In the attached there is several passages from Michael Mosss The Extraordinary Science of Junk Food. These passages are part of a case study on Frito-Lay and how it uses food science to create demand for more potato chips. Read the passages carefully to identify the range of issues that Moss raises about snack foods in general and potato chips in particular. Write an essay 3-2 pages single spaced in which you explain why potato chips are such a dangerous part of the American diet. What aspects of potato chips makes them part of an enormous problem in the American diet? And if potato chips pose a public health problem, why are they still so popular? Why arent there warning labels on your Doritos bag as there are with cigarettes? As someone who may eat (or crave) potato chips and other snack foods, what do you think about what Moss reveals about Frito-Lay? What questions or comments might you have about food companies and how they use science? You can draw on your reading and your knowledge of other such cases to, as Nancy Sommers says, bring your own judgments and interpretations to bear on what youve read in these passages.

In the attached there is several passages from Michael Mosss The Extraordinary Science of Junk Food. These passages are part of a case study on Frito-Lay and how it uses food science to create demand for more potato chips. Read the passages carefully to identify the range of issues that Moss raises about snack foods in general and potato chips in particular. Write an essay 3-2 pages single spaced in which you explain why potato chips are such a dangerous part of the American diet. What aspects of potato chips makes them part of an enormous problem in the American diet? And if potato chips pose a public health problem, why are they still so popular? Why arent there warning labels on your Doritos bag as there are with cigarettes? As someone who may eat (or crave) potato chips and other snack foods, what do you think about what Moss reveals about Frito-Lay? What questions or comments might you have about food companies and how they use science? You can draw on your reading and your knowledge of other such cases to, as Nancy Sommers says, bring your own judgments and interpretations to bear on what youve read in these passages.