JUNK FOOD VS HEALTHY FOOD

JUNK FOOD… what is it? The microbiologist Michael Jacobson, introduced the term “junk food” in 1972. • Junk food is a slang word for food with limited nutritional value. • High in salt, sugar, fat or calories and low nutrient content. Junk Food examples:

• Chips • Candy • Soft drinks

• Fired fast food • Chocolates • Cookies

• Cake • Sugar • Butter

Why is junk food so appealing ?

• The Time Factor

• They are easy to prepare and are very tasty. Junk foods such as potato wafers do not even need cooking or heating.

• We prefer to eat them when we watch TV. We save our self a lot of hassles and time when we are in a hurry eating pizzas and burgers as they are served at our door tep hot and ready to eat.

• The Taste Factor

• Junk foods are very good in taste. Junk foods get their taste owing to lavish usage of oil, salts and sugar.

• Junk Food Advertising

•Media plays a vital role in the selling of junk food. Harmful Effects

• Obesity

• Tooth decay

• Lack of energy

• Heart diseases

• Liver failure

• Vitamin deficiencies

Healthy Food… A Good Habit

it helps to

keep well or improve general health.

Benefits Of Eating Healthy Food

• Effective weight loss solution

• Increase energy level

• Reduce health care costs

• Better rest and sleep

• More nutrients on the body

Pay attention ! Obese children are becoming alarmingly more frequent in Italy because they lead more sedentary lives than previous generations and eat more packaged

snacks

What nutrients does the following food give us? Protein: Beans Fish Meat

Calcium:Eggs Milk Dairy products

Carbohydrate: Bread Rice pasta

Vitamin and minerals Vegetables fruit

The Mediterranean diet

Many experts consider the Mediterranean diet to be one of the healthiest in the world. Indeed the people living in the Mediterranean Coastal Region, from Spain to the middle east, tends to be healthy and have long lives.

The Mediterranean diet is largely based on vegetables, fruit, olive, olives oil, whole grains and fish, a little milk and wine. It includes a pleasant lunch and physical activity. The Mediterranean diet provides a daily intake of vegetables and carbohydrates from cereals, 7-10 servings of fruit and vegetables, plus two fish dishes a week, with more fish and poultry than red meat, a handful of nuts a day, products with little animal fat, less than 4 eggs a week , and plenty of water.

In this way, people do not increase the cholesterol levels. The preparation methods are simple.The Mediterranean diet is now included among UNESCO's cultural heritages. It promotes social interaction and it exchanges culture, respects environment and biodiversity

The Healthy Mediterranean Food pyramid

CLIL Activity

Progetto interdisciplinare svolto dagli studenti della 2 A della Scuola Secondaria dell’Istituto Comprensivo di Uggiano La Chiesa. A.S. 2016,2017

Prodotto multimediale realizzato da Caterina De Benedetto e coordinato dalle

prof.sse Maria Addolorata Merico e Rosella Ferpozzi