1. Name: _______________________________
Super Size Me Activity
Using the McDonalds Nutritional Info…
Mass out the amount of fat (use oil) found in a large French Fries!
(recycle my oil)
Mass out the amount of sugar found in a large Coca Cola.
If you are only supposed to eat about 1800 kcalories a day, try and pick 3
well balanced meals that are within your “budget”. Include drinks and sizes.
Breakfast:
Lunch:
Dinner:
What is the worst possible meal you could eat ( 1 sand which, 1side,
1beverage and dessert):
Food item calories calories from fat
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Total ________ total ________ %cals from fat
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It's important to figure out how many of the calories you're getting come from fat. The 2005 U.S. dietary
guidelines recommend that children and teens ages 4–18 get between 25% to 35% of their daily calories
from fat. But food labels don't always show the percentage of fat in a food. It is easy to calculate, though.
Divide the number of calories from fat by the number of total calories and multiply by 100:
