1. COMPILED BY:-
AGAM KATIYAR(12BCL0161)
SUCHITA SAHAY
SHUBHAM SHARMA(12BCH0030)
JYOTI
SHARANG

2.  BACKGROUND AND AIM:-
 Junk foods are rich in calories, salt and fats.
Excess consumption of junk foods would
lead rise to wide variety of health disorders.
 The aim of the present study was to know
about junk food habits of students, their
ingredients, nutritive value and their impact
on human health.

3.  : Self-administered questionnaire was used to
collect the data.
 Students from VIT University, Vellore, Tamil
Nadu (India) were selected for this study as a
sample population and the total sample size
was represented by 344 students

4.  : The analysis showed that 30% of students were
not aware about the harmful effects, nutritive
value, quality of the food, chemicals present and
its impact on human health.
 In the questionnaire almost 85% of students gave
their opinion about the junk food as unhealthy.
 Base on the study, it was found that 18% were
taking junk food as an alternative to
breakfast, 68% of individuals liked junk foods for
their taste as it was one of the predominant
factor for their choice

5.  : Junk foods, Web survey, self administered
questionnaire (SAQ), diplomatic, sumptuous
and
 Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT).

6.  The results from the present study conclude
that the respondents were diplomatic in their
answers and only few were obvious to the
fact that serious health effects might arise
upon continuous consumption of junk foods

7.  Most of the junk foods are rich in fats and
poor in other nutrients.
 Common junk food includes Fast
food, chips, candy, gum, sweet desserts as
well as alcoholic beverages.
 Consumption of energy dense foods
especially sweetened beverages like fruit
drinks, carbonated soft drinks and energy
drinks may lead to type 2 diabetes and
cardiovascular risk.

8.  Trends including fast food consumption and
skipping breakfast increased during the
transition period of adulthood, and such dietary
behaviors are associated with increased weight
gain from adolescence to adulthood.
 The negative effects of consumption of
excess salt containing junk foods on health
include increase in blood pressure and decrease
in calcium absorption.
Foods with high salt content, therefore, are an
important issue in the modern society.

9.  An effort to suppress the growing frequency of
obesity, a tax on junk foods known as ‘fat tax’
has been introduced and the revenue of which is
used to provide funding for healthy foods and
excersing equipment.
 A survey conducted among adolescents about
weight related attitudes, behaviour and problems
dealt by fat children lead them to eat too many
calories, lack of self control and the people with
weight controlling attitude would enjoy physical
activity and be highly coordinated.

10.  A report given by National Restaurant
Association
 of India (NRAI) 2010 about the fast food
industry in India is estimated at between Rs
6,750 and Rs 8,000 crore.
 The total value of junk food consumed in
India in 2003 was about Rs 41,000 crore
based on the National Sample Survey (NSS)
data for the
category`beverages, refreshments and
processed foods.

11. VIT FOOD COURT
A PLACE WHERE THOUSAND OF STUDENTS COME DAILY TO EAT FAST FOOD

12.  1) What is your favorite junk food?
 a) Fast food b) snacks c) soft drinks d)
candies
 2) Do you check the junk food quality?
 a) Yes b) no c) sometimes
 3) Do you check the nutrient fact label in the
junk food?
 a) Don’t know b) Yes I would check c) No I
don’t check d) sometimes I do check

13.  4) Are you aware about the chemicals present in
the junk food and its safety level?
 a) Yes I know b) I don’t know about the chemicals
present and its safety level c) I know only about
50% of chemicals present and its safety level
 5) Do you really know the harmful effects of
chemical present in junk food?
 a) Yes b) no c) others
 6) What are the factors influencing the choice of
junk food?
 a) Time b) taste c) changing lifestyles d) influence
of advertisements

14.  7) How many times do you eat junk food on an
average per week?
 a) Once b) twice c) thrice d) four times e) more than
five times
 8) In your opinion do you consider junk food is
healthy or not?
 a) Yes b) no
 9) Do you know having junk food on a daily basis
makes you eat more?
 a) Agree b) disagree
 10) Do you take junk food as an alternative to
breakfast?
 a) Yes b) no c) sometimes

15.  The present survey was conducted in Tamil Nadu, India.
The population sample included students from VIT
University, Vellore. The sample population 344
individuals were chosen for the study. Questionnaires
were distributed to the students present in the
classrooms. Among the 344 respondents, 205 were
males and 139 females. All the participants were in the
age group from 17-28 years and the mean age was 21.8
years. The questionnaire was distributed and data
collected between January to February 2011. A single
page questionnaire containing set of 10 multiple choice
questions was prepared and distributed. The students
were given a brief overview about junk foods and their ill
health effects. The responses were collected and
counted manually based on the options specified for
each question framed. The participants were provided 15
minutes to complete the questionnaire framed.

16.  Favourite Junk food:
 The total sample size includes (N=344
individuals).
 The type of junk foods preferred by the
individuals is given in table 1. Nearly 53% of
respondents preferred fast food, followed by
23% of individuals who liked snacks, 15%
consumed soft drinks and the remaining 7%
preferred to take candies.

18.  Three Out of ten questions were asked to analyze
the eating habit of the students. Around (44% of
individuals) indicated that they do not take junk
food as an alternative to breakfast, 39% of
students indicated that they would take rarely
and that to very least quantity 18% indicated they
would take junk food as breakfast. And when the
students were asked to select the factor that
influences them in selecting the type of the junk
food, 68.1% opted for taste, 14.2% for changing
life style, 10% opted for time and only 7.2% opted
for influence of advertisements.

22.  Out of ten questions, four were asked to analyze the
student awareness about the junk food facts.
 About 43% of the respondents said that they do check
the quality of the junk food, followed by 39%
respondents who sometimes check the quality and
only 18% of the respondents said they don’t check the
quality at all. For the question related to nutrient facts
labels awareness, 7.8% of the respondents said that
they did not know about it; followed by 25.2% who did
not check the label, 16.2% checked the label and 50%
individual checked rarely. In case of chemicals and
their safety level information, 25% of the students
were aware of it, 33% of students were unaware, 42%
of the students have specified that they had some idea
about some chemicals and their safety levels.

23.  When asked about the harmful effects of
chemicals in junk food, 49% of the students
said they were not aware of the
consequences, 45% were not and only very
few 6% students have opted for other
reasons. Response to various parameters
such as quality, nutrient fact label, chemicals
and their safety and harmful effects are given
in figure four.

25.  In the figure five it is evident that about 85%
of the respondents considered junk food as
unhealthy and remaining 15% considered
junk food as healthy.
 From the figure six data depicts that 62% of
individuals agreed that junk food
consumption makes person to eat more and
38% have disagreed for the same.

28.  The focus of our finding include the views of
adolescents on junk foods, individual
preferences, consumption rates and
familiarity regarding the harmful health
effects of overconsumption of junk food
products. From our study we have identified
certain factors responsible for increased
eating habits of junk foods include:
 First, the role of television advertisements
which attracts the college students to junk
foods.

29.  Second, majority of the sample population
agreed to the fact of getting addicted to junk
foods.
 Third, a defiant need for the young
generation of teens to understand that the
nutrient facts and various chemical additives
are added to enhance junk food eating since
the awareness of individuals about delimiting
nutrient levels in junk foods has to be
dissipated more for effective, safe and a
healthy balanced diet. .

30. THANK YOU