Get ready!

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

12. 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?

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

14. 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.

15. Food Forward!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. Avoid food advertised on television.

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

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