The document analyzes the diets of the characters in the movie The Breakfast Club. It finds that the meal eaten by the "Basket Case" character, Allison Reynolds, is high in sodium, sugar and lacks nutrients. Specifically, her "Pixy Stick sandwich" contains Pixy Sticks, bread, cheese and Cap'n Crunch cereal. The document recommends Allison reduce sugar, sodium and processed meats in her diet and increase fruits, vegetables and whole grains to meet her nutritional needs as a developing adolescent.

1. Dietary Analysis of The Breakfast Club
Group 2
Erika Acorn, Michael Goodin, Laurie Hill, Natalie Lopez, Stephanie White

2. A group of adolescents from separate cliques in high school all gather for Saturday morning
detention and are asked by the principal to write a paper about who they are. They do goofy things in
detention and joke around, ultimately breaking down the walls and facades they have up. By the end
of the day, they realize they all have something in common, and become The Breakfast Club.
The Criminal, the Athlete, the Basket Case, The Princess, The Brain

3. Nutrient dense (grains, protein, fruit, vegetables, dairy)
6 sandwiches
1 apple
1 banana
1 orange
1qt of milk
1 apple juice
1 small bowl of soup
1 bag of carrots
1 roll of sushi
Empty calories
1 12 oz bag potato chips
5 cokes
1 12 oz bag chocolate chip cookies
4 Pixy stick straws
1 cup Cap’n Crunch cereal

4. calories fat (g) sodium (mg) total carbs (g) sugar (g) protein
(g)
Coke 140 0 45 39 39 0
Coffee 2 2 5 0 0 0
1 qt Milk 500 19 510 49 0 34
Apple Juice Box 112 0 8 32 24 0
Peanut Butter (2 Tbsp) 188 16 147 6 3 8
Jelly (1 Tbsp) 50 0 5 13 12 0
1 Slice American Cheese 105 9 417 0.4 0.1 6.2
1 Slice Bologna 88 8 302 1.1 0 3
1 Slice White Bread 66 0.8 123 12 1.3 2.3

5. calories fat (g) sodium (mg) total carbs (g) sugar (g) protein
(g)
Roll of Sushi 460 10 1592 88 16 12
Orange 45 0.1 0 11 9 0.9
Apple 93 0.3 2 25 19 0.5
Banana 105 0.4 1 27 14 1.3
Carrots, Baby (10) 35 0.1 78 8.2 4.8 0.6
Cap’n Crunch Cereal 240 3 460 52 26 2
Bag Choc. Chip Cookies 1664 84 1010 217 116 19
Potato Chips (12 oz) 1923 128 2002 184 7.85 24
Pixy Stick Candy (4) 34 0 0 9 9 0

6. Nutrient Analysis: Coca-Cola
Coca-cola was
featured 5 times in
this film.
Calories: 140
Fat(g): 0
Sodium(g): 45
Carb(g): 39
Sugar(g): 39
Protein(g): 0
(Obtained from product label)

7. The Pixy Stick Sandwich
● The “Basket Case”, Allison Reynolds,
in the lunch scene eats her own
creation of a sandwich for lunch.
● The sandwich contains 4 Pixy Sticks, 1
slice of wheat bread, 1 slice of white
bread, what appears to be white
American cheese, and to top it off
Cap’n Crunch cereal.
● She also consumes a can of Coca-a-
Cola
● My Fitness Pal and product websites
were used for analyzation

8. Interpretation/Recommendations
After analyzing the pixy stick sandwich lunch that Allison consumes during the lunch break scene,
it can be seen that this meal would not be a proper diet to consume each day. There is way too
much sodium and sugar within the meal and it is higher than the recommended amounts that a
person of her age needs.
Furthermore, this meal portrayed in this 1980’s film lacks the fortified foods that can be found in
today’s food. Cereals and breads didn’t become fortified until the 1990’s. This means that the meal
she consumed lacks many of the vitamins and minerals that are incorporated into cereals and
breads that are sold today.
Lastly, her meal did not have any fruits or vegetables in it and she threw out the only sort of meat
product that was on the sandwich, bologna, onto the statue in the library, so she didn’t receive any
protein within her diet as well.

9. Recommendations to our Character
We would establish a rapport and
encourage her to make one change
at a time.
1.Reduce sugar by drinking Diet
Coke, or water.
2.Great to get rid of high sodium is
processed lunch meat.
3.Use artificial sweeteners
4.Replace cheese with avocado
5.Increase amount of fruits and
vegetables
6.Switch to a whole wheat bread

10. Based on Allison’s estimated age, height, and weight we recommend:
Middle Adolescence
●Protein, 0.85 g/kg body weight
○ Protein deficiency reduces linear growth, delays in sexual maturation, reduced LBM
●Calcium, 1300 mg/d
○ Calcium fortified foods
●Increased Iron Needs
○ deficiency leads to fatigue, delayed or impaired growth and development
●Increase Vitamin D, Folate
If she continues to eat this way, she could face a myriad of chronic health problems such as
hypertension, type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, or body image disturbances.