Excess food consumption has dual level impacts on individuals and countries through health, economic, and social areas. It leads to adverse health effects like obesity, related illnesses, and higher public health costs. Economically, it decreases productivity and diverts funding away from other areas. Socially, it causes issues like food wastage and inappropriate dieting that can create other problems.

1. CBSS Humanities
Flip Classroom Package
Lesson 4
This lesson must be completed by
Week 1 June Vacation
2016
Pure
Geog

2. Impact of excess food consumption
• Dual level impact (individuals and
countries)
• Impact measured in 3 areas:
–Health
–Economic
–Social

3. Health
• Excessive consumption of food will lead to
adverse effects on health.
• Obesity and related illness
– Condition of being overweight due to excessive
consumption of nutrients
– Large storage of body fats leading to being overweight
– Related illnesses include kidney failure, liver disease,
hypertension.
– Key causes are excessive consumption of salt, sugar,
alcohol, processed food, red meat, etc.
Refer to Fig 2.35
(pg115) of textbook

4. Economic
• Obesity leads to lower economic productivity
and increases public health costs.
• Lower productivity
– Taking more days of leave due to obesity-related
health issues.
– Lower productivity leads to lower income .
– More sick days means less learning days, loss of
educational opportunities

5. Economic
• Higher public health expenditure
– Public funding needs to be channelled to
healthcare.
– Less funding for other economic areas like
industries and education.
– Chronic obesity-related health conditions like
cardiovascular disease and diabetes require long
term government funding and infrastructure
investment.

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7. Social
• Excessive food consumption has social
impacts like food wastage and dieting.
• Food wastage
– When there is excess food, there is less care in
handling food.
– Large amounts of food is wasted.
– Common issue in Developed Countires.
– Both food producers and food consumers throw
away food that is still edible.
– Large amount of energy gone into the food
production is also lost.

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video

9. Dieting
• Overweight people may choose to go on a diet
to lose weight.
• A practice of regulating the amount of food
consumed in order to maintain an ideal
weight.
• Often includes some physical exercise.
• Dieting brings individual benefits. Also brings
economic benefits.

10. Dieting economy
• In 2012, the weight loss industry in USA was
valued at $20 billion.
• From publications, medication to medical
procedures.
• Weight loss industry is a major employer .
• Inappropriate dieting may cause diet-related
issues like
– Iron-deficiency anaemia, depression, etc.

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12. Review
• What are the areas of impact that excess food
consumption causes?
• How does excess food consumption lead to
Health issues?
• How does excess food consumption impact
the economy?
• How does excess food consumption impact
society?

13. Bring your textbook to school
• We will be looking at Pitstop 7
during the Week 1 Holiday SRP.
• Pg 117.