1. What short phrase summarizes Michael Pollan's 8,000-word January 2007 New York Times magazine essay and subsequent book In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto:

1. Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
2. If it falls on the floor, it's not food anymore.
3. To irradiate veggies, or not, is an omnivore's dilemma.
4. Thank god for the vegetable-industrial complex.

2. In the December 2008 Feeding America survey of food banks across the U.S., how many reported increased demand for emergency food assistance during 2008?

1. 55 percent
2. 81 percent
3. 94 percent
4. 100 percent

3. Health literature lists which of the following ways to improve a child's diet:

1. Let children decide whether and how much to eat.
2. If a child rejects a prepared meal, don't offer alternatives; instead wait and offer healthy snacks later in the day.
3. Don't overtly restrict sweets and high-fat snacks that happen to be available, because it can lead to preference for those foods.
4. All of the above.
5. None of the above.

4. What percentage of lakes and rivers in the United States have a fish-consumption advisory due to mercury pollution?

1. 20 percent
2. 30 percent
3. 40 percent
4. 50 percent

5. From 1994 to 2005, Americans' consumption of fruit and vegetables _______________.

1. doubled.
2. increased slightly.
3. declined slightly.
4. declined greatly.

6. Chef and edible gardens advocate Alice Waters began pushing for organic vegetables to be grown at the White House when?

1. 1993
2. 1998
3. 2005
4. 2008

7. What percent of Internet users look for health information online?

1. 45 percent
2. 55 percent
3. 65 percent
4. 75 percent

8. True or false:

True or false: Shelled edamame soybeans have twice the fiber of shelled English peas and half the calories.

1. True
2. False

9. Some fruits and vegetables are more likely to contain trace levels of pesticides than others, so included among those that are best to buy organic are:

1. Asparagus, cabbage, and pineapple
2. Lettuce, carrots, and apples
3. Broccoli, bananas, and onions
4. Cabbage, pineapple, and avocados.

10. Complete this sentence:

In the country of , both white and so-called coloured segments of the population have started to become overweight, says UM SPH Professor Ken Resnicow, and now blacks — who comprise 85 percent of the population — are gaining weight too, due to a shift from rural to urban life.