Conclusion

The conclusion of eating oily foods


This project has been a little challenging but we hope that our blog ill be able to benefit a lot of people.Based on our results from our observations and surveys,we conclude that yes,it is indeed true that many people prefer oily fatty food and fast foods because it is more convinient and tasty,not to mention cheaper than healthy organic food. We have helped to solve the problem by educating our friends and families' about the effects and the disadvantages of oily fatty food.

Bibliography

Facts on fried and oily food http://www.lifemojo.com/lifestyle/cooking-oil-facts.238938

Content of the fried food that is sell in the canteen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries http://answers.ask.com/Food_and_Drinks/Restaurants/what_are_chicken_nuggets_made_of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_nugget http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_browns

Economic factor on why the school community choose to eat unhealthy food http://www.appetiteforprofit.com/faqs/food-politics/#arent%20companies

Pictures of what they should sell in the canteen http://1075zoofm.com/the-5-best-sandwiches-in-missoula/ http://www.dunbarsystems.com/baked-unbaked-products/buns/default.html http://electriceelsushiblog.com/?p=658

Profile image http://www.freshforkids.com.au/canteen_campaign/canteen_camp_10/canteen_camp_10.html

Together, we find the solutions.

SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE FOOD IN THE SCHOOL CANTEEN

Based on the the interviews that we have done, these are the suggestion from the students on how to improve the food in the school canteen.

NADHRISSA IMAN       15 YEAR OLD STUDENT	·          SHOULD SELL HEALTHY FOOD IN A HIGHER QUANTITY.
MAS ATHIRAH             15 YEAR OLD STUDENT	·          SHOULD BE USING A LESSER AMOUNT OF OIL.
IMAN NUR ARYSHA    15 YEAR OLD STUDENT	·          SHOULD IMPROVE THE PROCESS OF FOOD PREPARATION IN TERMS OF HYGIENE ASPECTS.
NURUL AIN                   15 YEAR OLD STUDENT	·          SHOULD INCLUDE MORE LEAFY VEGETABLES ON MENU.
SEE ELEVEN                 15 YEAR OLD STUDENT	·         SHOULD PREPARE THE FOOD USING LOW CHOLESTROL OIL.
HAIDAH HUSNA           15 YEAR OLD STUDENT	·          SHOULD USE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE OF COOKING SUCH AS STEAMING INSTEAD OF FRYING.
NOR AZZRAI                 15 YEAR OLD STUDENT	·          REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CHOLESTROL IN A MENU SUCH AS BY REPLACING COCONUT MILK USED IN NASI LEMAK WITH LOW FAT MILK.
ZAHIRAH YASMIN        15 YEAR OLD STUDENT	·          THE HEALTH OFFICER SHOULD HAVE A VISIT AT THE SCHOOL CANTEEN IN ORDER TO MONITOR THE PROCESS OF FOOD PREPARATION.
MUHD SYAFIQ             15 YEAR OLD STUDENT	·          THE FOOD SHOULD PREPARED HEALTHIER BY USING LOW CHOLESTROL OIL SUCH AS SUNLOWER OIL INSTEAD OF PALM OIL.
NURIN AMALIA             15 YEAR OLD STUDENT	·         EDUCATE THE STUDENTS ABOUT THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF HIGH CHOLESTROL TOWARDS OUR HEALTH.

We also have proposed on what they should sell in the canteen to replace the oily fried food such as:


Buns. 

Salads. 

  Sandwich.

 Sushi. 

Sliced fruits.

ABOUT

  This project is about making our school community such as pupils, teachers and parents aware that the main cause of unhealthy eating in the canteen is from the fried, oily and fatty food that pupils happily consume every day. Concurrently, we want to involve our parents, teachers and pupils into solving this fatty food dilemma by making them aware of the importance of healthy eating and encouraging them to participate in balanced diets and food conscience programs.

  First of all, we have made a class poll as an observation sample to know how aware the pupils are of the unhealthy eating habits or if they think there are no unhealthy eating problems at all.

  Secondly, we have involved the pupils in a balance diet challenge and a food conscience program where we will collect data on the type, amount and price of the canteen food to pinpoint where that hazard might come from and who would be responsible for all these. Then, we will chart our data and show our findings to the school community.

  On next phase, will be more on educating the school community, especially the pupils and looking for real solutions which will come from the tabulation of our food consciousness and proposal programs.

   Later, we will include proposing what they should sell in the canteen to replace the oily food in order to help students change their bad eating habits.

  The last phase will include showing the whole community at large our findings and solutions to the problem by opening a website (blog) about the importance of healthy food and to make them aware how we all can become a part of the solutions instead a part of the problem.

Observation.

Unhealthy Favourite Food
 We have interviewed the students in our class, what they like to eat the most in the school canteen and why. We also held a class poll to see which food they favoured the most. Here are the results of our survey:

THE QUESTIONNAIRE

• The question were:

1. Do they eat in the school canteen?

This chart represents the answers that the students gave to us.

• Two questions were:

1. Do you often eat fried food in the canteen?
2. Do you know what is the effects towards your health by eating fried food?

What people answered to our interview.

Name: Nadhrissa Iman Fauzi Age:    15 years old No. Yes, of course I do.

Name: Iman Nur Arysha Age:    15 years old Sometimes. Yes.

Name: Nor Azzrai Age: 15 years old No. Yes, but did not know much about it.

Name: Nurul Ain Kamarul Ariffin Age:    15 years old Sometimes. Yes, my cousin experienced it.

Name: Muhd Syafik Age:    15 years old Rarely. Yes, of course I do.

Name: Nurin Amalia Age:    15 years old No. Yes, of course I do.

Name: Mas Athirah Age:    15 years old No. Yes.

Name: Zahirah Yasmin Age:    15 years old Rarely. Yes, of course I do.

• The percentage of type of food the students usually eat in the school canteen.

Yes and as you can see, the students in our class prefer oily fatty foods than healthy fresh fruits as their breakfast and lunch at school. 

This bad habit should stop as the oil that the canteen cooks in our school use are not of good quality. We have interviewed some of the school community for this project. Most of them usually use cheap oil that they buy from the night market. If you think that’s bad, wait until you hear this. Almost all of them REUSE their oil. They took the oil that they have used before and they use them again but to cook a different type of food.

Reused oil only adds to the dangers of oily food. Recent researches have proven that reusing vegetable oils can cause atherosclerosis, stroke, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and liver diseases. This is because a toxin called 4-hydroxy-trans-2-nonenal (HNE) forms when oils like canola, corn, soybean and sunflower oils are reheated.

In the table below are the pictures and content of some of the food that they sell in the canteen.

HASH BROWNS. Hash browns or hashed browns are a simple potato preparation in which potato pieces are pan-fried after being shredded, julienne or diced. One form of hash browns involves diced potato scraps from commercial French fry production, formed into patties using potato starch and vegetable oil, and the frozen.

FRENCH FRIES. Main ingredients: Potatoes and oil. French-fried potatoes are batons of deep-fried potato.

NUGGETS Chicken nuggets are made of various parts of the chicken. Most nuggets are made from the rib meat in the chicken. A chicken nugget is a chicken product molded from meat slurry, breaded, then deep-fried or baked. Fast food restaurants typically fry their nuggets in vegetable oil, such as coconut oil.

Clearly humans need to eat, so the demand is certainly there. The factors people say are most important to them in making food choices, include: price, taste, convenience, and access. These are exactly those factors that companies selling the unhealthiest foods seek to exploit. In contrast, too often healthier foods cost more, are less convenient, are not readily available, and have the perception of being less tasty. Therefore, the major food companies (along with government agencies) have made it almost impossible for people to demand any alternatives. Put another way, imagine if we started from scratch: if we wanted to design a system that ensured that people had access to the cheapest, least expensive, most convenient foods, would we at the same time create a system that destroys the planet, drives up health care costs, harms animals and exploits human labor?

Are Canteen Food Healthy For You?

Think twice before you agree that Canteen Food are healthy.

The canteen plays an important role in school students' and teachers' everyday lives. Nowadays, all the canteen sells are fatty food, there is not much choice of healthy food that is offered in the canteen. Mostly they are all fried. Furthermore, the main ingredient used in canteen is excessive oil in order to cook the food faster. They reuse the cooking oil for many times in order to cut the cost and save money. 

  Based on the facts, the most common danger when recycling cooking oil is that it becomes rancid or spoiled. In addition to having strange flavours and odors, rancid oil may contain possibly carcinogenic free radicals.These pesky molecules are then absorbed into the fried food and ingested by an unlucky eater. Children nowadays like to eat unhealthy fried food especially the one that has been deep fried such as nuggets, chicken, french fries and etc. The canteen provides these kind of food which constributes to one of the factors where they use too much cooking oil.The canteen  provides these kind of foods which contributes to one of the factors where they use too much cooking oil. 

Our school canteen

  Some students, teachers, family members, neighbours and the people around us go to the canteen and food stalls every day and live off it. This can lead to a various series of serious health problem if they continuously take excessive amounts of food that contains a lot of oil.

 These foods are simply irresistible for many. Scientists consider them to be high-risk foods that can be detrimental to one’s health, especially when they are not eaten in moderation as part of a well-balanced diet. French fries are among the most commonly consumed fried food products. When potatoes are cooked in trans fat at high temperatures, all sorts of interesting and very unpleasant things occur.

Fried Food Content

1.            Fried food carry dangers other than those from acrylamide. These foods are often high in fat and salt content and low in fibre and calcium content. These unhealthy, processed foods contribute to the increased prevevalence of obesity and chronic disease. 

2.            The frequency of consuming these products also decreases the frequency with which Americans consume whole grains, fruits and vegetables, causing deficiency in fibre intake. 

3.            High fat diets also tend to lack complex carbohydrates that are typically high in fibre. Fibre is associated with: lower cholesterol levels, improved digestive function, decreased risk of cardiovascular disease and some forms of cancer.

4.            The high salt content in fried foods contributes to high blood pressure, strokes and kidney function problems.

5.            Some studies have shown that sodium competes with calcium. Therefore, as sodium intake increases, the urinary excretion of calcium also increases. This can contribute to an increased risk for osteoporosis and bone fractures.

"Different oils fill different needs - for health, taste and cooking. For good health, our bodies need a variety of healthy fats that are found naturally in different oils. When cooking, it's essential to know which oils are best for baking, sautéing and frying and which are healthiest used raw."

Have you ever wondered why we have oil?

Contrary to popular belief, fat is actually a valuable part of one's diet, allowing people to absorb nutrients that require fat in order to metabolize in the body. Natural fats contain varying ratios of three types of fats: saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated.

•                   Saturated fats are hard at room temperature. They're stable, resist oxidation, and are found primarily in meat, dairy, palm and coconut oil.
•           Polyunsaturated fats are liquid at room temperature and the least stable. They oxidize easily and are found in seafood corn, safflower, soybean, and sunflower oils.
• • Monounsaturated fats are more stable than polyunsaturated fats. They're found in canola, nut and olive oils.