Essays on Acton

Discussion

Post#3: The high added sugar content in snacks, beverages and baby food is a critical health issue, worldwide. The three articles I retrieved from different sources showed the similar information on packaged food that is highlighted in my first post. One article by Chai et al. of Global News cited the quote of Dr. Hammond, “Canadian kids consume 33 tablespoons of sugar” (Chai et al.). According to this, the major concern related to this sugar consumption is the extra supply of sugar to the body that may lead to obesity and other health problems. Another article authored by Puzic ...

Summary: Two-thirds of packaged foods, drinks in Canada have added sugars

The article is about a study conducted on 40,829 packaged foods and beverages that are being sold at national supermarket chains of a popular Canadian grocery store. The researchers did not include fresh produce such as vegetable, fruits, meats, and other raw ingredients like water, coffee, tea, oils, and fats. Other non food items such as nutrition and protein supplements were also not included in the study. The researcher found out that 66 percent of the 40,829 foods and beverages have added sugars in it even those that claimed to be healthier foods like cereals, yoghurt, and ...

Movement in Art

Duchamp’s oil painting of Nude Descending Stairs has often been considered as somewhat unconventional in the sense in which it subverts style. The image was an inversion of Cubist art in the sense that movement was captured in a single image and not in a multiplicity of images. There is also a strong element of imagination because Duchamp deliberately conceals any anatomical structures of a nude. Instead, he captures he presents patterns and shades in a way the probes the viewer to imagine any appropriate image of the concealed nude. Comparatively Muybridge images of Nude Descending Stair and Turning Round are conventional portrayal of ...