Food environment related to the Decline in Bee P

Food environment related to the Decline in Bee Populations as a
Public Health Issue
Would Approaching the Food Environment Related to the
Decline in Bee Populations as a Public Health Issue Decrease
Rates of Chronic Disease for Americans?
A Registered Dietitian’s Perspective
December 6, 2020
Abstract
This paper investigates the scientific, economic, societal and
ethical need of approaching the decline in bee populations as a
public health issue from a registered dietitian’s perspective.
Bees provide essential pollination services to crops that have
been linked with decreased chronic diseases. Their decline in
population could lead to shortages of produce and a continued
increase in unhealthy food environments in America.
The Pubmed and Florida International University data bases

were used to find academic articles that fit specific criteria. The
search terms used included decline in bee populations,
biodiversity, agriculture, micronutrients, chronic disease and
public health. The population focus was Americans because
these individuals are at an increased risk of chronic disease and
higher healthcare costs due to unhealthy food environments.
The scientific and economical perspective suggest that
production and availability of fruits and vegetables is essential
for agricultural revenue as well as decreasing medical costs for
chronic diseases. The cultural and ethical perspectives suggest
that the standard American diet is the driving force of the
decline in bee populations. Demand for processed foods and
animal products has supported the expansion of monocultured
crops as well as market and political control by large
agricultural industry. These agricultural practices provide
nutritionally inadequate diets for both bees and humans and
work to derail environmental policy. The profession of dietetics
has recognized its role in preventing chronic disease and
supporting environmental stewardship - a fundamental
component in protecting the pollinators responsible for
producing the foods that fight chronic disease.
Therefore, a preventative approach to the decline in bee
populations would have environmental, medical and economic
advantages. Protecting bee populations through education,
research and compressive policy change promotes biodiver sity,
continued profitability of nutrient dense produce and decreases
medical costs.
Conclusion
Complex economic and cultural shifts have led to changes in
food environments for both bees and Americans. The
consequences of these shifts include environmental destruction,
a decline in bee populations, potential decrease of disease
fighting crops and the creation of an agriculture oligarchy. The
solution to such an interrelated and far reaching problem will
require cross collaboration between policy makers and several

fields of science to create legislative changes and prevention
programs.
Future policy reform that views this issue through a preventive
lens must be more compressive than past proposals. New
legislation will need to include language that allocates funding
for several programs such as independent research, beekeeper
and dietitian education programs, monitoring bee populations
and protection of habitat. It will also need to address the
modification of farming practices, “revolving door” policies and
banning of noenicitinoids.
Primary prevention programs that focus on interventions that
are beneficial for both bees and humans would improve colony
survival and decrease rates of chronic illness. This is possible
by the promotion of diets that support biodiverse habitats.
Recommending an increase in plant foods such as fruits
vegetables, nuts and seeds provides nutritionally adequate diets
for bees and humans. This also deceases the expansion for
monocultures which provide nutrient poor diets and promotes
disease in both species.
Investment in intensive farming is defended by large agriculture
businesses and governmental agencies because it allows for
higher yields of crops per acre. They argue that this decreases
the need for expansion and can help to provide food for a
growing population. However, reports published on the USDA
website and in PubMed show that corn and soy farmers plan on
continued farmland development and that these crops are a
major contributing factor to chronic illness (USDA, 2020;
Siegel, 2016). The farther farming moves from biodiversity the
farther it becomes from the fundamental principles of nature
that evolved to balance and protect life. The health of bee
colonies is an example of humans’ interconnectedness and
dependence on their environment.
The evidence supports that continuing trends will lead to
devastating and far reaching effects on the economy, food
security and health outcomes. This has the potential to
overwhelm routine community capabilities of producing

sufficient food and treating chronic disease - qualifying this
environmental injustice as a public health issue. Taking a
preventative approach to the decline in bee populations would
allow for both bee colonies and a larger sector of the American
population to benefit from policy interventions and primary
prevention programs backed by evidence-based science. Thus,
the decline in bee populations should be approached as a public
health issue to ensure agriculture profitability and continued
supply of disease preventive foods to Americans.
Topic you chose from Google forms
Would a public Health approach to insert social/environmental
injustice decrease rates of insert medical condition caused by
injustice for population you will focus on ?
From a Future Nurse’s Prospective
Date
Name
West Coast University

Conclusion
First sentence states the cause of the problem in a reflective
way Second sentence includes comprehensive list of
consequences Third sentence explains what a solution will
require
Section offers suggestions for policy interventions for social/
environmental injustice.
Section offers suggestions for program interventions for
social/environmental injustice. Smooth transition into the
conclusion (may take another paragraph or only a sentence
The evidence supports that explain the outcomes if change is
not initiated. In several sentences you need to build up to the
confirmation this social/ environmental injustice qualifies as a
public health issue Thus, Insert injustice should be approached
as a public health issue to ensure Explain what would be the
benefits to your population would be. Make sure to include your
population in this last sentence.

Topic you chose from Google forms
Would a Public Health Approach to insert social/environmental
injustice Decrease Rates of insert medical condition caused by
injustice for population you will focus on ?
From a Future Nurse’s Prospective
Date
Name
West Coast University
Abstract
This paper investigates the scientific, economic, social and
ethical need of approaching insert your injustice here as a
public health issue from a future nurse’s prospective. In
approximately 2 sentences state the problem related to your
topic including the medical condition in your research question.
You must be reflective about your topic because you need to say
this is a very summarized way.
The List the academic data bases you used to find your
scholarly articles data bases were used to find academic articles
that fit specific criteria. The search terms used included list out
the search terms you used to find your articles and public
health. The population focus was Insert specific population in
your research question because Explain why your populations
was the focus of the paper.

The scientific and economic perspectives suggest that
make comprehensive conclusions about the findings in both the
scientific and economic perspectives paper. You must have
conclusions from each. This should be done in three sentences
or less. This is a summary so you cannot go on and on with
minute details. No stats. The cultural and ethical perspectives
suggest that make comprehensive conclusions about the findings
in both the cultural and ethical perspectives paper. You must
have conclusions from each. This should be done in three
sentences or less. This is a summary so you cannot go on and on
with minute details. No stats.
Therefore, a preventative approach to insert injustice
would have list out the advantages. Do not just copy mine.
Think about your paper as a whole and think of specific
advantages to your topic that are discussed in your paper. This
is how cohesion works. Conclude with a reflective statement
that includes how specific public health approaches to a crisis
will resolve your specific issue.
This paper should not exceed a few lines over a page. The skill
of editing and streamlining information while still being
comprehensive are being assessed here. If you go over 4 lines
the second page you will lose points. It means that you are not
able to summarize material and have not mastered the skill.
Obviously delete this direction before handing in the paper.
Food environment related to the Decline in Bee Populations as a

Public Health Issue
Would Approaching the Food Environment Related to the
Decline in Bee Populations as a Public Health Issue Decrease
Rates of Chronic Disease for Americans?
A Registered Dietitian’s Perspective
December 6, 2020
Abstract
This paper investigates the scientific, economic, societal and
ethical need of approaching the decline in bee populations as a
public health issue from a registered dietitian’s perspective.
Bees provide essential pollination services to crops that have
been linked with decreased chronic diseases. Their decline in
population could lead to shortages of produce and a continued
increase in unhealthy food environments in America.
The Pubmed and Florida International University data bases
were used to find academic articles that fit specific criteria. The
search terms used included decline in bee populations,
biodiversity, agriculture, micronutrients, chronic disease and
public health. The population focus was Americans because
these individuals are at an increased risk of chronic disease and
higher healthcare costs due to unhealthy food environments.
The scientific and economical perspective suggest that
production and availability of fruits and vegetables is essential
for agricultural revenue as well as decreasing medical costs for
chronic diseases. The cultural and ethical perspectives suggest
that the standard American diet is the driving force of the
decline in bee populations. Demand for processed foods and

animal products has supported the expansion of monocultured
crops as well as market and political control by large
agricultural industry. These agricultural practices provide
nutritionally inadequate diets for both bees and humans and
work to derail environmental policy. The profession of dietetics
has recognized its role in preventing chronic disease and
supporting environmental stewardship - a fundamental
component in protecting the pollinators responsible for
producing the foods that fight chronic disease.
Therefore, a preventative approach to the decline in bee
populations would have environmental, medical and economic
advantages. Protecting bee populations through education,
research and compressive policy change promotes biodiversity,
continued profitability of nutrient dense produce and decreases
medical costs.
Conclusion
Complex economic and cultural shifts have led to changes in
food environments for both bees and Americans. The
consequences of these shifts include environmental destruction,
a decline in bee populations, potential decrease of disease
fighting crops and the creation of an agriculture oligarchy. The
solution to such an interrelated and far reaching problem will
require cross collaboration between policy makers and several
fields of science to create legislative changes and prevention
programs.
Future policy reform that views this issue through a preventive
lens must be more compressive than past proposals. New
legislation will need to include language that allocates funding
for several programs such as independent research, beekeeper
and dietitian education programs, monitoring bee populations
and protection of habitat. It will also need to address the
modification of farming practices, “revolving door” policies and
banning of noenicitinoids.
Primary prevention programs that focus on interventions that
are beneficial for both bees and huma ns would improve colony

survival and decrease rates of chronic illness. This is possible
by the promotion of diets that support biodiverse habitats.
Recommending an increase in plant foods such as fruits
vegetables, nuts and seeds provides nutritionally adequate diets
for bees and humans. This also deceases the expansion for
monocultures which provide nutrient poor diets and promotes
disease in both species.
Investment in intensive farming is defended by large agriculture
businesses and governmental agencies because it allows for
higher yields of crops per acre. They argue that this decreases
the need for expansion and can help to provide food for a
growing population. However, reports published on the USDA
website and in PubMed show that corn and soy farmers plan on
continued farmland development and that these crops are a
major contributing factor to chronic illness (USDA, 2020;
Siegel, 2016). The farther farming moves from biodiversity the
farther it becomes from the fundamental principles of nature
that evolved to balance and protect life. The health of bee
colonies is an example of humans’ interconnectedness and
dependence on their environment.
The evidence supports that continuing trends will lead to
devastating and far reaching effects on the economy, food
security and health outcomes. This has the potential to
overwhelm routine community capabilities of producing
sufficient food and treating chronic disease - qualifying this
environmental injustice as a public health issue. Taking a
preventative approach to the decline in bee populations would
allow for both bee colonies and a larger sector of the American
population to benefit from policy interventions and primary
prevention programs backed by evidence-based science. Thus,
the decline in bee populations should be approached as a public
health issue to ensure agriculture profitability and continued
supply of disease preventive foods to Americans.

Components of Perspective paper
Evaluation Criteria
Title page
Includes chosen topic from the provided list
Includes the specific problem, medical condition and population
focus within the topic
Title page has correct format
Abstract
Title is centered in times roman and not in bold or underlined.
No semicolons
Has 4 separate paragraphs
Introduction of abstract
Starts with…... This paper investigates the social and economic
advantages of approaching _____ as a public health issue from a
future nurse’s prospective
Defines the problem in less than 3 sentences.

Materials and methods
Starts with … The Pubmed data base was used to find academic
articles that fit specific criteria. The search terms used included
_________ and public health
Includes justification of population
Results
Starts with …. The scientific and economic perspectives suggest
that…..
Includes…. The cultural and ethical perspectives suggest that..
Compressively explains what was found in each section

Conclusion of Abstract
Starts with … Therefore, a preventative approach to……..w ould
have…….advantages.
Describes benefits of approaching injustice as public health
issue in less than 2 sentences
Concludes with a reflective statement that includes how public
health approaches to a crisis will resolve the issue
Conclusion of paper
Title is centered in times roman and not in bold or underlined.
No semicolons

Conclusion of paper first paragraph
First sentence states the cause of the problem is a reflective way
Second sentence includes comprehensive list of consequences
Third sentence explains what a solution will require
Conclusion of paper middle paragraphs
Section offers suggestions for policy interventions for social/
environmental injustice
Section offers suggestions for program interventions for
social/environmental injustice
Smooth transition into the conclusion (may take a paragraph or
only a sentence
Conclusion of paper last paragraph
Starts with….
The evidence supports that ……explains the outcome if change
is not initiated
Confirms social/ environmental injustice qualifies as a public
health issue
Final sentence begins…
Thus, (fill in social/ environmental injustice) should be
approached as a public health issue to ensure……..

Comments
Paper as a whole
Content matches the title
Information has logical sequencing
Transitions from each subtopic are used
· If missing, where?
consequence to the decline of pollinator populations.
Formatting
Each new paragraph is indented
Each paragraph has at least 3 sentences
Includes titles for each section from above
Times roman in 12 font
Page number in upper right corner

In text citations
Correct formatting
· Show them how if incorrect
Missing
· Where?
Includes all authors up to six
Uses et al correctly
Language
Informal tone
· Askes reader questions
· Uses contractions
· Uses cliché phrases
Informal tone
· Personal pronouns (our, we, my, I, you, your)

Informal tone
· Huge
· A lot
· Get
· It
· Something
· Thing
· See writing handout for full list
Sentence structure
Incomplete sentences
· Where?
Run on sentences
· Look for sentences over two lines
· Where?
Odd sentence structure
Example: One of the most body system affected by water
pollution would have to be the oceans

Content
Author uses evidence to back up claims with in text citations
· Studies
· Stats
Paper does not have any unnecessary fluff or has overly wordy
sentences
Other
Correct tense - Simple present not continuous present
Minorities are finding it more difficult (incorrect)
Minorities find it more difficult (correct)
Redundancy
· Overuse of a particular word/phrase, especially at the
beginning of consecutive sentences
· See example below
Randomly capitalized words
· Where?
Punctuation
· What?

Grammar mistakes
· Point then out
Reference Page
Has correct formatting
· Title centered, not in bold or underline and no :
· Hanging indent
· Alphabetical order
Correct information included
Reliable sources
· No dot coms
· Mostly scholarly sources
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