Health fitness work

Name: ____Xavier Roberts_________________________ Point value: 30 (Score = 0 if tables are not complete)

Nutrition/fast food research

Is fast food really that bad? Let us find out. Note: Each answer should be one to two full paragraphs of detailed information.

Go to https://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/dri-calculator/

Fill in your information (sex, age…) and check all the boxes to calculate your personal needs. Use this information to answer the essay questions following the fast food internet search.

	Total fat	Saturated fat	Fiber	Cholesterol	Sodium
Your daily needs	164 grams	As Low as possible	38 grams	As Low as possible	1500 mg

Now go to: https://fastfoodnutrition.org/fast-food-meal-calculator

Pick a typical meal from a restaurant you (or a friend) have had. Choose an entree, side dish and beverage (identify these items). Fill in the nutrition information in the table below.

Restaurant/item	Total fat	Saturate fat	Fiber	Cholesterol	Sodium
Entrée
Side dish
Beverage
Totals

Your answers should be factual and detailed regarding your nutritional needs and the effects of fast food dining. Note: This is not an opinion paper, there is a great deal of factual information in the text, the power point presentations and the websites. Your work should be factual…no opinions or inner dialogues.

1. What do the data mean? In other words, I can see in your data table how much fat an item has. Therefore you need not write ‘the Big Mac has x amount of saturated fat.’ Use your words to explain what this means. (6 pts)

2. How do these numbers compare with what you need on a daily basis?  Consider what you require (and remember these searches were for one meal, not an entire day).  (6 pts)

3. What could happen over time following a fast food diet?  (6 pts)

4. Lastly, find one (just one) fast food (not beverage, not fresh fruit) item that is considered 'healthy'. Name the item and justify why this is healthy.  Recall the legal definition of healthy:  The item contains at least ten percent of one of these - vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, calcium protein OR fiber.  Also it must be low in all of these - total fat (less than three grams), saturated fat (less than one gram), cholesterol (less than 20mg), trans fat (less than .5mg) AND sodium (less than 140 mg). (6 pts)

Item: ____________

10% DV of…	Total fat	Saturate fat	Cholesterol	Trans fat	Sodium

5. Conclusion (6 pts)