Nutrition

Fast food has a harmful effect on society because it can cause obesity. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry believes obesity “Overweight children are much more likely to become overweight adults unless they adopt and maintain healthier patterns of eating and exercise.” (parag. 1).The causing and treating of obesity is complex but it is the most recognizable disease. Consistently eating fast food and a poor can lead to obesity in anyone. The risks of obesity include an increased risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease. According to the American Heart Association, fast food “Studies have shown that over the past four decades, consumption of food eaten away from home has also risen alarmingly” (parag. 8). This means that fast food is high in fat, sugar, salt, carbs, calories, saturated and trans fats. This type of eating leads to a higher body mass index or gained weight. Children and adolescents are at a

Consuming fast food is also associated with poor health outcomes, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.5

My daily diet should contain a balance of proteins, carbohydrates (carbs), and lipids (collectively called macronutrients). According to Kirby (2011), micronutrients are substances such as vitamins, and minerals that are essential for healthy growth and developments. The body only requires small quantities of micronutrients and without them serious problems can arise. The role of each micronutrient makes proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids equally important in my diet. Proteins are important for repair and tissue growth, helps the body to make enzymes and hormones, as well as preserve lean muscle mass and is a source of energy. Carbohydrates are the body main source of energy and are easily broken down into glucose

This paper will focus on some important nutrients that are important for general health: fiber and protein. My personal daily intake will be analyzed to determine what foods are providing the right type of proteins and fiber, and how food consumption might be adjusted to provide for a healthier nutrient intake. It is important to state at the outset that the nutrient intake that is being used for this analysis is only for a one-day period. However, it will provide some insight into my eating habits and how those habits might be improved from a scientific standpoint.

In this assignment I am going to be discussing the nutrients within food and how it can affect you, how it can be eaten and is it good or bad. I will also be discussing why we need a healthy and balanced diet and the deficiency, how to make it better and overweight and obesity, what it can cause.

Fast food consumption can lead to adverse effects on the quality of dietary caused by higher energy intake. Increased risk of obesity is a major concern for parents

During this week, I Edgar Burgos had to conduct a food intake for 3 consecutive days. This paper will describe my nutritional endeavor for the past three days. I will provide different aspects of my nutritional needs and an in depth analysis on how proteins fats carbohydrates and fiber take part in my everyday diet and what are these functions. This is intended to broaden my views of a healthy lifestyle, and how to achieve it through a variety of food groups.

makes fast foods so unhealthy is the high amounts of carbohydrates, sugars and saturated fats.

Which foods in your recorded daily intake provide protein? Which provide carbohydrate? Which provide lipids?

In this assignment the author will produce a report that discusses nutritional and energy requirements, comparing and contrasting similarities and differences between the two groups for each nutrient and for energy. The two groups the author has chosen to compare are women aged between 19-50 and pregnant women.

My Vitamin B12 intake was only at 62%,and the RDA for most micronutrients calls for 66%. Considering how close I was to meeting the RDA amount, All I would have to do is either replace the protein I am getting from the carne asada, the pulled pork, the fried chicken or hamburger with more organ meat such as chicken liver or increase my meat or milk intake. The next thing I would want to do, is to cook the organ meat or increased quantity of meat with some plant oils such as olive or canola oil. By doing so, I would be increasing my intake of vitamin E, for which I only met 40% of my RDA. For the next micronutrient I was deficient in I was 53% below the RDA for vitamin D. In order to increase my vitamin D from 13%, intake I would have to eat more fatty fish such as salmon or mackerel. Another way I can increase my Vitamin D intake would be to replace the lactaid milk i have been consuming to fortified milk. The last micronutrient I was insufficient in potassium. I only met 54% of my needs so to meet my RDA I would have to

Fast food can be defined as “Food dispensed quickly at an inexpensive restaurant that offers a limited menu of inexpensive items and many of which may not be particularly nutritious. However, the food can be eaten on premises, taken out or sometimes delivered.” The most common fast foods include fried chicken, doughnuts, pizza, hamburgers and French fries (Labensky et al. 1997). Bahadoran et al., (2012) described that fast foods are easy to access, quick to prepare, moder¬ately inexpensive and favored by people of most age groups and they are typically served in large por¬tions and contain high levels of salt, sugar, energy along with low levels of micronutrients and fiber (Feeley et al., 2009). According to report, fast food industry growth seemed to rise shortly after the year 2000, but the total sales remain high. People in their teens and twenties are the most frequent consumers of fast foods, probably because these foods are fast, convenient, and relatively inexpensive (Cho and Han , 1996: Park et al., 1999 ). According to previous studies, eating fast food regularly leads to high consumption rates of energy, saturated fat, total fat and sodium: low consumption rates of milk, fruit, vitamin C, vitamin A, and vegetables (Paeratakul et al., 2003: Park et al., 2005) .

2. What are the major groups of nutrients? What is the role of each of nutrient group in a healthy / balanced diet?

I have learned from the computer analysis project that my intake in calcium is low, and my intake in sodium is high. My DRI reports showed me that I am receiving only 31% of the recommended daily value for calcium intake. An appropriate amount of calcium is 1300 mg, but I consumed only 409 mg. My DRI reports also showed me that I consumed above the recommended range for sodium. A deficiency of calcium has serious effects just as a toxicity of sodium does. After reviewing my reports, I learned that I need to change my diet and be more cautious about the amounts of calcium and sodium that I consume.

The consumption of fast foods plays lots of roles on health. In the same vein, nutritional habits