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In the past and even still in some schools today, cafeterias have had a tendency to serve meals containing high amounts of sodium, fat, and calories as opposed to a more nutritious meal. As a result, children have been put at risk for developing heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and other serious health issues. In addition to this, teenagers will face nutrient deficiency, poor academic performance, and obesity during high school. In fact, over the past forty years,…

Today’s society especially in the United States consumes too much fast food, resulting in a higher rate of obesity, disease, and an overall bad diet. These fast food companies are selling us unhealthy food that is causing an alarming rate of obesity. According to an article published by BioMed Central Public Health obesity is a major public health problem in the United States owing to its substantial mortality and morbidity and increased health care costs (Laxy). So, in addition to fast food…

Under a magnifying glass today, about one in three American children and adolescents are overweight or obese, nearly triple the rate from 1963. Among children today, obesity is causing a broad range of health problems that previously weren’t seen until adulthood; from high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, to elevated blood cholesterol levels. There are also psychological effects: obese children are more prone to low self-esteem, negative body image and depression. And to top it off, excess…

article “10 Things the Processed Food Industry Does Not Want You to Know,” Dr. Joseph Mecola states, “Processed foods are virtually guaranteed to contain additives that are linked to obesity. This includes monosodium glutamate (MSG), high-fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners and more. Plus, refined carbohydrates like breakfast cereals, bagels, waffles, pretzels, and most other processed foods quickly break down to sugar.” These ingredients found in almost all fast foods are directly linked…

Many people struggle with weight problems, and there are a lot of reasons for it. In this article I will go over some small weighs to reduce the number of calories you intake or burn them off. Even the smallest amounts burn out. Cutting out a very small amount like 100 everyday can add up to about 1 pound every month! Don 't drink soda. Instead of drinking a Coke or Pepsi drink some water instead. If you drink one soda a day and replace it with water, you will lose one pound a month!…

On the research of GMOs: What are GMOs? Imagine almost every food product in your kitchen potentially containing an ingredient that could drastically affect your health. For example, someone could be feeding their children different types of foods that could be harmful to their health. Most of the time, people own several products without knowing what components make up the food they are eating. Quite often, a customer does not know how their food was grown or which farmers use organic crop…

Chapter-1 Introduction Plantains and banana constitute the fourth most important global food commodity (after rice, wheat and maize) grown in more than 120 countries over a harvested area of approximately 10 million hectares. The annual production of banana is about 88 million tonnes (Frison and Sharrock, 1999). It is the crop in superior position due…

Fast food restaurants are now everywhere in this world. Fast food is a big culture in the U.S. It may be drive-thru or sit down fast food chain. Every day when people eat in fast food restaurants they have all their own motivations. Fast food restaurants became popular in many specific reasons. Fast food chains are very cheap when it comes to eating there food and that is exactly what the people are looking for. You can now find fast food restaurants everywhere in cities, fast food is so easy to…

Executive Summary: My restaurant ,”The World Kitchen” is an international restaurant where we do not narrow down the menu into one specific type. In other words, we will be providing traditional foods from all around the world. The main idea of my restaurant is “Keep it cheap”. We want to let Japanese people taste food from various countries, without having to go to an expensive trip. Plus, tourists can visit my restaurant as well to learn some Japanese table manners and get a rest by talking in…

consumed in western diet (Cordain 343). Refined sugar would have been restricted to the seasonal availability of honey in the hominin diet while the western diet consumes an exceptional amount of refined sugars with the rapid increase high-fructose corn syrup production (Cordain 344). Vegetable oils were first processed between 5000 and 6000 years ago. However, aside from olive oil, early use was for nonfood purposes (Cordain ET AL 344). Fermentation of fruits would have relied on seasonally…