Health Literacy

So I was reading this article today and I had to stop and laugh out loud because it reminded me of something that had just happened at work. To preface my story, only 13% of Americans are considered to have proficient literacy skills and of those, few are proficient in health knowledge (were not just talking about reading here). I guess this never really dawned on me since health and nutrition is all I breath, think, eat and talk about (especially with finals). Ok so my story...

A boy, who will remain unnamed, at work is sort of a "know it all", is having a conversation with another boy that I couldn't help but overhear :). They were talking about fried rice and he asked "Well what is rice? Is it roughage, like lettuce?....I figure it's not bad for me, but is it? What is even in rice?" His friend responded with, "I think it might be a grain." It's a good thing they couldn't see me because I was trying so hard not to burst into laughter! Roughage? Lettuce? Y0u've got to be kidding me.....this may not be funny to you, but girls in the program who read this, I hope you laughed!