Please read the board! Test on Wed/Thursday!.

Please read the board!

Test on Wed/Thursday!

Write a question/comment on the sticky note.

Peter Menzel (2005) How many people in the family? Food types:

Fresh? Processed? Preserved? Variety?What types of technologies were used to

produce these foods?What are the chances these food items

were grown locally?

Meat-centered: meat is main course of every meal processed foods! Refined grains and sugars Over-cooked vegetables Many convenience foods or “fast food” High fat, salt and sugar contents Lacking in whole vegetables, fruits, nuts and grains

Packaged Chopped Precooked Preserved Flavors added

Whole food processed

Example:

Your example:

The less healthy it is!

More calories Bigger portion

sizes – Check the label!

More sugar – Check the label!

More dietary fat Increase in eating

out – How many times did you eat cooked food from home last week?

In these areas, people may get their food from:Gas stationsConvenience

storesFast food outlets

Hypertension- high-blood pressure, can be worsened by over-intake of salt

Heart Disease- gradual malfunctioning of heart due to accumulation of cholesterol from animal and vegetable fats in arteries

Leading cause of death in U.S. and U.K.

Diabetes- high blood sugar, malfunctioning of pancreas . Can lead to blindness, loss of feet/limbs.

Obesity- excess body that may have an adverse effect on health, reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems

Why is the unhealthy stuff so much cheaper???

assistance paid to a business or economic sector

Most subsidies are made by the government to producers or distributors to prevent the decline of that industry

Crops subsidized in the U.S.: Corn, rice, wheat, milk, soybeans, sugar,

tobacco, cotton

Corn, wheat, soy and rice…60% of human food supply

Cheap corn = lots of corn!

Broken down in lab into lots of chemicals used in food.

Subsidies make the unhealthy food cheap.

Mexico – 32.8% obesity (US 31.8%)

Mexicans drink an average of 43 gal coke/person/year

9.2% of Mexican children have diabetes

New tax on junk food and soda– 1 peso/L coke

Describe the modern Western (American) diet.

Name two heath effects of the Western diet.

Why is the unhealthy food so cheap?