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Junk Food Facts. 2015. Learning
ZoneXpress, PO Box 1022, 667 East
Vine St, Owatonna, MN 55080.
Handout, $11.95/50, poster $14.95.
The handout highlights the health
risks of eating too much salt, sugar, and
fat, as well as listing foods that are high
in these ingredients. The handout also
identies the signicance of eating ber-
rich foods for satiety and promotes
choosing healthy foods that benet the
body.Learning Zone Express
Bacon, fries, and doughnuts. As
nutrition and health professionals,
those 3 examples of foods with little
nutritional value can make us cringe
when we hear how often our teen
clients eat them. For the most part,
teens know these items are not the
healthiest, but how do we get them
to realize why?
The Junk Food Facts poster is 1 step
toward educating teens about the
health risks of eating too much salt,
sugar, and fat and the signicance of
eating ber-rich foods instead. With
bright colors and visual aids of typical
food that is less healthful, the poster
has the ability to draw in its intended
audience, teens, to explore why they
should bag the junk.
By having the four main topics
enlarged and in different bright colors,
the viewer clearly sees the overarching
messages about less nutrient-dense
foods. Furthermore, the creator strate-
gically placed pictorial examples of
foods high in salt, fat, and sugar next
to the corresponding topic. This place-
ment will help those of low literacy or
a section discussing general healthy
taking a quick glance to understand
the key messages.
Those intrigued by the poster will
nd factual information about why
foods high in fat, sugar, and salt
should be avoided, and a sample list
of such foods. Although the informa-
tion is concise, it may be more bene-
cial to make the chronic diseases more
relevant to teens. For instance,
focusing on such foods' effect on
building muscles for boys would have
more of an impact. Including a list of
examples of less nutrient-dense food
is also strategic to help teens under-
stand the connection between high
fat, salt, and sugar and the foods in
their diets.
This poster also focuses on the role
of ber in our diet and its relationship
in food with little nutritional value. It
explains that people tend to overeat
when consuming food low in ber.
nd ber as part of plant-based foods.
However, it would be more informa-
tive to the audience to list a few spe-
cic examples of high-ber food.
Although the poster does not address
examples of high-ber food specif-
ically, it advises teens to choose
more nutritious foods to benet their
body.
At the bottom of the poster, there is
food choices within each food group.
Each group is labeled with a picture
and a healthy eating slogan. This sec-
tion is separated at the bottom of the
poster with a dividing line and a
different colored background to
emphasize that it is a different topic.
It draws the viewer's attention from
the top of the poster to the bottom,
to learn these key messages. Overall,
this poster is a strong resource for
use to educate teens about how to
make healthy choices and why to
avoid less healthful food. Profes-
sionals working in middle schools,
high schools, boys and girls clubs,
and teen after-school programs are a
few examples of potential users.
Livia Berg, BS, Cooking Matters Ameri-
Corps, Capital Area Food Bank, 1401 N
Taft St, Apt 1207, Arlington, VA 22201
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2015.08.011
Cite this article as Berg L. Junk
Food Facts [New Resources for
Nutrition Educators]. J Nutr Educ
Behav. 2016;48:158.e3.

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