https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ulyiGVHYFmm2nMj4xXko5wBvcY7J_xzfCaO8KVaeyik/edit?usp=sharing

I enjoyed this assignment because I had to freedom to research a topic of my choice and could try and translate my findings to an audience of the general public. I think the hardest part about  this project was trying to dissect the findings in the research I looked at and making it easy to understand for my readers. Overall, this paper helped me learn how to read complicated studies about nutrition and take bits and pieces that are important. Although it can be tough to synthesize the evidence a study provides, this paper helped to train me to use what is important and apply it in a way that the public can understand.

http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/five-bite-diet-work-9698.html

Perhaps one of the most bizarre diets in theory has been announced and has risen with popularity within the last year. The Five Bites diet, consisting of a meal plan where there is not breakfast and one can only eat five bites of whatever food he or she desires has gotten too much attention from young women in particular. Allowing for any food to be eaten with as big of a bite as needed, this diet still can only consist of nearly 800 calories a day. However, there are much more negative effects to this style of heating than the positives of losing weight. The San Francisco Gate, an online news source based in the Bay Area, reports on this fad diet.

To give some more details, a day in the life of a Five Bite user consists of only 10 bites of food. Breakfast is skipped, which should be the first concern as breakfast has been proven to increase likelihoods of academic achievement as well as help promote cognitive and behavioral development. Thus, diet followers are left with 10 bites to divide between lunch and dinner. There are no limitations on the foods used for the precious bites so long as it includes protein and users remember to take a multivitamin everyday. The appeal of this diet stems from the simplicity of the rules and the ability to continue eating unhealthy foods. The dangers of this fad diet lie in the lack of healthy nutrients based on the limiting intake of healthy foods and the low calorie count.

The online source for the San Francisco Chronicle appears valid in it’s claim that the Five Bite Diet should not be encouraged simply because it will not work. Writer Jessica Brusso highlights the difficulties associated with this plan such as lack of nutrients and proteins going into the body on a daily basis, as well as there not being enough food to curb hunger  causing the person to quit quickly. She also provides a healthier alternative to the diet of the USDA’s MyPlate Program. While she doesn’t provide links within the article to other sources, she includes citations at the bottom of the article and provides names and websites she references. Ultimately, Jessica Brusso successfully denies this unhealthy diet and provides a healthy alternative for readers.

Question:

Due to the lack of food intake on a daily basis, is it safe to classify this diet as a form of anorexia, or it causing anorexia?

General Information about Item:

• Nursery Rhyme
• American
• English
• Children

Informant Data:

Olympia Caland was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1999. She immediately moved to the United States with her mother. She grew up in Los Angeles, California near the ocean and went to Crossroads School for the Arts from Kindergarten to 12th Grade. Her parents are divorced and her father lives in Paris, France with her half-brother Darius Caland. She speaks German, French, and English fluently and often travels back to Germany to see her grandparents. Olympia is in the class of 2021 at Dartmouth College.  She participates on the Varsity Volleyball team and enjoys studio art. She hopes to be a Studio Art major but also wants to minor in Economics.

Contextual Data:

Olympia last heard the nursery rhyme about “the sun going down” lots of years ago when she was young. Her father told her this rhyme before she went to sleep at night. The deeper meaning of this rhyme is that she links it to her father and the time they spent together before sleeping. She shared the rhyme with her brother when they were younger. She heard the rhyme nearly every night when she was younger.

Olympia connects this nursery rhyme to her childhood self. She reminises about the time spent with her father before bed as she and her dad are very close still to this day. This rhyme remains in her head as it was very memorable to her. She also has a sentimental attachment to this particular nursery rhyme since she shared it with her little brother.

Item:

The nursery rhyme, “The Sun is Going Down”

The sun is going down,

It’s the end of another day,

Soon the friendly dark will come,

It will be night,

It will be sleepy time.

Collector’s Comments: 

As Olympia recounts the nursery rhyme that highlights her early childhood years, she appears reminiscent. She didn’t seem hesitant when recalling the information which shows she vividly can recount the times her dad would tell her this rhyme before bed. She will always share this memory with her father which makes their bond stronger.

Collector Information:

Lauren Douglas

Hanover, NH 03755

Dartmouth College

Russian 0013

Winter 2018

General Information abut Item:

• Nursery Rhyme
• Children
• American
• English

Informant Data:

Abby Kott was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1997. She has lived in the same home since she was born. She has two older brothers and one older sister, as well as a dog named Coco. She plays middle blocker on the Varsity volleyball team and likes to sing in her free time.

Contextual Data:

Abby last heard the nursery rhyme of Goldilocks and the Three Bears when she was in the Third Grade. She recalls Goldilocks going to the bears house, disrupting their beds, chairs, and porridge. Once the bears come home and see what has happened Goldilocks runs away. She originally heard the nursery rhyme from her mother. The deeper meaning of this rhyme to her is the lesson of not touching others’ things without asking. She shared the Goldilocks story with her older siblings and remembers hearing the rhyme “so many times!”

Abby grew up with 3 older siblings. Sharing something like this nursery rhyme with her older brothers and sister connects all of her family together. Hearing this rhyme from her mother reminds her of growing up and learning valuable lessons from the nursery rhymes she heard.

Item:

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks.  She went for a walk in the forest. Pretty soon, she came upon a house.  She knocked and, when no one answered, she walked right in. At the table in the kitchen, there were three bowls of porridge.  Goldilocks was hungry. She tasted the porridge from the first bowl. “This porridge is too hot!” she exclaimed. So, she tasted the porridge from the second bowl. “This porridge is too cold,” she said So, she tasted the last bowl of porridge. “Ahhh, this porridge is just right,” she said happily and she ate it all up. After she’d eaten the three bears’ breakfasts she decided she was feeling a little tired.  So, she walked into the living room where she saw three chairs. Goldilocks sat in the first chair to rest her feet. “This chair is too big!” she exclaimed. So she sat in the second chair. “This chair is too big, too!” she whined. So she tried the last and smallest chair. “Ahhh, this chair is just right,” she sighed. But just as she settled down into the chair to rest, it broke into pieces! Goldilocks was very tired by this time, so she went upstairs to the bedroom.  She lay down in the first bed, but it was too hard. Then she lay in the second bed, but it was too soft. Then she lay down in the third bed and it was just right. Goldilocks fell asleep. As she was sleeping, the three bears came home. “Someone’s been eating my porridge,” growled the Papa bear. “Someone’s been eating my porridge,” said the Mama bear. “Someone’s been eating my porridge and they ate it all up!” cried the Baby bear. “Someone’s been sitting in my chair,” growled the Papa bear. “Someone’s been sitting in my chair,” said the Mama bear. “Someone’s been sitting in my chair and they’ve broken it all to pieces,” cried the Baby bear. They decided to look around some more and when they got upstairs to the bedroom, Papa bear growled, “Someone’s been sleeping in my bed,” “Someone’s been sleeping in my bed, too” said the Mama bear “Someone’s been sleeping in my bed and she’s still there!” exclaimed Baby bear. Just then, Goldilocks woke up and saw the three bears.  She screamed, “Help!” And she jumped up and ran out of the room. Goldilocks ran down the stairs, opened the door, and ran away into the forest. And she never returned to the home of the three bears.

(Recounted from http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/goldilocks_story.htm)

Collector’s Comments:

Abby seemed very nostalgic when discussing her folklore. The emotional connection she holds to this childhood story is transparent during her interview. The ability to share this nursery rhyme with her other siblings also brings in a familial culture element.

Collector Information:

Lauren Douglas

Hanover, NH 03755

Dartmouth College

Russian 0013

Winter 2018