The document discusses junk food and its effects on health. It defines junk food as highly processed foods high in calories, sugar, salt and fat but low in nutritional value. Examples include chips, candy, soda, cookies and fast food. Junk food is appealing due to its taste and convenience, but can lead to obesity, dental issues and other health problems. The case studies examine trends in junk food consumption in India, the US, Japan, Sri Lanka and argue for raising awareness of health impacts and making healthy foods more affordable and accessible.

1. SUB-ACTIVITY:
‘AN EXPEDITION ON CUISINES WITH A
TAINTLESS TASTE BUD-FOOD HABITS ACROSS
THE WORLD’

2. Name : Laiba Saifi
Class : 7th
Section : F

3. India Japan Sri Lanka USA

5. JUNK FOOD…what is it?
•Microbiologist Michael Jacobson, PhD
introduced the term “junk food” in 1972.
•Junk food is a slang word for foods
with limited nutritional value.
•High in salt, sugar, fat or calories and low
nutrient content can be termed junk food.

6. Junk Food Varieties
 Chips
 Candy
 Soft drinks
 Gum
 Chocolates
 Cookies
 Cake
 Sugar
 Butter
 Fired fast
food

7. Why Junk Food Is So
Appealing
• The Time Factor
•They are easy to prepare and are very tasty. Junk
foods such as potato wafers do not even need
cooking or heating.
•we prefer to eat them when we watch TV. We
save our self a lot of hassles and time when we are
in a hurry eating pizzas and burgers as they are
served at our door step hot and ready to eat.

8. • The Taste Factor
•Junk foods are very good in taste.
Junk foods get their taste owing to
lavish usage of oil, salts and sugar.
• Junk Food Advertising
•media plays a vital role in the
selling of junk food.

9. Harmful Effects
• Obesity
• Tooth decay
• Lack of energy
• Heart diseases
• Liver failure
• Vitamin deficiencies

10. Healthy Food… A Good Habit
A healthy food is one that helps to
maintain or improve general health.

11. Benefits Of Eating Healthy Food
•Effective weight
loss solution
•Increase energy
level
•Reduce health
care costs
•Better rest and
sleep
•More nutrients on
the body

12. What Nutrient Does The Following Food Give Us?
• Fish, meat, beans (protein)
• Eggs, milk, dairy products (calcium)
• Bread, rice, noodles (carbohydrate)
• Vegetables, fruits (vitamin and minerals)

13. CASE STUDY OF INDIA
In survey out of 300 participants, 41(13.7%) were overweight and 8 (2.7%) were obese.
292(97.3%) were fast food users of which 42(14.4%) consumed it every day. Majority of
participants were introduced to fast foods through television commercials 193(64.3%).
73(57%) developed this habit as they were bored with home food. Awareness of harmful
effects of fast food consumption was known to 186(62%) students and this was found to be
associated with the perceived need to control its usage. Parental consumption of fast foods
was found to influence fast food consumption among children. As many as 68(22.7%) and
206(68.7%) children were not eating vegetables and fruits respectively every day. Increased
frequency of fast food consumption in a week was found to be associated with overweight or
obesity among children after adjusting the effects of confounders.
Awareness on health hazards of fast foods needs to be taught at schools so as to minimize its
consumption. Parents have to set an example themselves by not eating fast foods and
improving home food to support discouragement of fast foods. This would minimize life
style disorders among children to a greater extent.

14. CASE STUDY OF USA
Atlanta — Every day, more than 1 in 3 U.S. adults eat some type of restaurant fast
food, according to a recent report from the National Center for Health Statistics.
Researchers reviewed 2013-2016 data from the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey. They found that, overall, 36.6 percent of adults – about 85
million – consumed fast food, including pizza, on a given day. The percentage was
higher for people between the ages of 20 and 39 (44.9 percent) and 40 and 59 (37.7
percent). Those 60 and older were least likely to consume fast food, at 24.1 percent.
Although fast-food consumption decreased with age, it rose along with family
income. Among lower-income adults (equal to or less than 130 percent of the
federal poverty level), 31.7 percent consumed fast food on a given day. As family
earnings rose to middle income (130 percent to 350 percent of FPL), consumption
jumped to 36.4 percent. Of those in the high-income range (more than 350 percent
of FPL), 42 percent consumed fast food on a given day.

15. In this study I have reviewed alternative definitions of junk food, explored current
consumption trends and briefly considered evidence of its health and environmental
impacts. We have argued strongly that the use of scarce environmental resources to
create profitable but highly discretionary products can no longer be justified in a
world faced with the formidable challenge of ensuring sustainable food and nutrition
security for a growing population. Junk food is therefore incompatible with the notion
of a sustainable food system that does not prioritise short-term gains over long-term
losses (Mason and Lang, 2017). For this reason, significant reductions in the
production and consumption of junk food should be seen as highly complementary
to mainstream food system health and sustainability agendas of tackling the
overconsumption of meat and reducing food waste. To paraphrase Lee et al. (2016),
it makes absolutely no sense to junk the planet for junk food.
CASE STUDY OF JAPAN

16. This report highlights the causes and harmful effects of the fast food industry in Sri
Lanka. This report further shows how changes in lifestyle, prices and advertising
targeting children and teenagers are the main problems assigning to fast food
consumption. The report then consider the two main effects of fast food - the impact
on health and the method of cooking in Sri Lanka. Furthermore, possible solutions
including an awareness campaign and the reducing the cost of healthy food while at
the same time increasing the cost of unhealthy foods were pointed.
CASE STUDY OF SRI LANKA

17. Avoid The Habit Of Junk Food
Try Healthy Food