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How much do Americans eat? Health impact and
cost?What’s a Calorie?
How much does the food that we eat cost?
• Fast Food- Americans as a hole spend around 110 billion dollars in Fast food.
• Restaurant- For an average family of four, the normal cost of going out to eat is $45 - $60
• Home cooked- For The average family the cost of a home cooked meal is around $600 a month
Health Impacts and Cost.
• Diabetes
• Major risk for Hypertension
• Stroke
• The more health conditions that you have the more it is going to cost for your health care.
What is a Calorie
• A calorie is a unit of measurement it represents the energy in food or the micro nutrients protein, carbohydrates and fat.
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