Junk food

• Type of food

  • Few proteins, vitamins, minerals and fibre.

  • Big amounts of sugar, fat and salt.

• High quantities of:
  • Sugar
  • Fatty acids
    • Saturated fatty acids
    • Trans fat
  • Cholesterol
  • Sodium

• Sugar:
  • Empty calories

• Fatty acids
  • Saturated fatty acids

• Fatty acids
  • Trans fat

Oleic acid

Elaidic acid

• Fatty acids
  • Trans fat

• Cholesterol

• Cholesterol

Vitamin D

• Cholesterol

• Sodium

Anglo-saxon fast food                  Mediterranean fast food

Ready-made meals                        Some exotic foods

• It alters our brain's reward pathway in the same way drugs do.
  • Unability to stop eating it.
  • Drastic weight gain.
  • Need to eat more.

• Many different problems:
  • Headache
  • Depression
  • Heart diseases
  • Shortness of breath
  • High blood pressure
  • High cholesterol

• Many different problems:
  • Dental distress
  • Acne
  • Weight gain
  • Nutritional deficiencies
  • Diabetes
  • Cancer

Some people try to go on diets:

• Low-carb diet
• Atkins diet
• Avocado diet
• Dukan diet

They usually don't offer real results

• Nowadays, more people tend to suffer from obesity.

  • 1 in 6 people are obese

  • 2 out of 3 men are obese

  • 1 in 3 children are obese

• 2.100 million overweighted people in the world

• Three million people die of obesity each year.
   

in Spain

• Advertising has a huge role on this.
• Young people must be aware of the risks of junk food.
• There are campaigns which promote a healthier lifestyle.

By Lorena Llamas and Iker Puerto 2ºBach A