Epidemiology Case Study: Food Inc.

1. The first interesting fact that I found out about Food Inc was that their tomatoes are ripened with ethane gas. I thought that was interesting because I never thought that they did that but they do. Ripening tomatoes on gas makes them get to people like us two times quicker because it is like putting them on steroids. This makes you really think about what you eat and what you are putting into your body. This makes me not want to eat tomatoes because the ethane gas can’t be good for the human body. I think people who do this to their food should be punished and should not be allowed to sell tomatoes. They are probably affecting so many people now and they will not feel it till 20 years now. The word that I think that relates to this is epidemiology. Epidemiology is the study of patterns of disease and disability in a population. I think that relates by how some day people
The next interesting fact is how McDonald’s is the largest ground meat buyer in the world. That Is interesting because you would think that all their meat is fake and not real but they get real meat but they get it from the chickens on steroids. The chickens they get them from are the ones that are abused. These poor chickens in the movie get treated so poorly. The workers that take care of these chickens get treated poorly to. This is all a messed that is going to need some attention soon. I think the word that relates to this is life span. Life span is the maximum length of life of a species; for humans, the longest that a human has lived. I think that relates because the chicken’s life span is getting cut short by them getting on steroids and getting treated very poorly with their home life. Life span also relates to how the workers work and get treated. They get high blood pressure from that I’m sure and that is affecting their life span also. It also relates by the life span on the companies and how they will end up getting an affect from how they treat these chickens and the