A document provides a homework assignment for teens on calculating carbohydrate intake from diets of varying calorie amounts. It explains that a typical diet gets 50-65% of its calories from carbohydrates. It gives an example of how to calculate that a 2200 calorie diet following this would provide 275 grams of carbohydrates. Students are then asked to calculate the grams of carbohydrates for diets of 1600, 1800, 2200, and 2600 calories using the same method shown in the example.

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Carbohydrate content of diets
A typical diet contains from 50 to 65 percent of energy from carbohydrates.
To find out how many grams of carbohydrate is in a 2200 Calorie diet:
2200 Cal x 50% = 1100 Cal
100 %
1100 Cal = 275 grams of carbohydrate
4 Cal/g
Calculate the carbohydrate intake for the following caloric intakes:
1600
1800
2200
2600
(2000 Calories x 50%)/100% = 1100 Calories 1100 Calories/ 4 cal/g = 275 grams
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