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Fast Food and Its Effect on Society
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Eman AL-Zawwad
Eun-sang Lee
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Contents
Introduction Group Members
Topic introduction
Main Idea
– Health Effects by fast food
– Effects of Included GMOs in fast food
Conclusion
Work cites
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Introduction Group Members
Eman AL-Zawwad
– I am from Saudi Arabia
- I have been in united states for one year.
- I am a wife and a mother of beautiful girl .
– I like reading novels , using internet and playing basket ball .
– Also, like shopping and watching thrill movies .
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Eun-sang Lee
– I’m interested in environmental problems and computer science. Those
interests were made me to decide my major. As your guess, my major
is environmental engineering, and I was received a bachelor’s degree in
my major. In order to introduce my personality, first of all, I’m not an
outgoing person, but I really enjoy to make new friends the reason for
having new experiences. Please, come to me and be my friend and let
me know if you have any question about me. At last, I’m going to cover
GMOs part of our presentation and conclusion too. Thank you for your
attention.
Introduction Group Members
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Topic introduction
About Fast Food:-
- It's fast , easy, cheap meals that and fills you up.
- You could easily eat all the calories you need in a day in one meal at a
fast food restaurant.
- Americans eat a lot of fast food.
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Nutrition and content
Fast food contain high sodium.
High percentage of cholesterol and fats
Protein.
High % of carbohydrates and extra sugar.
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Comparison between fast food and non-fast food.
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Fast food video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLQBOAjVJWU
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Extra nutrition by eating fast food
When the body satisfy with all nutrition content , the extra nutrition will be
saved in the muscle and liver. Also, it will go through vessels to the heart .
What will happen then?
Diseases !
Such as:
obesity
heart disease
stroke
many different diseases.
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One of the major Effects of fast food
Obesity
.
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Obesity
Obesity is an excess proportion of total body fat.
A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more
above normal weight.
The most common measure of obesity is the body mass index or BMI.
a person is considered obese if his or her BMI is over 30.
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What Causes Obesity?
Many major factors that lead to obesity such as:
Psychological factors.
Environmental factors.
Genetics.
Illness.
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The Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity
Coronary heart disease
Type 2 diabetes
Cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon)
Hypertension (high blood pressure)
Dyslipidemia (for example, high total cholesterol or high levels of triglycerides)
Stroke
Liver and Gallbladder disease
Sleep apnea and respiratory problems
Osteoarthritis (a degeneration of cartilage and its underlying bone within a joint)
Gynecological problems (abnormal menses, infertility)
*Overweight is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or higher; obesity is defined as a BMI of 30 or higher.
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Effect of fast food on society
Health insurance
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Genetically Modified Organisms
What are GMOs?
– Genetically modified organisms
– Plants or animals created through the gene splicing techniques of biotechnology
– Called as Frankenfood
Why are GMOs used in Fast food, and What is problem?
– For example, GMO sweet corn is genetically engineered to be herbicide
resistant and to produce its own insecticide
– As a result, don’t need to spend money for using herbicide or pesticide
– However, GMOs haven’t been demonstrated safety yet
Cheap and effective, but can’t trust for our health
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The usage of GMOs in fast food
– Corn (approx. 88% of U.S. crop in 2011)
– Soy (approx. 94% of U.S. crop in 2011)
– Animal products (milk, meat, eggs, honey, etc.)
because of contamination in feed
The yield of GMOs in the world
– In 2003, countries that grew 99% of
the global transgenic crops were:
The United States (64%)
Argentina (21%)
Canada (6%)
Brazil (4%)
China (4%)
South Africa (1%);
see the graph below, listing the acreage in millions for the countries indicated.
The yield of GMOs in the world and USA
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How are the potential risks to human health determined by using GMOs?
The potential risks to human
– Direct health effects (toxicity)
– Tendencies to provoke allergic reaction
(allergenicity)
– Nutritional effects associated with
genetic modification
– Any unintended effects which could
result from the gene insertion.
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Conclusion
Using fast food may cause Health problem
– The most serious problem is an Obesity
• An excess proportion of total body fat
• Also, obesity causes chronic diseases
– Coronary heart disease
– Type 2 diabetes
– Cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon)
– Hypertension (high blood pressure)
These problems can lead to rise the charge
of government’s health insurance
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Conclusion
The safety of GMOs, which are included in fast food,
hasn’t been proved yet
– USA is the largest country making GMOs in the world
– Moreover, the corn and soy, which we are eating as fast food,
are GMOs
– The potential risks by using GMOs are unforeseeable and critical
No cheap products without reason
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Work cites
1. "A Collaborative Initiative Working to Ensure the Sustained Availability of
Non-GMO Options." The NonGMO Project RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb.
2013.
2. Dharmananda, Subhuti. "Issues Surrounding Genetically Modified (GM)
Products." Biological and Environmental Research Information System
(BERIS) (2005): n. pag. Web.
3. Smith, Jeffrey M. "Permaculture Forums, Permaculture Courses,
Permaculture Information & News." Permaculture Forums, Permaculture
Courses, Permaculture Information & News. N.p., 7 Dec. 2011. Web. 13
Feb. 2013.
http://www.fastfoodmarketing.org/media/FastFoodFACTS_Report_Summar
y.pdf
http://fast-food-nutrition.findthebest.com/
http://www0.health.nsw.gov.au/publichealth/surveys/hss/05/r_eating2/r_eati
ng2_barresp.pdf
http://www.webmd.com/diet/what-is-obesity
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/effects/index.html
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