Poor Eating Habits of Teens

Poor Eating Habits of Teens

By Bailey Croft and

Brandon Vanriel

By Bailey Croft and

Brandon Vanriel

DiabetesDiabetes

Stress affects your body more when you have diabetes. Headaches, twitching, sudden tiredness, thirst, coldness are some side affects

Eating in between meals

Eating in between meals

Eating before bed results in your body not being able to digest the food and use the calories in a useful way, turning it into energy.

Snacks are often unhealthy

Fast FoodFast Food

Fast foods are packed with saturated fats, sodium and sugar. Foods that are fat free or low fat foods should not be thought of as healthy.

Fast foods are always readily available

Inexpensive FoodsInexpensive Foods

Cheap junk foods are filled with preservatives, saturated fats and salts, which builds fat towards your major arteries which cause heart attacks and artery obstructions

Income within the household will affect the dietary habits of the teens

Additional affects of poor eating habits

Additional affects of poor eating habits

Obesity

Heart attacks

Stroke

Interview with the Café Lady

Interview with the Café Lady

Q: What item do you sell most?

A: Baked goods are sold the most along with chocolate milk. That’s basically all we sell. Items from the steam table are not sold a lot.

Q: Is your food pre-made?

A: Everything is pre-made.

Q: Was there more business before or after the switch to healthy foods?

A: More business before the switch, we lost about $100-150 a day with our lack of business.

Q: Which foods are the most expensive?

A: The healthier the food, the more expensive. Drinks are very expensive also.

ReflectionReflection

ConclusionConclusion

Therefore the eating habits of teens are caused from fast food, a low income and poor dietary habits. The effects of eating poorly is diabetes, obesity and in more serious cases heart attacks and strokes.

ReferencesReferences

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110814141432.htm

http://www.eufic.org/article/en/expid/review-eating-between-meals-health/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/25/chicken-mcbites-mcdonalds_n_1030391.html