Food that Makes or Breaks You

Bryan Ber Bondoc

doi:10.62596/art.7ke3nn26

Authors

Bryan Ber S. Bondoc Department of Food Technology, Western Mindanao State University, Zamboanga City, 7000, Philippines Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62596/art.7ke3nn26

Keywords:

Nutrition, Processed Food, Health Impact

Abstract

This essay explores how frequent consumption of fast food and junk food affects physical health, academic performance, and workplace productivity. It emphasizes the critical role of informed dietary choices and nutrition education in promoting long-term wellness, especially in schools and professional settings.

References

Mathipa, E. R., & Semuli, Q. K. (2015). We are what we eat. Rethinking Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century.

Belot, M., and James, J., (2011). Healthy School Meals and Educational Outcomes. Journal of Health Economics, Volume 30, Issue 3, 489-504.

Sorhaindo, A., and Feinstein, L; (2006). What is the relationship between child nutrition and school outcomes? [Wider Benefits of Learning Research Report No. 18]. Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning, Institute of Education, University of London: London.

Van Dyke, N., Murphy, M., & Drinkwater, E. J. (2024). “We know what we should be eating, but we don’t always do that.” How and why people eat the way they do: a qualitative study with rural australians. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 1240.

Brunello, G., De Paola, M., & Labartino, G. (2014). More apples fewer chips? The effect of school fruit schemes on the consumption of junk food. Health policy, 118(1), 114-126.