To solve this problem, there a three step plan has been formulated to benefit society and to increase awareness regarding the importance of proper dietary habits and to improve nutrition related awareness. The plan consists of actions to be taken immediately and provides for short and long term solutions to improve the situation of nutrition, to dispel misconceptions of fad diets that “improve health significantly,” and to provide for long term research grants to improve the research regarding health and nutrition.
The immediate solution in the three part plan involved the usage of PSAs, billboards, TV ads, and other methods of public announcements to inform individuals of the importance of following proper dietary habits. The purpose of the advertisements and announcements will be to accomplish the immediate disillusionment of the possible advantages of quick methods to become healthy such as fad diets or weight loss pills. By implementing these methods immediately, more of the public can be informed in a rapid manner, aiding the prevention of ridiculous alternatives to proper dietary habits. This step of the three part plan will involve expenditures of around 15,000 dollars to provide for the variety of methods used to convey information, but is an investment to improve health gradually with support from the short-term and long-term steps in the plan.
The short term solution will serve to improve the public awareness of the current problems in nutrition by using methods separate from the advertising campaigns outlines in the immediate response. The short term solution will improve nutrition and health related education in school and will emphasize the importance of proper dietary habits to teach children from a young age about the advantages of maintaining good health. The health curriculum will be updated to include more informative videos to expose the children to the reality of the production of fast food. The students will also be given opportunities to research possible health implications of a certain habit or diet and to learn about the bodily processes that are affected most by fad diets and fast food. By involving children more integrally in health education, they will become more aware and most likely will make better decisions regarding food options. Not only that, but this will result in a faster response to the problem by teaching the volumes of students that go through the school system yearly. This step in the plan won’t involve much money, but would require influence to change system of health education and to modify the curriculum to better address the modern-day issues related to diets and nutrition.
The most significant step of the three step plan is the long term solution. it will set the stage for future research into nutrition and will aid researchers and scientists to have greater access to the resources required to improve the knowledge in the field of health and nutrition. Currently, there are many speculations regarding differences in diets and choices in food, such as red meat versus white meat or the effects of real sugar versus fake sugar or even the impacts of fad diets. The research institutions provided for by this step of the plan will focus on research on uncertain topics such as the impact of gluten free diets, which have been a point of controversy in the health field very recently. By conducting research in these areas, the nutrition field will obtain more knowledge regarding the dietary habits that are the most beneficial for maintaining one’s health. This step depends upon future research that will uncover previously unexplored areas of nutrition and will be the most expensive part of the plan. This is because it will provide grants to scientists and could provide for research institutions as well. many typical research grants for large scale research and projects can eclipse 250,000 dollars and would require thorough background research and much potential for a research team to gain money for grants provided by the plan.