This document summarizes the rise of fast food in America and its contribution to obesity rates. It discusses how fast food became popular due to its convenience and low cost. Fast food consumption has doubled since the 1970s and now accounts for 11% of daily calories for many Americans. This rise in fast food intake has coincided with a doubling of obesity rates, from 15% to 35% of American adults now obese. The document argues that fast food meals typically contain over 1,000 calories and high amounts of salt and fat, exceeding daily recommended limits and contributing to health issues like cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

1. Obesity: an
inside look into
the heaviest
nation
PEAP 3 Conference
“Perspectives on Change”
Saud F. Al-Fadhel

2. Which is the heaviest nation?

3. HIC Digestive Health

4. Outline
FF’s: How
did it
start?
Reasons
behind
popularity
Impacts
on the
American
society
How does
FF’s
increase
obesity?

5. Fast Food: How did it start?
 Fast
Foods: are quick, easily accessible and
cheap alternatives to home-cooked meals.
 Americans
 $140
spent $6 billion on fast food in 1970.
billion were spent on fast food in 2007.
 Between
2007 & 2010, 11.3% of Americans daily
average calories were consumed by a fast food
meal
(AHA, 2013)

6. What are the reasons behind the
popularity of fast food in the U.S?
 “In
a society that functions at a high speed, fast
food has quickly been adopted as the preferred
food of choice”
(Bell et al. 2001)

The spread of fast food outlets in every part of
the country
 Cheap,
Convenient and Tasty!

7. How does this ‘CHANGE’
impact on the American
society?
①
Obesity has doubled since 1980 in all age
groups.
①
68.5% of adults have become obese whereas
31.8% of children faced obesity too.

Obesity: an abnormal or excessive fat
accumulation that may impair health

Obese Person: is a person who is his body mass
index (BMI) is more than 30kg/m2.

8. Spangler, 2013

9. ③
④
⑤
Obesity become the second major
factor for preventable death between
children and adults. (400,000
death/year)
Increase in cardiovascular diseases,
diabetes, storks and cancers.
Obesity considered as a diseases by the
World Health Organization .

10. There are many reasons for obesity,
why should we chase Fast Foods?
 Average
adult male in 1960 weighted 168
pounds and females 143.
 After
the fast food leap in 1980, a male
weighted 181 pounds and a female 155.

11. Percentage of calories from fast food among adults by age
and weight status
National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey, 2007-2010

12. How does fast food increase
obesity?
Recommended:
18-20 grams/day
Recomm
ended
•Male: 2500
Cal/day
•Female: 2000
Cal/day
Recommended:2,200
mg/day
FF meal: 18
grams/meal
FF
meal
1300 Cal/meal
FF meal: 1000
mg/meal
Precipitate and
Obesity
Result
Obesity and
cardiovascular
diseases
Obesity and bone
weakness

13. Conclusion

14. List of References

American Health Association (2013) Obesity Resources [online]
Available From
<http://www.apha.org/programs/resources/obesity/> [11 February
2014]

Bowman SA, Vinyard BT. Fast food consumption of U.S. adults:
Impact on energy and nutrient intakes and overweight status. J Am
Col Nutr 23(2):163–8. 2004.

Bell, T. & Hut, P, 2001. The Dangers of Eating Fast Food. NYS Health
Heart Coalition,

Currie, B.J. et al., 2010. The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on
Obesity and Weight Gain. American Economic Journal, 2-August

NHS (2012) What Should my Daily Intake of Calories be [online]
Available From
<http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/1126.aspx?CategoryID=51&SubCa
tegoryID=165> [7 February 2014]

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