1. Count Your Calories!
1. Color Code the following items using the dry erase marker:
• Green: Highlight the amount of calories on the Sliced Apples, Sunchips, and
Oreos
• Blue: Highlight the serving size of the Apples, Sunchips, and Oreos
• Purple: Highlight the amount of sugar on ALL the snacks
• Orange: Highlight the snack with the most Vitamin C
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2. Look at the serving size information:
• How many servings are on the package of oreos? ________________
• What is the serving size? __________________________________
• If you ate the entire package, how many servings would you have eaten? ___________
• Servings size _____ X number of servings per package= ______
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3. Calculate the Calories. ** Remember the Nutrition label only represents 1 serving. If you
have 2 servings, you must multiply the amount of calories by 2.
Ex: 140 calories X 2 servings = 280 calories
• If you ate 3 servings of sliced apples, how many total calories would you consume?____
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• If you had 3 servings of Oreos, how many total calories would you consume?________
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• If you had 3 servings of Sunchips, how many total calories would you consume?______
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4. Rank the snack total calories from least to greatest:
_______________ < ______________ < ______________
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5. How many more calories do sun chips have than sliced apples?
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6. How many more calories do Oreos have than sliced apples?
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Evaluate WhatYou Learned!
• Which snack has the least amount of calories?
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• Why do we look at a serving size on a nutrition label?
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• Which of the 3 snacks is the healthiest and why?
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