Fast food guide

Navigating the Fast Food Maze... Highly accessible Less accessibleGreat tasting Not as good tasting Promoted heavily Not promoted Fast Foods Healthy Foods... Percent of Food Spending Use

Navigating the Fast Food Maze

Highly accessible Less accessible

Great tasting Not as good tasting Promoted heavily Not promoted

Fast Foods Healthy Foods

Percent of Food Spending

Used on Fast Food

Total Food Spending Is Increasing (billions)

Away from home

Number of Fast Food

Restaurants in the U.S.

Paeratakul, JADA 2003:103:1332-8

Percent of adults who are

overweight or obese

2/3 of adults are overweight or

obese

67%

Life Expectancy in the U.S.

2-5 year decline

in life expectancy

Is Fast Food to Blame?

People Who Eat Fast Food:

● Eat more fat

● People who live near fast food restaurants are more likely to eat more fast food.

● People who have more fast food restaurants

in their neighborhood are more likely to

have heart disease and die early.

● States with the most fast food outlets per

square mile have the highest rates of

obesity

Calories Children Eat with

Fast Food or at Home

The most common vegetable

consumed?

25% of all vegetables eaten in the U.S.

Fast Food Reaches Africa

COMPUTERS Reach Africa

Nintendo Reaches Africa

“We always, always have

kid-related programs.”

Mary Miller, McDonald’s VP

Childhood Obesity

2003)

Food quantity has changed

(serving sizes)

8 oz 12 oz 16 oz 20 oz 34 oz

16 oz 32 oz 44 oz 52 oz 64 oz

48 Teaspoons Sugar

Turkey Sandwich

20 Years Ago Today

320 calories 820

calories

Courtesy of Dr Kelly Brownell

U.S government’s entire budget

for nutrition education is one-fifth the advertising budget for…

Nestle, 2002

Altoids mints

Courtesy of Dr Kelly Brownell

Texas Double Whopper

Saturated fat 26 grams

130% of daily Fat grams 69 grams

106% of daily

80% of daily

A Few Fast Food Facts

everywhere

● It is almost impossible to avoid it

● We need to learn to live with it

Calories Who’s counting?

Shoney’s deluxe pancake plate

Lone Star Steakhouse Lone Star wings

Denny’s mini burgers w/ onion rings

Chili’s awesome blossom

Nathan’s Famous seafood sampler

How about dinner and

dessert?

Romano’s Macaroni Grill New York

cheesecake with caramel fudge sauce

Romano’s Macaroni Grill

Spaghetti & Meatballs

dinner

4,030

Both

Start Walking

McDonald’s

hamburger

McDonald’s Big Mac

O’Charley’s chicken tenders dinner

Shoney’s deluxe pancake plate

Lone Star Steakhouse Lone Star wings

Denny’s mini burgers w/ onion rings

Chili’s awesome blossom

Nathan’s Famous seafood sampler

Food Marketing = $25 Billion

5-a-day =

$1 million

● Ronald McDonald is recognized by nearly 96% of American children

typically occurs at about 24 months of

age

and preschool children have considerable purchase influence through “nag factor”

visits

Pres., National Restaurant Assn

“Personal responsibility is a very

important part of this because we can’t look at someone else to solve our

problems.”

Former DHHS Secretary Tommy Thompson

“… we have to continue to work hard to spread the gospel of

personal responsibility.”

Surgeon General

“It’s about personal responsibility”

So, What’s Wrong With Fast

Food?

● It tastes great

● It’s very convenient

● It’s relatively inexpensive

Western Diet Pattern

Prudent Diet Pattern

How the Stop & Go Fast Food

Nutrition Guide was

Developed

gram of trans fats

grams of saturated fat

meats

grains, fresh fruits,

red

content can push the food

to green or red

Good Guys (trans fat free)

Bad Guys (have expressed no desire to remove trans fats)

Denny’s, Waffle House

Burger King, KFC, McDonald's

Taco Bell, Del Taco, Taco John’s Sbarro

Will Making Healthy Selections Make Any

Difference?

Lifestyle Change Program

Fruit and Vegetable

Servings

Whole Grain Servings

Percent of Calories from

Fat

Grams of Saturated Fat

Sodium (mg)

Total Calories

BMI

Systolic Blood Pressure

Reductions mm/Hg

Diastolic Blood Pressure Reductions

mm/Hg

Total Cholesterol Reductions mg/dl

Glucose Reductions mg/dl

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