1. PROCESSED FOOD
IN AMERICA
By: Thabet Abdulla
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2. DEFINITION
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 Foods that are packaged in
boxes, cans or bags.
 Ingredient list.

3. INGREDIENT LIST
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 Sugar, water, fat, flour,
starch, artificial colorings
and flavors.
 Vegetable oils :Corn oil,
Cottonseed oil, Soybean oil,
Canola oil or Safflower oil.

4. BAD FOOD
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 Too much salty.
 Low little Fiber.
 Trans-Fats.
 Sugar.

5. TYPES
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 Canned foods.
 Pasta meals.
 Packaged high-calorie
snack: Chips and Candies.
 Frozen dinners.
 Packaged cakes and
cookies.
 Boxed meal.
 Sugary breakfast cereals.
 Processed meats.

6. ECONOMY
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 Wastes over $33 billion
per year in advertising.
 In 2002: Industry sold
over $174 billion.
 Cost of diabetes is
estimated at over $174
billion.

7. U.S. OBESITY EPIDEMIC
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8. HEALTH RISKS
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 Heart disease.
 Diabetes.
 High blood pressure.
 Obesity.
 High cholesterol .
 Arthritis/joint problems.
 Depression/stress.
 Kidney failure / cancer
 and stomach cancer.

9. U.S. FACTS
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2 in 3 adults: overweight or
obese.
1 in 3 adults: obese.
1 in 20 adults: extremely
obese.
 1/3 children (6-19) :
overweight or obese
1 in 6 children: considered
obese.
 50% overweight people:
diabetes.
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2009-2010)

10. SOON IN U.S.
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 2015: 24% of children
and adolescents,
overweight or obese.
 75% of adults being
overweight.
 With 41% being obese.

11. BODY MASS INDEX
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 BMI= Weight / (Height)²
 Overweight = Over 25.
 Normal weight = 18 – 24.

12. WHAT TO DO?
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 Exercise More.
 Eat healthy Food.

13. HEALTHY FOOD
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14. UNHEALTHY FOOD
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15. THANK YOU
YCMES – Teacher: Charles