NUTR 101

Assignment: Analysis of A Place at the Table

Your movie review assignment requires you to watch the film A Place at the Table and do a little outside research on food deserts and low income neighborhoods. Use the resources in this box to complete your project.. 

 

LINKS TO FILM

(Note: these films do NOT tend to play well on cell phones or on computers with a slower internet connection.  In those cases, it may take the video a long time to load)

LINKS TO INFO ON FOOD DESERTS AND LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS

  • Please note that the American Nutrition Association website and the USDA Food Access Atlas are both freely available online resources, which means you can continue to use them outside your GRC classes.

Additional Films on Nutrition and Food Insecurity

Films On Demand: Streaming Video database

Films on Demand has over 30 distinct series on Nutrition, including childhood nutrition; healthy eating; obesity and body size; society, body image, and food; and global health.

Click on the link above and try searches on the topics above or on other relevant topics such as:

nutrition
diet
food deserts
food insecurity
hunger

Ted Talks

Click on the link above and try searches on the topics on relevant topics such as:

nutrition
diet
food deserts
food insecurity
hunger