Fast Food

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Fast Food

• Healthy or Horrible?

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Project Sponsors

• USDA project funded through the Food Stamp
  Program

• School District of Philadelphia

• Nutrition Center,
  Department of Bioscience Biotechnology
  Drexel University
  

Funded by the PENNSYLVANIA NUTRITION EDUCATION
TRACKS, a part of USDAs Food Stamp Program. To
find out how the Food Stamp Program can help you
buy healthy foods, contact the PA Department of
Public Welfares tool-free helpline at
800-692-7462. This institution is an equal
opportunity provider and employer.
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Pop Quiz Which meal has the least amount of fat?
1 Quarter pound burger with cheese, large fries
and diet soda
54 grams
2 Crispy chicken salad with 2 oz of creamy
Caesar dressing and regular soda
34 grams
3 Taco Salad and bottled water
48 grams
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Healthy choices
Fast Food
What are todays topics ??
Energy balance
Portion size
vs
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Survey

• How many of you eat fast food?
• What are your favorite fast food restaurants?
• How often do you eat fast food?
• What is your favorite fast food choice?
• Do you think fast food is healthy or unhealthy?
• Why???

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Fast Food Facts

• Americans spend a lot of money on fast food (and
  that amount is increasing)!
• On French fries
• 1970 6 billion
• 2000 110 billion

• We eat out often!
• Average American dines out 198 times a year
• How many times a week is this??
• Do you dine out more often or less often than
  this?

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Fast Food Facts Portion Sizes
Today
20 Years Ago
How many calories are in todays order of fries?
210 Calories 2.4 ounces
Adapted from http//hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/keep
.htm
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French Fries
Today
20 Years Ago
210 Calories 2.4 ounces
610 Calories 6.9 ounces
Calorie Difference 400 Calories
Adapted from http//hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/keep
.htm
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Americans are eating more
weight gain
increase in per capita consumption
more than 200 calories per day
SourceNestle, 2002
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You do the math

• On average, Americans are eating an extra 200
  calories every day
• 200 calories x days in 1 year extra
  calories per year

365
73,000

• 1 pound 3500 calories
• 73,000 calories per year 3500 calories per
  pound
• pounds of weight gain in 1 year

20
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Avoiding the 20 pound gain

• Be more physically active
• If you eat the extra 200 calories each day,
  burn them off!
• Control your food intake
• Cut out some things in your daily diet
• Eat smaller portions

• 1 chocolate cream filled cupcake
• 20 peanut MMs
• 5 chicken nuggets
• 1 large chocolate chip cookie
• Fast food medium soda

200 calories
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Maintaining a Healthy Weight is a Balancing
Act Calories In Calories Out
How long will you have to walk leisurely in order
to burn those extra 400 calories?
Based on 160-pound person
Adapted from http//hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/keep
.htm
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Calories In Calories Out
If you walk leisurely for 1 hour and 10 minutes
you will burn approximately 400 calories.
Based on 160-pound person
Adapted from http//hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/keep
.htm
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Sowhat is the problem with eating too much fast
food?

• Think about your future health!
• Fast food contains a lot of fat, calories, and
  sodium

• Can lead to weight gain and high blood pressure

• These health problems can lead to chronic
  diseases

• Diabetes
• Heart Disease
• Stroke
• Some cancers

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To eat or not to eatthat is the question!

• It is possible to enjoy fast foods and stay
  healthy
• Eat them less often
• Make wiser choices
• What are the best choices??

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Activity Wheres the Fat?
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Remember the Healthy Hints
Fast Food

• Choose vegetable topped pizza - skip fatty
  meat toppings
• Choose grilled chicken - skip fried foods
• Choose smaller portions - skip super size
• Other good choices baked potato, side salads,
  bean burritos, frozen yogurt
• What other Healthy Hints can you think of?

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Before

• What you might choose
• Quarter Pound Burger w/Cheese
• Large Fries
• Large Milkshake

Grams of Fat
Totals
1770
Calories
68
Grams of Fat
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Fast Food Make-Over
Grilled Chicken Sandwich,
After
Small Fries and Water
Totals
Calories
Grams of Fat
630
Grams of Fat
27
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CHICKEN STIR FRY
20 Years Ago
Today
435 calories 2 cups
How many calories are in todays chicken stir fry?
Adapted from http//hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/keep
.htm
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CHICKEN STIR FRY
20 Years Ago
Today
435 calories 2 cups
865 calories 4 ½ cups
Calorie Difference 430 calories
Adapted from http//hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/keep
.htm
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CHEESEBURGER
Today
20 Years Ago
333 calories
How many calories are in todays cheeseburger?
Adapted from http//hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/keep
.htm
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CHEESEBURGER
Today
20 Years Ago
590 calories
333 calories
Calorie Difference 257 calories
Adapted from http//hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/keep
.htm