Students add up the total number of calories and fat grams that they consume at their typical meal at a fast food restaurant. They will then be given a recommended number of calories and fat grams that they should have per day. They record this data on their sheet. Finally, they subtract their fast food calories and fat grams from the recommended calories and fat grams to find out how many calories and fat grams they have left to eat after eating just ONE fast food meal. Many students will find that they are close to or even exceed the recommended daily intake for calories and fat grams.
Students complete the handout and reflect on their findings through a short writing.
Refer to Nutrition Lab worksheet to guide you through this part.