10 fun facts on junk food
1) Junk food triggers the brain because of the fat inside the food
2) People buy more than 2 billion candy during halloween
3) The United States has more than 23 billion candy markets
4) The brand Hostess makes 500 million twinkles each year
5) Natural Licorice has been used for over 3,000 years as medicine to treat certain diseases.
6) Mothers who eat junk food while pregnant or breast-feeding have children who are prone to obesity throughout life. The children are also more prone to diabetes, raised cholesterol, and high blood fat.
7) Almost 80% of food commercials aired on Saturday morning child shows are for junk food.
8) Daily candy and junk food intake in children has been linked to violence later in life, though experts are not sure if it is the candy itself or the way it is given to children that creates the association.
9) Junk food became a part of the American diet during the 1920s, but it was through television advertising after WWII that junk food became more ubiquitous and nutritionists subsequently became concerned.
10) A Children’s Food Campaign (CFC) survey found that some baby food has as much, if not more, saturated fats and sugar as junk food.
Compare And Contrasting Junk Food
A lot of people may not know or wonder what the definition of junk food is now the definition of junk food online(google def.) is consider food that has low nutritional value, typically produced in the form of packaged snacks needing little or no preparation. Well that is true but in peoples eyes junk food is . God to them and it is the most fatty delicious food that they mostly eat or crave a lot. Well there are a lot of junk food places for you and your family to eat at, some family agree for their child not to eat junk food. Some junk food places you or your child might like are Mcdonald's, Wendy's and Burger King and many more.I mean I have to be honest I go to McDonald's as well and I love their fries and chicken mcnuggets they are awesome. But you shouldn't be eating them all the time because because they have high calories and it can cause you to be obese and then it can cause heart problems. And if you're young I don't think you want heart problems because it will be so much stress,drama and expenses.
The Advantages And Disadvantages About Junk Food
Advantages:
So in the end junk food isn't really good but I know people will mostly still eat it and if you eat it don't eat it so frequently that it can cause heart problems.
1) Junk food triggers the brain because of the fat inside the food
2) People buy more than 2 billion candy during halloween
3) The United States has more than 23 billion candy markets
4) The brand Hostess makes 500 million twinkles each year
5) Natural Licorice has been used for over 3,000 years as medicine to treat certain diseases.
6) Mothers who eat junk food while pregnant or breast-feeding have children who are prone to obesity throughout life. The children are also more prone to diabetes, raised cholesterol, and high blood fat.
7) Almost 80% of food commercials aired on Saturday morning child shows are for junk food.
8) Daily candy and junk food intake in children has been linked to violence later in life, though experts are not sure if it is the candy itself or the way it is given to children that creates the association.
9) Junk food became a part of the American diet during the 1920s, but it was through television advertising after WWII that junk food became more ubiquitous and nutritionists subsequently became concerned.
10) A Children’s Food Campaign (CFC) survey found that some baby food has as much, if not more, saturated fats and sugar as junk food.
Compare And Contrasting Junk Food
A lot of people may not know or wonder what the definition of junk food is now the definition of junk food online(google def.) is consider food that has low nutritional value, typically produced in the form of packaged snacks needing little or no preparation. Well that is true but in peoples eyes junk food is . God to them and it is the most fatty delicious food that they mostly eat or crave a lot. Well there are a lot of junk food places for you and your family to eat at, some family agree for their child not to eat junk food. Some junk food places you or your child might like are Mcdonald's, Wendy's and Burger King and many more.I mean I have to be honest I go to McDonald's as well and I love their fries and chicken mcnuggets they are awesome. But you shouldn't be eating them all the time because because they have high calories and it can cause you to be obese and then it can cause heart problems. And if you're young I don't think you want heart problems because it will be so much stress,drama and expenses.
The Advantages And Disadvantages About Junk Food
Advantages:
- Junk food taste great
- It fills up your sweet tooth
- Fast food is easy to get and eat a lot of.
- You can practice portion control --choose small,regular,junior, or single size.
- You can walk in , order and eat
- No delayed food or waiting for your food.
- You can make special requests to avoid hidden calories such as mayonnaise and special sauces
- You can split and share with no extra charge
- The more food or less money pitches encourages overeating
- Large,extra large,big,jumbo, and double portions are the norm
- High fat ingredients are plentiful in cheese,fried chicken or fish,bacon,French fries ,mayonnaise and special sauces
- Can cause many health problems if eaten frequently
- Vegetables can be hard to difficult To find,aside from small salads ,few leafs of lettuce on a sandwich or ,worst vegetables that are fried such as an onion ring.
- Fruit is not present other than orange juice or among the crusts of baked or fried pies
So in the end junk food isn't really good but I know people will mostly still eat it and if you eat it don't eat it so frequently that it can cause heart problems.
10 states that consume too much junk food
According to the a website listed in my resources Americans love fast food. (We spent $165 billion on it in 2010.) But we don't all love it equally. Like the obesity rate, fast-food consumption varies widely by region. Residents of some states disproportionately choose fast food over other options when they go out to eat, with consequences for the state’s collective health. Using government data on the percentage of restaurants in each state that serve fast food and the percentage of dining-out dollars the average resident spends in them each year, Health.com identified the 10 states where fast-food consumption is most prevalent. Here they are, in alphabetical order.
SOME QUICK MORE FUN FACTS
Number of fast foods in America ---- 16,000
Number of Americans served daily ---- 50 million
Annual fast food revenue ---- $110,000,000,000
According to the a website listed in my resources Americans love fast food. (We spent $165 billion on it in 2010.) But we don't all love it equally. Like the obesity rate, fast-food consumption varies widely by region. Residents of some states disproportionately choose fast food over other options when they go out to eat, with consequences for the state’s collective health. Using government data on the percentage of restaurants in each state that serve fast food and the percentage of dining-out dollars the average resident spends in them each year, Health.com identified the 10 states where fast-food consumption is most prevalent. Here they are, in alphabetical order.
SOME QUICK MORE FUN FACTS
Number of fast foods in America ---- 16,000
Number of Americans served daily ---- 50 million
Annual fast food revenue ---- $110,000,000,000
(Gotten from resource listed below)
This graph shows the Restaurant sales so by this graph you can see that Mcdonald's is the highest well out of these 3 restaurants.
Most common junk foods among kids:
1) Ninja Turtle Pudding Pies (over 500 calories)
2) SpongeBob Popsicles (100 calories )
3) Shrek Kudos (under 300 calories )
4) Ninja Turtle Cookies (could not find )
5) Star Wars Pop-Tarts (400 calories )
6) Shrek Snickers (250 calories per bar )
7) Spider-Man Pringles (120 calories)
8) hulk Oreos (could not find )
9) sponge bob pop-tarts (200 calories)
Resources:
1) http://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facts-about-junk-food.html
2) http://www.statisticbrain.com/fast-food-statistics/
3) http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20499198,00.html
4) http://www.health.com/health/m/gallery/0,,20394811_last,00.html
Article by : Briana Galarza
This graph shows the Restaurant sales so by this graph you can see that Mcdonald's is the highest well out of these 3 restaurants.
Most common junk foods among kids:
1) Ninja Turtle Pudding Pies (over 500 calories)
2) SpongeBob Popsicles (100 calories )
3) Shrek Kudos (under 300 calories )
4) Ninja Turtle Cookies (could not find )
5) Star Wars Pop-Tarts (400 calories )
6) Shrek Snickers (250 calories per bar )
7) Spider-Man Pringles (120 calories)
8) hulk Oreos (could not find )
9) sponge bob pop-tarts (200 calories)
Resources:
1) http://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facts-about-junk-food.html
2) http://www.statisticbrain.com/fast-food-statistics/
3) http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20499198,00.html
4) http://www.health.com/health/m/gallery/0,,20394811_last,00.html
Article by : Briana Galarza