Fast food and its effects

1. Fast Food and Its Effects
Eman AL-Zawwad

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Introduction
 Fast Food:-
- It's fast , easy, cheap meals that and fills you up.
- You could easily eat all the calories you need in a day in one meal at a
fast food restaurant.
- Americans eat a lot of fast food.

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Nutrition and content
 Fast food contain high sodium.
 High percentage of cholesterol and fats
 Protein.
 High % of carbohydrates and extra sugar.

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Fast food video
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLQBOAjVJWU

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Extra nutrition by eating fast food
 When the body satisfy with all nutrition content , the extra nutrition will be
saved in the muscle and liver. Also, it will go through vessels to the heart .
What will happen then?
Diseases !
Such as:
obesity
heart disease
stroke
many different diseases.

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One of the major Effects of fast food
 Obesity
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Obesity
 Obesity is an excess proportion of total body fat.
 A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more
above normal weight.
 The most common measure of obesity is the body mass index or BMI.
 a person is considered obese if his or her BMI is over 30.

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What Causes Obesity?
 Many major factors that lead to obesity such as:
 Psychological factors.
 Environmental factors.
 Genetics.
 Illness.

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The Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity
 Coronary heart disease
 Type 2 diabetes
 Cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon)
 Hypertension (high blood pressure)
 Dyslipidemia (for example, high total cholesterol or high levels of triglycerides)
 Stroke
 Liver and Gallbladder disease
 Sleep apnea and respiratory problems
 Osteoarthritis (a degeneration of cartilage and its underlying bone within a
joint)
 Gynecological problems (abnormal menses, infertility)
 *Overweight is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or higher; obesity is
defined as a BMI of 30 or higher.

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Conclusion
fast food may cause Health problem

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Thank you