Junk Food or Healthy Food? This is the choice that everyone us us has to make at some point of time... Take some time out and see how it effects you!

2. JUNK FOOD…what is it?
• Microbiologist Michael Jacobson, PhD
introduced the term “junk food” in 1972.
• Junk food is a slang word for foods
with limited nutritional value.
• High in salt, sugar, fat or calories and low
nutrient content can be termed junk food.

3. Junk Food Varieties
• Chips
• Candy
• Soft drinks
• Gum
• Chocolates
• Cookies
• Cake
• Sugar
• Butter
• Fired fast food

4. Why Junk Food Is 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 step hot and ready to eat.

5. • 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.

6. Harmful Effects
• Obesity
• Tooth decay
• Lack of energy
• Heart diseases
• Liver failure
• Vitamin deficiencies

7. Healthy Food… A Good Habit
A healthy food is one that helps to
maintain or improve general health.

8. 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

9. What Nutrient Does The Following Food Give Us?
• Fish, meat, beans (protein)
• Eggs, milk, dairy products (calcium)
• Bread, rice, noodles (carbohydrate)
• Vegetables, fruits (vitamin and minerals)

10. Avoid The Habit Of Junk Food
Try Healthy Food