January 2002, http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/01/05/fructose-part-two.aspx> (25 June 2008).

4. Bill Sanda . "The Double Danger of High Fructose Corn Syrup" Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and Healing Arts, (winter 2003).

5. Kim Severson. "Sugar Coated: We're drowning in high fructose corn syrup. Do the risks go beyond our waistline?" San Francisco Chronicle on the Web, 18 February 2004, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/18/FDGS24VKMH1.DTL> (8 July 2008)

6. Bill Sanda . "The Double Danger of High Fructose Corn Syrup" Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and Healing Arts, (winter 2003).

7. Michael Pollan. The Omnivore's Dilemma (New York: The Penguin Group, 2006), 105.

8. Michael Pollan. The Omnivore's Dilemma (New York: The Penguin Group, 2006), 104.

9. Kim Severson. "Sugar Coated: We're drowning in high fructose corn syrup. Do the risks go beyond our waistline?" San Francisco Chronicle on the Web, 18 February 2004, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/18/FDGS24VKMH1.DTL> (8 July 2008)

10. Kim Severson. "Sugar Coated: We're drowning in high fructose corn syrup. Do the risks go beyond our waistline?" San Francisco Chronicle on the Web, 18 February 2004, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/18/FDGS24VKMH1.DTL> (8 July 2008)

11. Bryan Walsh. "It's Not Just Genetics," Time, 23 June 2008, 73.

12. Bryan Walsh. "It's Not Just Genetics," Time, 23 June 2008, 77.

13. Bryan Walsh. "It's Not Just Genetics," Time, 23 June 2008, 77.

14. Bryan Walsh. "It's Not Just Genetics," Time, 23 June 2008, 73.

15. Jeffrey Kluger. "How America's Children Packed On the Pounds," Time, 23 June 2008, 68.

16. Jeffrey Kluger. "How America's Children Packed On the Pounds," Time, 23 June 2008, 68.

17. Michael Pollan. In Defense of Food: An Eaters Manifesto (New York: The Penguin Group, 2008), 86-87.

18. Bryan Walsh. "It's Not Just Genetics," Time, 23 June 2008, 78.

19. Carolyn Poirot. "High-fructose corn syrup fueling obesity epidemic, doctors say" The Seattle Times, 4 December 2005, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2002658491_healthsyrup04.html (8 July 2008)

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