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Vocabulary from Brownlee’s “Portion Distortion” and Barboza’s “If You Pitch It”

Vocabulary from Brownlee’s “Portion Distortion” and Barboza’s “If You Pitch It”. p ortion: a serving of food d istortion: when something is pushed out of shape manipulation: to make someone do what you want by deceiving them revenue: income induce: to make someone do something

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Vocabulary from Brownlee’s “Portion Distortion” and Barboza’s “If You Pitch It”

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  1. Vocabulary from Brownlee’s “Portion Distortion” and Barboza’s “If You Pitch It” portion: a serving of food distortion: when something is pushed out of shape manipulation: to make someone do what you want by deceiving them revenue: income induce: to make someone do something promotional: something done to advertise something marketing: activities done to sell a product

  2. class-action: a lawsuit for a whole group of people proliferation: spread or expansion Vocabulary from Weintraub’s “The Battle Against Fast Food” epidemic: a sudden increase in something bad happening step up to the plate: take charge of something face up to the fact: admit that something is true crunched data: calculated numbers implement: cause to happen prevalence: large amount

  3. incentives: things that encourage you to do something sloth: laziness opiate: addictive drug that dulls pain purveyors: sellers Vocabulary from Zinczenko’s “Don’t Blame the Eater” and letters to the editor latchkey kid: child left home alone by working parents prepared food: food that has been cooked and is ready to eat alternatives: choices

  4. launching: starting something new vulnerable: easily harmed litigious: easy to file lawsuits liability: legal responsibility for something entitled: owed something defendant: person being accused in a lawsuit plaintiff: person bringing a lawsuit clogging: blocking something so it doesn’t run freely credibility: believability

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