Teen Culture:Food

By: Cole and Emily Division: 8

Food Definition • Food is a item of edible indulgent that can be

customized to needs or wants, like clothing.• Something to fill a bottomless pit

Why Is Food Destructive? • Food is a item of problems you eat when you

are stressed • You can eat bad things like fast food • If you have to much of bad food you can

become obese • If you ear the wrong things you could get

diabetes

Why Is Food Constructive?

• It could be someone's passion become a cook • It could help you be healthy with the right

food • It could make you better (chicken noodle

soup)• It can help keep you alive

Nutritious Food

• Fruit and vegetables • best things to eat:• Whole grain • Macaroni • Bread

Fast Food • Fast food companies like McDonalds and Burger King

Etc.• Get to kids early by bribing families all over the

world with good deals and great bargains.1. With happy meals etc.

• What some families don’t know is that fast food companies want to get the most money out of there buck.

1. With processed meat and unhealthy choices for the consumer.

Food Groups • Fruit and vegetables • Grain produces• Milk and alternatives • Meat and alternatives

Food Servings

Food Serve

• In 2004 35,000 people where asked if they had fast food in past 24 hours

• One-quarter of people had fast food• In our class 2 had fast food in the past 24

hours had fast food

Examples Foods Teens Eat:

• Pizza • French fries • Junk food • Bubble tea • Chips

Works consultant • www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?

id=284fbbac... . may 20, 2012 • http://www.cdcg.org/nutritious.html. may 20,2012 • http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php. may 20,2012 •

http://www.smallthings.ca/default.asp?id=1067. may 20,2012 •

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/choose-choix/index-eng.php. may 20,2012

•http://www.livestrong.com/article/408762-recommended-serving-sizes-of-food-groups/ . may20,2012