Transcript Fast Food - Drexel University

Fast Food
Healthy or Horrible?
Project Sponsors
• USDA project funded
through the Food Stamp
Program
• School District of
Philadelphia
• Nutrition Center,
Department of Biology
Drexel University
Pop Quiz: Which meal has the least amount of fat?
#1 Quarter pound burger with cheese, large fries and diet
soda
54 grams
#2 Crispy chicken salad with 2 ounces of creamy Caesar
dressing and regular soda
34 grams
#3 Taco Salad and bottled water
48 grams
Healthy choices
Fast Food
What are today’s
topics ??
Energy balance
Portion size
vs
Survey:
• How many of you eat fast food?
• What are your favorite fast food
restaurants?
• How often do you eat fast food?
• What is your favorite fast food choice?
• Do you think fast food is healthy or
unhealthy?
– Why???
Fast Food Facts
• Americans spend a lot
of money on fast food
(and that amount is
increasing)!
– On French fries:
$6 billion
2000: $110 billion
• 1970:
•
• We eat out often!
– Average American dines
out 198 times a year
• How many times a
week is this??
• Do you dine out more
often or less often
than this?
Fast Food Facts: Portion Sizes
Today
20 Years Ago
210 Calories
2.4 ounces
Adapted from http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/keep.htm
How many calories are in
today’s order of fries?
French Fries
20 Years Ago
210 Calories
2.4 ounces
Today
610 Calories
6.9 ounces
Calorie Difference: 400 Calories
Adapted from http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/keep.htm
Americans are eating more
weight gain
increase in
per capita
consumption
Source:Nestle, 2002
more than 200
calories per
day
You do the math
• On average, Americans are eating an extra 200
calories every day
200 calories x
days in 1 year =
extra calories per year
• 1 pound = 3500 calories
73,000 calories per year 3500 calories per pound =
pounds of weight gain in 1 year
Avoiding the 20 pound gain
• Be more physically active
– If you eat the extra 200 calories each day,
burn them off!
• Control your food intake
– Cut out some things in your daily diet
– Eat smaller portions
• 1 chocolate cream filled cupcake
• 20 peanut M&Ms
• 5 chicken nuggets
• 1 large chocolate chip cookie
• Fast food medium soda
Maintaining a Healthy Weight is a Balancing Act
Calories In = Calories Out
How long will you have to walk leisurely in
order to burn those extra 400 calories?*
Adapted from
http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/keep.htm
*Based on 160-pound person
Calories In = Calories Out
If you walk leisurely for 1 hour and 10 minutes
you will burn approximately 400 calories.*
*Based on 160-pound person
Adapted from
http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/keep.htm
Before:
What you might choose:
• Quarter Pound Burger
w/Cheese
• Large Fries
• Large Milkshake
30
20
10
0
Totals:
Calories =
Grams of Fat
40
Quarter
1770
Grams of Fat =
68
Pounder
w/cheese
Large Fries
21oz.
Milkshake
Grams of Fat
Fast Food Make-Over:
After:
35
Cheeseburger, Small
Fries and Bottled
Water
Grams of Fat
30
Totals:
Calories = 560
Grams of
Fat = 25
25
20
15
10
5
0
Quarter Pound Large and Small Large Milkshake
Burger w/Cheese
Fries
and Bottled
and Cheese
Water
Burger
So…what is the problem with
eating too much fast food?
Think about your future health!
– Fast food contains a lot of fat, calories, and sodium
− Can lead to weight gain and high blood pressure
– These health problems can lead to chronic diseases
• Diabetes
• Heart Disease
• Stroke
• Some cancers
Remember Not All Fats Are Bad…
• What are the benefits of fat?
– Cushion and protect organs
– Needed for energy
– Helps with vitamin absorption
• What fats are good for the body?
– Tree nuts
– Fish
– Vegetable oils
“To eat or not to eat”…that is
the question!
• It is possible to enjoy
fast foods and stay
healthy
- Eat them less often
- Make wiser choices
• What are the best
choices??
Remember the Healthy Hints:
Fast Food
• Choose vegetable topped pizza - skip fatty
meat toppings
• Choose grilled chicken - skip fried foods
• Choose smaller portions - skip “super size”
• Other good choices: baked potato, side
salads, bean burritos, frozen yogurt
•What other Healthy Hints can you think of?
The Fast Food Facts
• Make Healthier Choices
– Low fat foods
– Smaller Portions
• Maintain Energy Balance
– Increase Physical Activity
– Smaller portions
Questions?
Activity: Where’s the Fat?