Junk food contains high levels of calories from sugar and fat but little protein or vitamins. Studies show that 60% of people suffer from diabetes and obesity due to overeating junk foods. Junk food is attractive because it is quick, easy, cheap, and tastes good. However, eating junk food can lead to lack of energy, poor concentration, vitamin deficiencies, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, osteoporosis, heart attacks, and other diseases. People should eat a variety of nutritious foods instead of junk food for better health.

1. UNK FOODS AND ITS HARMFUL
EFFECTS
SUBMITTED BY:
AYESHA SOSAN
ROLL # 134
SECTION: C

2. What is Junk Food ?
Junk food is a term of food containing high levels
of calories from sugar or fat with little protein and
vitamins.

3. Some Popular Food Chains

4. Why we give preference to Junk
Food?
• Quick and easy
• It’s everywhere
• It’s cheap
• And it tastes good

5. Studies about Junk Foods
According to the Study it is shows that 60% of peoples are having
diabetes and obesity problems.
Studies in rat population shows that when they overeat these junk
foods they refused to eat healthier foods.
Junk foods are 3 time more harmful then drugs.

6. Why Junk Food Is So Attractive?
Junk food attraction is so high because of its simplicity.
They are easy to prepare and are very tasty.
Junk foods such as potato wafers do not even need cooking or heating.

7. Time Factor
You prefer to eat them when you watch TV.
You save yourself a lot of hassles and time when you are in a hurry
eating pizzas and burgers as they are served at your door step hot
and ready to eat

8. Taste Factor
If time constraint is one reason that pushes you to eating junk food,
great taste also causes the irresistibility factor and you keep on going.
Once you are caught in junk food addiction, you find it hard to think
about the loss of nutrition junk food pushes you into.
Home and Restaurant Foods prepared out side the foods have a great
attraction for food buffs .

9. Incomplete Nutrition label
Food Companies try not to show the nutrition Table specially sugar in
order to keep the profits coming.
They in fact not give the complete information of amount energy a
person consuming
Sugars are not labeled specially in bars and chocolates.

10. Harmful Effects

11. Lack of energy:
This is known as a short-term adverse effect resulting from eating junk
foods.
As junk foods don't provide you with essential nutrients, even though
they can be very much sufficing, you feel weakened.
Consuming deficient nutrients
could be as a supplement.

12. Poor concentration:
These are traced to affect in immediate and medium term periods.
When you have a sumptuous junk meal rich in oil you feel drowsy and
fail to concentrate.
Over sustained periods of junk food eating, blood circulation drops due
to fat accumulation.
Lack of vital oxygen, nutrients and proteins particularly can stale your
grey (brain) cells temporarily

13. Harmful Diseases
Vitamin Deficiencies
Low Body Resistance
Obesity
Hypertension ( Increased Blood Pressure)
Increased Cholesterol
Osteoporosis
Heart Attacks(Asthma)

14. Side-effects of treatments(If
taken)
Surgeries can increases the chances of infection and diseases.
Ulcers and intestinal problem can be triggered.
There are chances that fat come up again to some extent.

15. Changes that must need
Eat a variety of nutrient-rich foods .
Enjoy plenty of whole grains, fruits and vegetables .
Maintain a healthy weight .
Eat moderate portions .
Eat regular meals .
Reduce, don't eliminate certain foods