Healthy Eating: Investigating Fast Food
For this assignment you will be researching the number of calories, fats and the amount of salt in common fast foods. The following websites will help you to find the information you need. There are also 100s of other websites where you can access the information:
http://www.fatcalories.com/results/rs_allthefacts.cfm?Rest10=Subway&SortOrder=FatCal&CatSearch=Sandwiches&SortAD=DESC&Submit=Search
http://www.acaloriecounter.com/fast-food.php
http://www.chowbaby.com/fastfood/fast_food_calories.asp
Find:
- The maximum calories you should eat in one day.
- The recommended max amount of fat you should eat in one day.
- The recommended max amount of sodium (salt) for one day.
List the 3 fast food places that you visit the most often. For each find:
- the 3 worst foods
- the 3 best choices for each place.
“Supersize Me” Film Trailer. - find the trailer on you-tube
- Watch the film trailer.
- What did you learn about fast foods in the experiment?
- Why do you think this experiment is important for people to know?
- How does this experiment affect your own personal choices?