Obesity trend

Fast Food Nutrition Lab

Name:

Date:

The purpose of this assignment is to help you become aware of what you are consuming when you eat at Fast Food restaurants. Any restaurant has good (healthier) choices and choices that are not so good for you. When you go to a restaurant where you have the option of ordering for yourself, YOU are in control of what type of choice you make. Sometimes it just takes small changes to make an unhealthy meal a little healthier!

1. What is your favorite fast food meal? List everything you would order from your favorite fast food restaurant. Be sure to include the size (small, medium, large, etc.) or the total # (ex: 5 pieces of pizza).

To get the calories, sodium, fat and cholesterol information, go to the website of the restaurant or go to fastfoodnutrition.org.

Item	Size or #	Calories	Fat	Sodium	Cholesterol
TOTAL FOR MEAL:

2. What is your second favorite fast food meal?

Item	Size or #	Calories	Fat	Sodium	Cholesterol
TOTAL FOR MEAL:

Be sure to add up the totals for each meal!

3. Alternative Meal #1

After reviewing your results from the first page, list a meal you could order from the same restaurant that would be healthier than the one you listed as your favorite.

Item	Size or #	Calories	Fat	Sodium	Cholesterol
TOTAL FOR MEAL:

4. Alternative Meal #2

What could your order at your second favorite restaurant that would be healthier than your original meal?

Item	Size or #	Calories	Fat	Sodium	Cholesterol
TOTAL FOR MEAL:

Fast Food Nutrition Summary

1. Which item from your favorite meals had the highest fat?

2. What changes could you make in the future to reduce the fat in your favorite meal?

3. Which item had the most calories?

4. What changes could you make to reduce the calories of your favorite meal?

5. Which item had the highest sodium content?

6. What changes could you make to reduce the sodium in your favorite meal?

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