NECON Obesity Prevention

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? 2002 David Catherine Katz
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Learn to be CLUED-INTO HEALTH!
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David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACPYale
University School of Medicine Catherine S. Katz,
PhD and Family
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What we will learn today

Why food matters If you are what you eat then
what in the world are you?
We are like polar bears in the Sahara
Desert! Why eating well is hard to do Sugar,
Salt, and Fat oh my!
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What we will learn today

Supermarket Spy Kids Being smarter than the
average bear! Judging food by its cover?
Lets Play With Our Food!
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Why food matters
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A couch potato
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If you are what you eat then what in the world
are you?
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Why eating well is hard to do

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Way back, BEFORE fast food and frozen dinners
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People had to work hard to get food
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A Polar Bear in the Sahara Desert! Why eating
well is hard to do Sugar, Salt, and Fat oh my!
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Polar Bears are adapted to.

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We are like Polar Bears in the Sahara Desert!

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But we are smarter than the average bear We can
be CLUED-IN TO HEALTH!
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Supermarket Spy Kids! Being smarter than the
average bear! Judging food by its cover?
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What do you think a fruit juice should be made
of?
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What is this fruit juice made of?
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Do the ingredients match what you expect to be in
this juice?
Yes
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How about this one?
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What is this fruit juice made of?
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Do the ingredients match what you expect to be in
this drink?
No
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Artificial flavors, colors, sugar, and chemicals!

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The best drink of all is WATER!
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Junk, by any other name
Partially hydrogenated oil
High fructose corn syrup
Other artificial ingredients
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The Anatomy

• of a food package

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Front of the box
FANTASY
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Its like a commercial !
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Is the truth here?
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THE FACT IS..
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The TRUTH is in the NUTRITION FACTS and
INGREDIENTS LIST
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The Nutrition FACTS on the side of the box

REALITY
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Clue 1
Dont be fooled by THE BIG BOLD CLAIMS on the
front of the box!
Use your spy skills
and look for the hidden truth in itty bitty
letters on the label in the back!
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Clue 2
The FIRST ingredient is always the BIGGEST!
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This product is made mostly of SUGAR !
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Its a cereal !
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The hunt for hidden ingredients
Partially hydrogenated oil TRANS FAT
High fructose corn syrup SUGAR
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Learning how to read a food label
A mad jumble of letters
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Its like finding a suspicious character in a
busy crowd
MEET FINGERS THE FOX!
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CAN YOU FIND HIM IN THIS CROWD?
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Clue 3
partially hydrogenated oil

or
high fructose corn syrup
IS Fingers the fox !
And when you find him
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FINGERS the FOX!
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FINGERS the FOX!
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Clue 4
If the ingredient list is REALLY
LONG
REALLY LONG
REALLY LONG
REALLY LONG
REALLY LONG
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A long list often has things we should not eat
too much of.
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Whats wrong with this picture?
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Whats wrong with this picture?
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Fresh fruits and vegetables have the shortest
ingredient list of all!
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Eat a Rainbow of Colors Everyday
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Put a rainbow in your cereal bowl
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Turn your pizza into a rainbow
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Deception, in a nutshell
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Natural peanut butter
Major Brand peanut butter
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Natural peanut butter
PEANUTS!

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Major Brand peanut butter
Peanuts Sugar Hydrogenated oil

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The advertisement compared to the real thing
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Clue 5
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In search of... WHOLE GRAIN
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A whole grain !
Not a whole grain !
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The first ingredient here is
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In this next box, the first ingredient is
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Whats the difference between whole wheat flour
and wheat flour?
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Whole wheat flour is like a whole plane
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Wheat flour is like a plane without wings.
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FIBER IS YOUR FRIEND !
2 or more grams of FIBER
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Your job is to catch
a Whole Grain Imposter !
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The hidden clue is how many grams of dietary
fiber.
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Is there a whole grain imposter in this cereal?
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If you see only 1 gram or less of dietary fiber
You've caught
a Whole Grain Imposter !
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Lets be CLUED IN
and practice our 5 clues!
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Remember the 5 Clues!
1- Dont be fooled by THE BIG LETTERS on the
front of the package. Look for the label
on the back instead! 2 - The FIRST ingredient
is always the biggest! 3 - Avoid partially
hydrogenated oil high fructose corn
syrup. Its like finding a suspicious character
in a crowd! 4 - Avoid foods with a LONG
ingredient list! 5 - FIBER is your friend, so
look out for whole grain imposters!
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Now

• Time to play with our food!

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Remember the 5 Clues!
1- Dont be fooled by THE BIG LETTERS on the
front of the package. Look for the label
on the back instead! 2 - The FIRST ingredient
is always the biggest! 3 - Avoid partially
hydrogenated oil high fructose corn
syrup. Its like finding a suspicious character
in a crowd! 4 - Avoid foods with a LONG
ingredient list! 5 - FIBER is your friend, so
look out for whole grain imposters!
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Doggie bags

• for your brains!

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On your way out, chew on this

• What you eat REALLY matters !
• Food can be good, and good for you !
• You can eat better just by making better choices
• To make better choices, be a good nutrition spy
• Steer clear of foods with added junk
• If you want a high performance body

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put in a high performance fuel!
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Thanks for coming!
the KATZ FAMILY (2003)
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