Chapter 4: Diet and Nutrition + Assignment

For this assignment, you will answer questions about Chapter 4. Note: This chapter has been substantially revised in the latest edition. If you are using the 3rd Edition, please get in touch with me.

STEP 1: Read

Read Chapter 4: Diet and Nutrition in the textbook.

STEP 2: Write your Answers

Please write answers in sentence form.

1. Why do we say there is a mismatch between our bodies and our contemporary environments in terms of diet and nutrition?
2. In general terms, how do the diets of agriculturalists differ from those of hunter-gatherers? And why do people consuming hunter-gatherer diets have less risk of developing chronic disease?
3. What stood out to you about the section describing globalization and ultra-processing?
4. What are some underlying biocultural causes of the worldwide obesity epidemic discussed in the text? In what ways does the epidemic vary among the world’s populations?
5. Please share something else that interested you from the chapter that you haven’t already talked about.

STEP 3: Submit your Answers

Submit your answers by clicking the blue, "Take The Quiz" button below and copying your answers into the box. Although I am using the "quiz" feature for this, it is not a quiz. This is just an assignment. Do your best, but I'm not grading you on getting the right answer; you will be graded based on your sincere attempt to answer the questions and showing that you have read/watched the information, even if you didn't understand all of it.

Please get in touch if you have any issues submitting your answers. 

STEP 4: Check Answers

After you submit your answers, click on Attempt 1 in your attempt history. You should then be able to see the correct answers to the questions. This information is meant to help you affirm that you were on the right track in understanding the information or, if not, fill gaps in your understanding. You will only be able to see the answers once, so take any notes that you want to.