Quiz on Obj #1-9Compare objectives with your neighbor and add new learnings in a different color.

*Get ready!

*What is this family’s dilemma?

*Help this family!*Can they avoid fast

food?*Why is processed food

so cheap?

* Reivis family, North Carolina

* The Cavens, California

*Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca

*India: The Patkars of Ujjain

*The Modern Western Diet

*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

* Major Health Effects of the Modern Western Diet

*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.

* Major Health Effects of the Modern Western Diet

*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 risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, gallstones, breathing problems, and certain cancers

*BMI = weight/height2

*Why?

*In 2011, African American women were 80% more likely to be obese than Non-Hispanic White women. *Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders are 30% times

more likely to be obese than the overall Asian American population. *In 2009- 2010 Mexican American children, between

the ages 6 and 17, were 60% more likely to be overweight then non- Hispanic White Children. *American Indian/Alaskan Natives are 60 percent

more likely to be obese than Non-Hispanic whites.

*WHY??????

Why is the unhealthy stuff so much cheaper???

*Food desert: area with limited

access to fresh food.

*In these areas, people may get their food from:*Gas stations*Convenience

stores*Fast food

outlets

*Food Forward!

*What is this family’s dilemma?

*Help this family!*Can they avoid fast

food?*Why is processed food

so cheap?

Read your sectionSummarize the ruleExplain how it would help the family find real food.

*Food Rules: How to find the good stuff!

*Avoid foods with ingredients you can’t pronounce *Avoid Food

with more than 5 ingredients

* Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay away from the

middle

* If it came from a plant, buy it. If it was made in a plant, pass it by.

* Don’t buy anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as

food.

* Food making health claims on the package is not food you want to buy.

* Avoid food advertised on television.

*Grocery Store Challenge

*Help this family!*Find meals in the store

which are inexpensive and sustainable!

*Compare the impacts!

*French fry cooked at home from potato

*Processed food