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Nutrition: Lesson 3, Hyper-Palatable Foods and the Evolution of our Diet
Type of Work: Indy Product: Reading/Q’s/Snip Class Time: 1 Period EOC: Place inside lesson 3 Due:1 Period NAME:Astrid Vargas PERIOD:2 ABSENT? (For Full Credit Turned in Late): Absent Date=
Cite the stats from the first paragraph: % Obese in 1960-62: it was 13% % Obese Today : it is 34% Chance of having diabetes in lifetime: an estimated one in three risk of developing diabetes in his or her lifetime Explain the picture to the right-(larger version in article): I think that the graph on the right shows how the percentage of the pervelance has decrease a lot during 1961 and 2009 and how now at day we take in more energy that we are using during the day What does palatable mean. Palatable means how good food is for the human body and brain. Give examples of palatable foods. Cheese cake Pizza Chocolate cake What is leptin and what role does it play in the potential genetic link to obesity? leptin is a hormone that tells the human body store fat in the body also it plays a role in the genetic link because it because a part of you to eat a lot of food so that the human brain thinks that it has store enogh food or caloties to survive.

What are our top six calorie sources in the US diet and how does this relate to the rat’s cafeteria diet? Froot Loops, mini hot dogs, peanut butter cookies, Cheez-its, Cocoa Puffs, nacho cheese Doritos, cake, and BBQ pork rinds and they also

How are commercial or processed foods designed to hook you or keep you coming back for more? They reward system gets wind that it's full of calories, and the next few times you eat it, it tastes better and better until you like the flavor

What is hedonic circuitry and how does it apply to the discussion of processed foods and the increase in obesity stats? hedonic circuitry in the brain determine in large part how often you seek food, what foods you select, and how much you eat at a sitting because reduces food intake and body fatness, it has failed to gain approval because of negative psychological side effects stimulate the decirer to eat it palatables the eating reward/hedonic and energy homeostasis systems.

How does the reward system decide which foods to crave? they are to survive and it the pressure Which ingredients or types of foods does the reward system reinforce or consider desirable and why? They are like ‘cafeteria diet’, awash in a large variety of packaged foods, restaurant meals and sweetened beverages t is because As it's digested, your reward system gets wind that it's full of calories, and the next few times you eat it, it tastes better and better until you like the flavor How could foods with high palatability be addictive? they could be because the hedonic circuitry is being lied to and its telling it that everything that they are eating is good for you and that they need it to be able to be alive.

Explain the picture to the left…. it is showing how that they are more people going to eat in restaurants instead of normal meals or they are eating picketed food more What types of ‘diets’ should we consider to lesson the obesity epidemic We should consider the simple diet with low in palatability because it reduces hunger and causes fat loss in obese humans.

From Your Brain: Given what you’ve read should the government regulate junk food? Yes because they are very palatability and have too much fat that is unnecessary to survive also it would cause obese humans lo not be like that

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