For the first time this semester I can say that I actually really liked this week's reading. I think the article by Freimuth, Health Advertising: Prevention for Profit was interesting and made me think about all of the different types to food and beverages I consume and how they claim to benefit my health. As I was reflecting one product came to mind...

BUTTER... yep that's right, butter is what I thought about. Of course growing up my mother always reminded me not to use too much because it was fatty and bad for your artery's. Now that I'm an adult I actually understand that but what I find interesting is how many different brands of butter (or should I say fake butter) claim to actually improve your cholesterol. Can something supposedly bad for you really help? The article was great because it made me realize that the media really brings awareness of health issues but as a consumer we really need to make sure the claims are accurate.

As for the guest speaker... I think it was great to have someone come and talk to us about about how we can apply our public health skills. After listening to him talk to us it made me want to look more into finding examples of letters to the editor. On another note, there were A LOT of presentations this week (and yes, I was one of them) and I think it's hard to remember all of the different topics when there are so many but I think we all tried hard. I think it's important when giving a presentation to try and make it interesting and I hope I did just that : )

Lastly, congrats to our group for working hard and having to redue our interviews over spring break and getting them done and resegmenting by class thsi week so we are able to complete Project 2... but of course lots more work to do!