PROCESSED FOOD IN AMERICA

By: Thabet Abdulla

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DEFINITION

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Foods that are packaged in boxes, cans or bags.

Ingredient list.

INGREDIENT LIST

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Sugar, water, fat, flour, starch, artificial colorings and flavors.

Vegetable oils :Corn oil, Cottonseed oil, Soybean oil, Canola oil or Safflower oil.

BAD FOOD

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Too much salty. Low little Fiber. Trans-Fats. Sugar.

TYPES

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Canned foods. Pasta meals. Packaged high-calorie

snack: Chips and Candies.

Frozen dinners. Packaged cakes and

cookies. Boxed meal. Sugary breakfast cereals. Processed meats.

ECONOMY

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Wastes over $33 billion per year in advertising.

In 2002: Industry sold over $174 billion.

Cost of diabetes is estimated at over $174 billion.

U.S. OBESITY EPIDEMIC

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HEALTH RISKS

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Heart disease. Diabetes. High blood pressure. Obesity. High cholesterol . Arthritis/joint

problems. Depression/stress. Kidney failure /

cancer and stomach cancer.

U.S. FACTS

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2 in 3 adults: overweight or obese.

1 in 3 adults: obese.1 in 20 adults: extremely obese.

1/3 children (6-19) : overweight or obese

1 in 6 children: considered obese.

50% overweight people: diabetes.

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2009-2010)

SOON IN U.S.

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2015: 24% of children and adolescents, overweight or obese.

75% of adults being overweight.

With 41% being obese.

BODY MASS INDEX

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BMI= Weight / (Height)²

Overweight = Over 25.

Normal weight = 18 – 24.

WHAT TO DO?

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Exercise More.

Eat healthy Food.

HEALTHY FOOD

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UNHEALTHY FOOD

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THANK YOU

YCMES – Teacher: Charles