Gustavo “Until last night, I hadn’t been inside a grocery store in about 10 years. But then my wife broke her hip and ha

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Gustavo “Until last night, I hadn’t been inside a grocery store
in about 10 years. But then my wife broke her hip and had to go to
the hospital. On my way home from visiting her, I realized I needed
to do some food shopping. Was I ever in for a shock! I don’t know
how my wife does it, choosing between all the different brands, and
reading those long labels. She never went to school past the sixth
grade, and she doesn’t speak English very well, either! I bought a
frozen chicken pie for dinner, but it didn’t taste right, so I got
the package out of the trash and read all the labels, and that’s
when I saw there wasn’t any chicken in it at all . . . it was made
out of tofu! This afternoon, my daughter is picking me up, and
we’re going to do our grocery shopping together.” Questions given
what you’ve learned about FDA food labels, what parts of a food
package would you advise Gustavo to be sure to read before he makes
a choice? What other advice might you give him to make his grocery
shopping easier? Imagine that you have only limited skills in
reading and mathematics. In that case, what other strategies might
you use when shopping for nutritious foods?