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Fast Food or Fat Food?Fast Food or Fat Food?

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Fast food restaurantsFast food restaurants are taking a lot of heat for offering foods are taking a lot of heat for offering foods that may be high in calories and fat. that may be high in calories and fat. Do fast food restaurants Do fast food restaurants offer foods with too much fat and calories?offer foods with too much fat and calories? Find out the Find out the facts and report back to the Surgeon General with your facts and report back to the Surgeon General with your recommendations.recommendations.

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FastFast Food or Food or FatFat Food? Food?

You and your team (3 people) have been selected by the You and your team (3 people) have been selected by the Surgeon General of the United States to Surgeon General of the United States to identifyidentify whether or whether or not fast foods have high fat and high caloric content. Your not fast foods have high fat and high caloric content. Your team will also team will also determinedetermine how much exercise is needed to how much exercise is needed to burn a fast food diet. Once all your information is collected, burn a fast food diet. Once all your information is collected, your team will your team will analyzeanalyze it and it and writewrite a one page report to the a one page report to the surgeon general with your recommendations concerning surgeon general with your recommendations concerning fast foods. During the process you will fast foods. During the process you will designdesign a blog to a blog to calculatecalculate the calories for each meal over the course of the calories for each meal over the course of seven days. You will seven days. You will createcreate a meal sheet to record your a meal sheet to record your findings. You may findings. You may utilizeutilize websites found on my blog to help websites found on my blog to help get you started.get you started.

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ProcessProcess Step 1Step 1: You will go out to eat for breakfast, : You will go out to eat for breakfast,

lunch, and dinner in Cyberspace. You may lunch, and dinner in Cyberspace. You may choose any fast food restaurants listed below. choose any fast food restaurants listed below.

You may eat at different places or the same place You may eat at different places or the same place for each meal – it’s your choice! You may want to for each meal – it’s your choice! You may want to coordinate your menus within your group so that coordinate your menus within your group so that everyone is not eating the same thing. This will everyone is not eating the same thing. This will give your group a broader look at fast foods. give your group a broader look at fast foods. Click on a website listed below and begin Click on a website listed below and begin choosing your food. As you decide what to eat, choosing your food. As you decide what to eat, write down the food, serving size, number of write down the food, serving size, number of servings, total calories, and total fat for each item servings, total calories, and total fat for each item you eat.you eat.

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Process cont.Process cont. Don’t forget to include drinks, they have calories Don’t forget to include drinks, they have calories

too! Make sure you check your number of servings too! Make sure you check your number of servings because you must multiply the number of servings by because you must multiply the number of servings by the calories per serving listed. This website will help you the calories per serving listed. This website will help you understand serving size if you need more information. understand serving size if you need more information. http://www.lifeclinic.com/focus/nutrition/food-label.asphttp://www.lifeclinic.com/focus/nutrition/food-label.asp

Click on a link and begin to plan your meals!Click on a link and begin to plan your meals! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/flash/health/calorhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/flash/health/caloriecounter/counter.htmiecounter/counter.htm

Fast food counter for, Burger King, KFC, McDonald’s, Fast food counter for, Burger King, KFC, McDonald’s, Subway, Taco BellSubway, Taco Bell

It will total calories and fat as you choose from the menu.It will total calories and fat as you choose from the menu. There are more food choices under this web site:There are more food choices under this web site: http://www.calorie-counters.net/http://www.calorie-counters.net/

Process cont.Process cont. Step 2: Total your calories and fat for the entire Step 2: Total your calories and fat for the entire

day at the bottom of each column on your meal day at the bottom of each column on your meal sheet.sheet.

Step 3: Now that you have planned your meals and Step 3: Now that you have planned your meals and counted calories and fat; you need to know how counted calories and fat; you need to know how many calories and how much fat you should have. many calories and how much fat you should have. Click on this website to find out how many calories Click on this website to find out how many calories you need. you need. www.ahealthyme.com/topic/calneedwww.ahealthyme.com/topic/calneed

Then click on this website to find out how much fat Then click on this website to find out how much fat you need. you need. http://www.lifeclinic.com/focus/nutrition/food-pyramhttp://www.lifeclinic.com/focus/nutrition/food-pyramid.aspid.asp

Process cont.Process cont. Step 4: Answer this question on the bottom of Step 4: Answer this question on the bottom of

your sheet: Did you eat more calories and fat your sheet: Did you eat more calories and fat than you need or do you need more calories and than you need or do you need more calories and fat that you ate?fat that you ate?

Step 5: It is now time to see how much exercise Step 5: It is now time to see how much exercise it takes to burn those fast food calories. it takes to burn those fast food calories. Everyone burns calories just keeping their bodies Everyone burns calories just keeping their bodies functioning (heart beating, digestion, brain functioning (heart beating, digestion, brain activity, breathing, etc.). This is called resting activity, breathing, etc.). This is called resting metabolic rate. Click on this link to find out what metabolic rate. Click on this link to find out what your RMR is:your RMR is:

http://www.shapeup.orghttp://www.shapeup.org

Process cont.Process cont. Step 6: Just by being alive you burn quite a few Step 6: Just by being alive you burn quite a few

calories but you still have a few left from your fast calories but you still have a few left from your fast food diet. Subtract your RMR (resting metabolic food diet. Subtract your RMR (resting metabolic rate) from the total calories eaten to determine rate) from the total calories eaten to determine how many calories you need to burn by how many calories you need to burn by exercising. Use the link below to pick activities exercising. Use the link below to pick activities and play enough to burn the remaining calories and play enough to burn the remaining calories from your day of restaurant eating. Using the from your day of restaurant eating. Using the meal chart, list the activity, the duration (amount meal chart, list the activity, the duration (amount of time you played the activity) and the calories of time you played the activity) and the calories burned. You can stop playing when you have burned. You can stop playing when you have burned all your extra fast food calories! burned all your extra fast food calories!

http://http://www.lifeclinic.com/calculators/sports.aspwww.lifeclinic.com/calculators/sports.asp

Process cont.Process cont. Step 7: Finally, get with your group members and Step 7: Finally, get with your group members and

compare your meals. In order to fairly evaluate compare your meals. In order to fairly evaluate the fast food industry, you and your group will the fast food industry, you and your group will now make one more day of fast food eating. now make one more day of fast food eating. Divide the meals between the group (one person Divide the meals between the group (one person take breakfast, one person take lunch, and one take breakfast, one person take lunch, and one person take dinner). Remember that you need to person take dinner). Remember that you need to keep your keep your calories under 2,200calories under 2,200 and and fat under fat under 75 grams75 grams. Analyze your individual fast food . Analyze your individual fast food meals and the group fast food meal. Discuss your meals and the group fast food meal. Discuss your ideas and then write a one page report to the ideas and then write a one page report to the Surgeon General of the United States making Surgeon General of the United States making your group’s recommendations concerning fast your group’s recommendations concerning fast foods, calories, and fat.foods, calories, and fat.

EvaluationEvaluation

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CategoryCategory Tin MedalTin Medal

1 1 Bronze Bronze

22Silver Silver

33 Gold MedalGold Medal

44 ScorScor

ee Food Chart is Food Chart is accurate and accurate and completecomplete

1-3 foods listed, 1-3 foods listed, caloric and fat caloric and fat

content incorrect, content incorrect, numerous math numerous math

errors errors

4-6 foods listed, 4-6 foods listed, caloric and fat caloric and fat content fairly content fairly accurate, several accurate, several math errors. math errors.

7-9 foods 7-9 foods listed, caloric listed, caloric and fat content and fat content mostly mostly accurate, a few accurate, a few math errors. math errors.

10 or more foods 10 or more foods listed, caloric and listed, caloric and fat content fat content accurate, no math accurate, no math errors. errors.

  Exercise Exercise chart is chart is accurate and accurate and completecomplete

  

0-1 answers 0-1 answers complete but the complete but the information is information is wrong. wrong.

2-3 answers 2-3 answers complete. Some of complete. Some of the information is the information is wrong. wrong.

3-4 answers 3-4 answers complete. complete. Most of the Most of the information is information is accurate. accurate.

Entire chart is Entire chart is completed in full completed in full and all and all information is information is accurate. accurate.

Report was Report was well written well written and and represented represented research research accurately.accurately.

Brief review of Brief review of their findings. their findings. Numerous spelling Numerous spelling and grammatical and grammatical

errors.errors.

Cites adequate Cites adequate information to information to support their support their position. Several position. Several spelling and spelling and grammatical errors.grammatical errors.

Explains their Explains their position clearly. position clearly. Very few Very few spelling and spelling and grammatical grammatical

errors.errors.

The content is The content is written clearly written clearly with logical ideas with logical ideas supporting their supporting their position. No position. No spelling or spelling or grammatical grammatical

errors.errors. Group worked Group worked well together well together and everyone and everyone completed completed their parts. their parts.

Chart partially Chart partially completed, group completed, group interaction was interaction was poor, no leadership poor, no leadership or cooperation or cooperation

Chart mostly Chart mostly completed, group completed, group interaction was fair, interaction was fair, some leadership some leadership and cooperation and cooperation

was evidentwas evident

Chart Chart completed, completed, good group good group interaction, interaction, positive positive leadership and leadership and cooperation cooperation

Chart completed Chart completed fully with no fully with no errors, excellent errors, excellent group interaction, group interaction, leadership, and leadership, and cooperation. cooperation.

ConclusionConclusion You have had a first hand look at fast food You have had a first hand look at fast food

calories and fat. Hopefully, you can apply calories and fat. Hopefully, you can apply what you learned and realize the importance what you learned and realize the importance of eating healthy. If you are curious about of eating healthy. If you are curious about your percent body fat, you can click on the link your percent body fat, you can click on the link below and check it out. It is called BMI or Body below and check it out. It is called BMI or Body Mass Index.Mass Index.

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ The eating and exercise habits you set now The eating and exercise habits you set now

will follow you throughout life. I challenge you will follow you throughout life. I challenge you to eat healthy and exercise on a regular basis. to eat healthy and exercise on a regular basis. You’ll feel better physically and mentally!You’ll feel better physically and mentally!

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StandardsStandards

Concepts of Health 10.1.9 cConcepts of Health 10.1.9 c Healthful Living 10.2.9 a & bHealthful Living 10.2.9 a & b

Physical Activity 10.4.9 a, b & ePhysical Activity 10.4.9 a, b & e