Eating Disorders In Dancers

        A global issue that I feel passionate about is child hunger, in the US specifically. I would like to educate myself more on this issue because I want to know why this problem hasn't found a solution yet. These children don't have any control of how much income their family makes, and how their parents/guardian chooses to spend their money. They're becoming malnourished in a 1st world country that has more than enough money and their health is at risk because of the decisions that their parents have made. Children should not be punished from the mistakes of adults, or the situation that they were born into.          What compels me to take action on this issue is that it is not their choice that they're not eating.  I could tell an affective story on this issue by comparing this to children who struggle with eating disorders to create an affective response to share. So many children struggle with eating because of eating diso...

 The first goal of my 2 week plan was to follow my recommended meal plan that I put on my Instagram a couple of weeks back. On the meal plan, I listed various different options for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, and snacks that would be a good choice to fuel a dancers body with. I also heavily emphasized that diet culture is bad for young dancers, carbs are needed in order to stay full and energized, to not count your calories, and to listen to your body and what it needs. Not everything you eat has to be healthy because balance is key. For breakfast I had a kodak flapjack cup, which contains 20 grams of protein, along with some fruit and iced tea. For lunch I had veggies with humus, along with pepperoni, pretzles, and a cookie. For a snack I had a chocolate crissont. After I got home from school I had tuna sushi and an apple. After dance I had chicken, rice, and broccoli for dinner, and for dessert I had some dark chocolate and raspberries. After following this meal plan for a...

      The podcast that I chose to listen to was "Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison (2019)"  https://www.npr.org/2021/08/04/1024913084/stacys-pita-chips-stacy-madison-2019 .  This podcast is related to my topic because it talks about the food industry and mentions food in general. It also talks about how nutrition affects the sales of pita chips. Stacy mentions how she thought that her sales were going to go down because not as many people were eating carbs and more of the healthier food brands were rising. Every food brand had a backbone of nutrition and it can affect your business and how much of your product you sell.      Stacy Madison was the founder of Stacy's  pita chips. She grew up in the suburbs of Boston and thought that she was going to be in the psychology field until she discovered her love for food. Stacy lived in Hawaii for a portion of her life and while she was there she would sell dinners to people in her building. When she ...