Fast Food
Why is fast food so
popular?
• Over the Hedge Clip
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Convenient
Fast
Cheap
Taste good
Survey
• How often to you go to a fast
food restaurant?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Everyday
Once a week
3 x a month
Once a month
Other
Do you think fast food
places offer healthy
choices?
Whose fault is our
nations obesity problem?
A)Yes
B)No
A) Industries
B) Individuals
Do you know any health
risks of consuming too
much fast food?
A) Yes, but don’t
really care
B) No
C) I can’t remember
D)Yes, and it affects
my food choices
Do you go for price, nutrition,
taste, or convenience?
A) Price
B) Nutrition
C) Taste
D)Convenience
Did you know?
• There are more than 300,000 fast food restaurants in
the U.S. alone.
• Every day 1 in 4 Americans visit a fast food place.
• In 1970,6 billion dollars was spent a year on fast
food. Today more than 142 billion is spent on it.
• Today, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo products are sold in
every country in the world, except North Korea.
• French fries are the most eaten vegetable in
America.
Other interesting Facts
• You have to walk seven hours straight to burn
off a super sized coke, fry, and Big Mac.
• Only seven items on McDonald’s entire menu
contains no sugar.
• McDonald’s distributes more toys per year
than Toys R Us.
• McDonald’s operates more than 30,000
restaurants in more than 100 countries and in
6 continents.
Let’s Test Your Fast Food
Knowledge
1. Which of the following foods from
McDonald’s has the most calories?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Chocolate Triple Thick Shake (31 oz)
McSkillet Sausage Burrito
5 piece Chicken Selects
Large French Fries
Correct Answer
1. a. The 31 oz. Chocolate Triple Shake has
1160 calories, the highest calorie item
on the menu.
• Five Piece Chicken Strips with 630
calories
• McSkillet Sausage Burrito at 610
calories
• Large French Fries at 570 calories
2. If you drank 5 cans of Mountain Dew
every week, how many extra calories
would you be drinking?
a.
b.
c.
d.
300 calories
440 calories
550 calories
600 calories
Correct Answer
2.d. Five extra sodas
mean 600 calories in a
week.
3. Which of the following items in a Wendy’s
Mandarin Chicken Salad has the least
amount of calories?
a. Roasted Almonds
b. Crispy Noodles
c. Spring Salad Mix and Chicken
d. Oriental Sesame Dressing
Correct Answer
b. The crispy noodles have the least
amount of calories – only 70.
• The Salad Spring Mix and Chicken
and the Oriental Sesame Dressing
are tied for the most calories at 170
• The almonds have 130 calories
• In total, the salad has 520 calories
Subway‘s 6-inch Chipotle Steak and
Cheese sandwich has more grams
of fat than the McRibs from ?
True or False
4. True! The Subway sandwich
has 31 grams of fat,
compared to the 26 grams of
fat in the McRib.
Analyze Fast Food Restaurants
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McDonalds:
Wendy’s:
Burger King:
Taco Bell:
Arby’s:
Portions Sizes:
Then and Now
CHEESEBURGER
20 Years Ago
333 calories
Today
How many calories are
in today’s cheeseburger?
CHEESEBURGER
Today
20 Years Ago
333 calories
590 calories
Calorie Difference: 257 calories
Calories In = Calories Out
If you lift weights for 1 hour and 30 minutes,
you will burn approximately 257 calories.*
*Based on 130-pound person
SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS
20 Years Ago
500 calories
1 cup spaghetti with sauce
and 3 small meatballs
Today
How many calories do
you think are in today's
portion of spaghetti and
meatballs?
SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS
20 Years Ago
500 calories
1 cup spaghetti with sauce
and 3 small meatballs
Today
1,025 calories
2 cups of pasta with sauce
and 3 large meatballs
Calorie Difference: 525 calories
Calories In = Calories Out
If you houseclean for 2 hours and 35 minutes,
you will burn approximately 525 calories.*
*Based on 130-pound person
FRENCH FRIES
20 Years Ago
210 Calories
2.4 ounces
Today
How many calories are in
today’s portion of fries?
FRENCH FRIES
20 Years Ago
210 Calories
2.4 ounces
Calorie Difference: 400 Calories
Today
610 Calories
6.9 ounces
Calories In = Calories Out
If you walk leisurely for 1 hour and 10 minutes
you will burn approximately 400 calories.*
*Based on 160-pound person
Tips for Eating Out
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Control portion sizes
Choose grilled over fried
Food should be fresh
Sauces and dressings on the side
Choose fruit, yogurt, or sherbet for dessert
Choose lean meats
Stay informed
Energy Drinks
Water vs. Coke
“We knew we would get noticed
against a thousand other energy
drinks. We knew kids would find it
cool, but we also wanted to stress the
idea that it’s an energy drink, you
don’t need drugs.”
- Hanna Kirby, Cocaine Energy Drink Company
Their slogan is:
“The Legal Alternative.”
“Cocaine looks so freaking tight. I NEED
THIS STUFF. Next weekend, me and 3
friends are going to take a 6 hour
roadtrip to NYC just to get our hands
on the stuff.”
- MySpace page comment
Market Value
• In 2005 there was a 77% growth in energy
drink sales with 2004 selling 56.3 million
cases and 2005 selling 99.7 million cases.
• $3.4 billion industry
in 2005, expected to
be $10 billion by 2010.
New
brands are appearing at the rate of almost one
per day
“It is estimated that 9 million cans of Energy Drinks
are bought every day in the U.S.A.”
mg. of caffeine
31
12 oz.
91
8 oz.
144
16 oz.
160
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Caffeine
3 Cans
* The labels simply do
not deliver all the facts!!!
4.5 Cans
5 Cans
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16 oz.
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160
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5 Cans
Health officials
recommend no more
than 100mg/day
Average 12 oz soda
has 18-55mg
12 oz coffee contains
80-120mg
16 oz.
344
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WARNING: 11 Cans of Coke
16 oz.
Source of graph: American Beverage Assoc.
• Banned in some
European countries
• 16-year-old male
prosecuted for impaired
driving in Lehi, Utah in
November ’06
• “Red Bull and energy
drinks are the largest
growth industry in the
US today."
- Forbes, March 05
Caffeine
• Labeling laws
inconsistent
– Caffeine pills require
warning labels
• FDA limit on colas
• Caffeine in energy drinks
is more dangerous than
caffeine in coffee
– Energy drinks served cold
– Coffee served hot
– 65 mg per 12 oz
• Effects vary from person
– No limit on energy drinks
to person
– Jaci Leitheiser=no effect
• Crashes
– Amanda Smith’s son
– Jarrad Guber
• Difficulty sleeping
– Downward cycle
• Medications-reactions
• Dulls sense of pain
– May cause heatstroke
Caffeine
• Ending the addiction
– Withdrawal symptoms (usually short-lived):
Headaches, muscle aches, temporary depression,
drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, and irritability
• Reduce intake gradually to avoid withdrawal
effects
– Try halving your caffeine content each week and
ending it within three weeks
– If you feel extra tired, your body needs more sleep
Tooth decay
• Energy drinks cause tooth decay in 3 ways
– Sugary
– Acidic
– Low buffering capacity (i.e. ability to protect against
the acidity)
• How to protect against tooth decay?
– Use straw positioned at back of mouth
– Rinse mouth with water after drinking acidic drinks
– Limit intake of sodas, sports drinks and energy drinks
Sugar
• 60% increased obesity
– Kate Barron
– How long to add 1 lb of fat if you had 1 drink per day?
• Caloric intake and diabetes
– Sugary drinks adds calories ‘cause people don’t cut back
at meal time
– 90% of type 2 diabetes is preventable through a healthy
diet and an active lifestyle
– 90% of diabetics are overweight
• How much sugar is in a typical energy drink?
– Pass out the sugar
Sugar
Health Myths
• Increased health benefits
• Enhances exercise results and
performance
• Promises of weight loss
• Reduces alcohol impairment
REALITY
An environment has been created where
consumers know little about the product.
Alcohol
• Alcohol and energy drinks dangerous combination
– Subjectively not drunk, but objectively very drunk
– False sense of alertness, decreases perceived
sleepiness
• More likely to drink drunk as a result
– Motor coordination is as bad as normal drinking
– Increases alcohol consumption by masking alcohol’s
taste and perception of drunkenness
– Does not reduce effects of hangovers
– C. Maureen’s 17 year old son
• Mixing depressants and stimulants is dangerous
– Pressing the breaks and gas pedal at same time
Alcohol
• Probabilities of injury increase substantially
– Twice as likely to be hurt or injured,
– 2 x as likely to required medical attention,
– 2 x as likely to ride with a drunk driver,
– 2 x as likely to take advantage of someone sexually
and
– 2 x as likely be taken advantage of sexually
Energy Drinks with Alcohol
• When mixed with alcohol
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Dehydration
Increase of seizures
Drunk driving
Increased alcohol intake
• Studies show there is an
increased use of energy drinks
with alcohol consumption,
illicit drug use, and nonmedical use of prescription
drugs.
Marketing
• Distributing them outside schools
– “I’ve asked them to leave 2 times”
– Violates 3 district policies
• Advertising on campus
• Trespassing
• Wellness policy that promotes healthy food choices
• Most energy drinks very similar.
– Companies often only change packaging
• Profit margins are very high
– They make a lot of money off of you when you buy it
– AKA you’re getting screwed over when you buy them