What are we feeding our kids - Chris Van Tulekan Flashcards
Childhood obesity rates across the world have risen by how much in the last 50 years?
Tenfold
How many children are living with obesity in UK in 2021 at age 11?
21%
How do you recognise ultra processed foods?
Does it list ingredients you don’t use in the kitchen?
What proportion of foods are ultra-processed in the diets of children and adolescents?
2 in every 3 calories. 64%. Adolescents - 68%
In 1980, what percentage of adults in the UK were overweight?
7%
In the year 2000, what percentage of adults in the UK were overweight?
20% at the same time as we saw a transitioning to processed foods in our diet.
What percentage of calories consumed by adults are ultra processed in UK currently?
57%
One in 5 people in the UK eat what?
80% processed food.
How many more calories per day do you consume when they are ultra- processed?
What effects did the diet have on Chris’ mood? (from 45 mins in?)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000wgcd/what-are-we-feeding-our-kids
“I sleep really badly, my libido is non-existent, I feel 10 years older, I feel sluggish, I had a lot of general anxiety,”
How much did Chris’s hunger hormone go up by?
30%
What happened to the satiation hormone after Chris’s diet? (48 mins)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000wgcd/what-are-we-feeding-our-kids
There was a decrease in the satiation hormone.
How much more pleasant was ultra processed food to eat?
What does this image show?
The new connections that Chris formed after a month of eating an ultra processed diet.
This showed that he had formed connections that linked reward areas of the brain to areas that drive repetitive, automatic behaviour.
