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Understanding Family Eating Habits: Navigating the Modern Western Diet Challenges

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25 diapositives · 382 Views · Jul 30, 2014

Dive into the challenges faced by families, such as the Reivis in North Carolina and the Casales in Cuernavaca, as they navigate the pitfalls of the modern Western diet. This quiz encourages you to compare objectives with your neighbors and learn about the impact of processed foods, high salt intake, and the affordability of unhealthy options. Explore the dilemma faced by families in food deserts and discover practical strategies for choosing healthier, sustainable meals. Help them avoid fast food and identify real food based on essential grocery shopping rules.

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  1. Get ready! Quiz on Obj #1-9 Compare objectives with your neighbor and add new learnings in a different color.

  2. Help this family! • Can they avoid fast food? • Why is processed food so cheap? What is this family’s dilemma?

  3. Reivis family, North Carolina

  4. The Cavens, California

  5. Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca

  6. India: The Patkars of Ujjain

  7. Meat-centered: meat is main course of every meal • processed foods! • Refined grains and sugars • Over-cooked vegetables • Many convenience foods or “fast food” • High fat, salt and sugar contents • Lacking in whole vegetables, fruits, nuts and grains The Modern Western Diet

  8. Hypertension- high-blood pressure, can be worsened by over-intake of salt • Heart Disease- gradual malfunctioning of heart due to accumulation of cholesterol from animal and vegetable fats in arteries • Leading cause of death in U.S. and U.K. Major Health Effects of the Modern Western Diet

  9. Diabetes- high blood sugar, malfunctioning of pancreas . Can lead to blindness, loss of feet/limbs. • Obesity- excess body that may have an adverse effect on health, reduced life expectancy and/or increased risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, gallstones, breathing problems, and certain cancers Major Health Effects of the Modern Western Diet

  10. BMI = weight/height2

  11. In 2011, African American women were 80% more likely to be obese than Non-Hispanic White women. • Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders are 30% times more likely to be obese than the overall Asian American population. • In 2009- 2010 Mexican American children, between the ages 6 and 17, were 60% more likely to be overweight then non- Hispanic White Children. • American Indian/Alaskan Natives are 60 percent more likely to be obese than Non-Hispanic whites. Why?

  12. WHY?????? Why is the unhealthy stuff so much cheaper???

  13. In these areas, people may get their food from: • Gas stations • Convenience stores • Fast food outlets Food desert: area with limited access to fresh food.

  14. Food Forward!

  15. Help this family! • Can they avoid fast food? • Why is processed food so cheap? What is this family’s dilemma?

  16. Food Rules: How to find the good stuff! Read your section Summarize the rule Explain how it would help the family find real food.

  17. Avoid foods with ingredients you can’t pronounce • Avoid Food with more than 5 ingredients

  18. Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay away from the middle

  19. If it came from a plant, buy it. If it was made in a plant, pass it by.

  20. Don’t buy anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.

  21. Food making health claims on the package is not food you want to buy.

  22. Avoid food advertised on television.

  23. Help this family! • Find meals in the store which are inexpensive and sustainable! Grocery Store Challenge

  24. French fry cooked at home from potato • Processed food Compare the impacts!