Analyzing Influences and

Obesity

Obesity Trends In America

What Causes This?

What different factors influence obesity?

Saving America, One Bite At A Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMpIsiK-IZU

Influences:

• Peers

• Family

• Culture and Environment

• Advertisements

• Lack of Education

• Convenience

• Internal Influences

Peers

Peers

• What they eat at their house

• Where you go to eat together; socialize.

• Eating while watching tv/movies;

• Video games vs. P.A

• Portion sizes

• Parties

Family

Family

• Types of meals your family cooks/buys

• Where your family shops at

• Food left out on table for second helpings

• Not eating together

• Eating in front of TV

Culture and Environment

Culture and Environment

• What types of food you are allowed to eat or not

• Special meals during the holidays

• Bigger-sized plates

• Fad diets

• Technology

• Office jobs

• Normal to be big in some countries

• Geographic location

• Food rewards

Advertisements

Advertisements

• Fast food restaurants

• All-you-can-eat buffets

• Buy one get one/special deals

• Subliminal messages

• New products

Fast Food Ads. vs Reality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbCwi6EeNAE&feature=related

Lack of Education

Lack of Education

• Knowing how to read food labels

• How many calories to take in per day

• Portion sizes

• Nutritional values

• Empty calories

• My Plate

Convenience

Convenience

• Cost and location of food

• Cooking skills, or lack of

• Amount of time available to cook or do P.A.

• Availability of healthy food

• Impulse Items

• Convenience stores

Internal Influences

Internal Influences

• Stress

• Emotions

• Boredom

• Taste

• Time of Day

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