INTERCONNECTIONS CHART
Directions: Find 2 connections between the Center for Disease Controls health priority areas and your health fair topic.
Describe how your health fair topic relates to all the health priority areas (two facts for each category).
YOU MUST CITE YOUR SOURCEBE SPECIFIC (Author, web site address, journal, magazine, etc)
Use the bullets underneath each priority area as subtopics - if you are having difficulty connecting to the
Main Priority Area.
CDC Health Priority Area
How is the listed health priority area
connected to your topic? Cite your source
Tobacco use
There are approximately 600 ingredients in
cigarettes. When burned, they create more than
7,000 chemicals. At least 69 of these chemicals
are known to cause cancer, and many are
poisonous.
Many of these chemicals also are found in
consumer products, but these products have
warning labels. While the public is warned
about the danger of the poisons in these
products, there is no such warning for the toxins
in tobacco smoke.
Source:"What's In a Cigarette?" American Lung
Association.
http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/smoking-facts/whatsin-a-cigarette.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
Some beers contain lactose, wheat and gluten,
corn, food dye, and even peanut ingredients! But
they dont have to be listed, nor is an allergen
disclaimer required. So, essentially, malt
beverages are drink at your own risk, unless
you have the foresight to call the brewery and
get a complete ingredients listing.
Other acceptable ingredients in beer are a
little more damaging to your system than
gelatin, such as:
GMO corn, rice, and sugars
Nicotine
Smoking
Chew, snuff
Cigarette
Alcohol and other drug use
Drinking
Alcoholism
Drug addiction
All illegal drugs
All medication
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
Propylene Glycol
Calcium Disodium EDTA
Natural Flavors (which we know arent
so natural after all)
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Caramel Coloring, insect-based dyes,
and artificial food dyes like: FD&C
Blue 1, FD&C Red 40, FD&C Yellow
5
glyceryl monostearate and pepsin (used
for foam control and head retention)
Carrageenan
Source:Toxic Ingredients In Beer, Wine, And
Spirits. Fat-Burning Man,
fatburningman.com/toxic-ingredients-in-beer-wine-and
-spirits/#.
Behaviors that contribute to unintentional
injuries and violence
Car accidents
Reckless behavior
Homicide/murder
Self-harm behaviors
Gang violence/bullying
Unhealthy dietary behaviors
High fat/cholesterol diets
High sodium
Eating disorders
Over eating/Binge eating
Research into a group of three-year-olds found
they were more likely to lack concentration, lose
their temper, interrupt others and struggle to get
to sleep when they drank fruit juice dosed with
colorings and preservatives.
The scientists concluded that significant changes
in children's hyperactive behavior could be
produced by removing colorings and additives
from their diet. They added: 'The findings
suggest that benefit would accrue for all children
from such a change - and not just for those
already showing hyperactive behavior or who
are at risk of allergic reactions.'
Source:Up, Daily Mail Uk Fed. These 24 Common
Food Additives May Increase Anxiety And Depression in
Kids. FOOD MATTERS, 5 Dec. 2016,
www.foodmatters.com/article/which-food-additives-make
-children-behave-badly.
Aspartame, (E951) more popularly known as
Nutrasweet and Equal, is found in foods labeled
"diet" or "sugar-free". Aspartame is believed to
be carcinogenic and accounts for more reports of
adverse reactions than all other foods and food
additives combined. Aspartame is not your
friend. Aspartame is a neurotoxin and
carcinogen. Known to erode intelligence and
affect short-term memory, the components of
this toxic sweetener may lead to a wide variety
of ailments including brain tumor, diseases like
lymphoma, diabetes, multiple sclerosis,
Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, fibromyalgia, and
chronic fatigue, emotional disorders like
depression and anxiety attacks, dizziness,
headaches, nausea, mental confusion, migraines
and seizures.
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a
highly-refined artificial sweetener which has
become the number one source of calories in
America. It is found in almost all processed
foods. HFCS packs on the pounds faster than
any other ingredient, increases your LDL
(bad) cholesterol levels, and contributes to the
development of diabetes and tissue damage,
among other harmful effects.
Source:Mercola, Dr Joseph. Top 10 Food Additives to
Inadequate physical activity
Sedentary
Inactive
Lack of exercise (exercise)
Physical activity
Avoid. FOOD MATTERS, 15 Dec. 2016,
www.foodmatters.com/article/top-10-food-additives-to-av
oid.
Emulsifiers are used to improve a foods texture
and to prevent mixtures from separating,
particularly in ice cream.Last year, Benoit
Chassaing of Georgia State University showed
that mice that drank water containing one of two
emulsifiers underwent changes in gut bacteria
and inflammation of the gut changes that led
to obesity anddiabetes in these animals.
However, mice that didnt have any gut bacteria
because they had been raised in a sterile
environment didnt become ill when given the
same additives, suggesting that it is the
emulsifiers effect on the microbiome that is to
blame. When the ill mice stopped consuming
emulsifiers, their gut bacteria gradually returned
to normal.
Source:Newscientist. Surge in Obesity and Diabetes
Sexual behaviors that may result in HIV
infection, other sexually transmitted diseases,
and unintended pregnancies
HIV/AIDS
STIs/STDs
Premature birth
Birth defects
Could Be Linked to Food Additives. New Scientist,
www.newscientist.com/article/2076906-surge-in-obesityand-diabetes-could-be-linked-to-food-additives/.
Alginic acid is used as gelling agent to thicken
drinks and foods, salad dressings, soups, jellies,
cheese spreads and dips, ice cream and other
frozen desserts. It is known to cause birth
defects.
According to studies, sodium nitrite/nitrate is
linked to certain kinds of cancer, colon cancer,
especially once the meat has been subjected to
high-temperatures (e.g. barbecuing). Under
certain conditions, sodium nitrite and nitrate
react with amino acids to form cancer-causing
chemicals called nitrosamines. This reaction can
be hindered by the addition of ascorbic acid,
erythorbic acid, or alpha-tocopherol. It has also
been linked to birth defects and childhood
leukemia.
Source:Dangerous Food Additives. People for
Ethical Living,
peopleforethicalliving.com/health-and-fitness/food-choic
es-nutrition/dangerous-food-additives/.
