The JUNK food law:

JUNK FOOD X YOUNGSTER = ?

Junk food VS Healthy food
Junk Food
 A food that shouldn't be eaten too often.
 taste good but is high in calories having little
nutritional value.
 Contain too much sugar, salt and fat.
Eg:
What Junk Foods Are Made of?
Healthy Food
 Anyfood that tastes good; healthy;
vegetable; organic; safe.
 So a healthy food is:-
 You, yeah you,

Are you a junk-food

junkie?
Most of us will say this:
 Are you sure?
Students reporting high levels of behavioral
problems by frequency of eating a junk foods, by
gender
Again, ARE YOU A JUNK FOOD
JUNKIE?

YES, WE ARE!!
Why JUNK food is so appealing?
Time factor
 Because of its simplicity.
 Does not even required
cooking or heating
 Fast and ready to heat
Vending machine that serve pizza and
fries within 90seconds.
Taste factor
 Taste good because of the lavish usage of
salt, sugar and oil.
Advertising factor

FACT:
Frito Lays sold 1 billion
bag of Cheetos per year

FACT:
'Thanda Matlab Coca-
Cola ' was targeted at
rural and semi-urban
consumers in India which
was a great success.
YOUNGSTER CHOICE
Problems addicted to JUNK
food
•Health-problem
•Over-weight
•Lack of energy
•Drowsiness

H.O.L.D
Health Problem
Health problems
 Junk food can cause chronic degenerative
diseases, as well as hypertension, obesity,
heart diseases, cardio-vascular problems,
high blood pressure, cavity and glucose
intolerance.
Over-weight
Over-weight
 Junk foods are filled with harmful
carbohydrates, fats and cholesterol that
do not provide any useful energy thus the
risk being an over-weight is very high.
 Beingover-weight affects the flow of
oxygen to the brain cells and this can
adversely affect concentration and
memory.
Lack of Energy
Lack of energy
 Thisis known as the short-term adverse
effects resulting eating junk foods.
A teenager will feel constantly hungry and
weak due to imbalance created by the junk
food. Teenager will always be tired and
fatigued to do any work.
Drowsiness
 Drowsiness
 It takes more time for fast
food to digest and
consumes more blood and
enzymes, which ends up in
lack of concentration.
 Affects the flow of oxygen
to the brain cells and this
can adversely affect your
concentration and memory. Mr. H(not a real
name)
How to overcome JUNK food
addiction?
“What I find exciting is that the kids
are taking ownership, rather than
having it forced on them by adults,
which in my experience never works
anyway.”
Paul Simonin
Therefore, to overcome food addiction is to
not do it by force…
How to overcome JUNK food
addiction?
 Investigate
 Plan a Strategy
 Ignore
 New Habits

I.P.I.N
Investigate
 Assesshow often you stop at fast food
places.
 Considerwhat time of day you are
stopping at fast food restaurants/eating
junk food.
Quick bite during your lunch break?
Doyou don’t have time to go home and
make dinner/lunch?
Do you experience late night cravings?
Plan a Strategy
 Consider
how you will fulfill your needs
once you stop frequenting fast food
places.
 Lookat exactly what foods you are
buying
 Alter
your normal purchases by
changing things up and opting for
healthy snacks.
 Expectpossible withdrawal symptoms
when you stop eating certain foods or
ingredients.
Ignore
 Begin
by removing soda from your
beverage intake
 Stopbringing unhealthy snacks into
your home.
New Habits
 PLAN A
 Limit your indulgences
 Carry healthy snacks and drinks with you.
 Stay away from all-you-can-eat offers.

PLAN B
# Stick to plan A and don’t give up just
because you are having a hard time

PLAN C
# REFER BACK TO PLAN B 
 Therefore

JUNKFOOD x Youngster= H.O.L.D

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*This equation will not be given in your
examination
JUNK FOOD IS NOT YOUR FRIEND