SW 280-ST - Hunger and Obesity

Min Units: 3
Max Units: 3
Why do we eat what we eat? Why are food-insecurity (hunger) and obesity both growing problems in the United States and globally? What are food deserts, and how/why do they form? Why do we need food stamp programs? What are the consequences of industrializing and globalizing systems of food production? How do scientists and policy makers study and measure the causes and consequences of hunger and obesity? This course will begin to answer these and other questions through critical readings, reflections, and discussions of important texts and ideas in the area of critical food studies. Students will develop their abilities to think critically about how food production and consumption has significant human health, societal, and environmental consequences. (U) Annually, term varies