Select a restaurant by clicking on the tab with the restaurant's name like Burger King, KFC, McDonald's, Subway, Taco Bell or Wendy's.
You will work in your groups of two.
One person will open a Spreadsheet
program like Excel.
The other person will go to
the Washington
Post Fast Food Calorie Counter web page.
You will see a screen that looks
like this:
Select a restaurant by clicking
on the tab with the restaurant's name like Burger King, KFC, McDonald's,
Subway, Taco Bell or Wendy's.
Select the fast food item that
you want to compare and it will provide you with the total calories and
fat. In the example below, a Bacon Cheeseburger at Burger King has
425 total calories and 23 grams of fat.
For each of the 4 restaurants, enter the following into a spreadsheet:
Create a graph that best
represents your data.
Analyze your graph to determine
which of the 4 fast food restaurants you selected would have the healthiest
fastfood meal.
Open a word processing document and write an article about your evaluation of the healthiest fastfood and be sure to include your graph in the article.
If you need background information
about fat, try these articles:
American
Heart Association Dietary Guidelines for Healthy Children
American
Heart Association Tips for Eating Out
USDA
Food Guide Pyramid
American
Dietetic Association Article : Fat One of Life's Essentials
American
Dietetic Association Primer on Fats and Oils
University of Maryland Fat Intake Calculator
Calorie
and Fat Grams Chart on 1000 foods
Be prepared to share your article
with the rest of the class.
