Critically discuss the market and political strategies that transnational food manufacturing and fast-food corporations have used to expand their sales of ultra-processed food products around the world; and how governments in some countries are now attempting to regulate the products and the distribution and marketing practices of these corporations.
Assessment criteria:
Conceptual understanding:
• Discusses issues, ideas and arguments relevant to the chosen topic
• Supports arguments/position with relevant and contextualized examples and evidence
• Goes beyond description of the issues to interpret the nuances and complexities of arguments and counter-arguments
• Uses relevant theories, concepts and frameworks to analyze and interpret the topic
Evidence of research and citation
• Uses a diversity of high-quality, relevant sources in all paragraphs
• Literature is synthesized in author’s own voice
