CHOOSING FOODS BASED ON NUTRITION LABELS
Choose three food items that you think might be healthy and complete the questions and chart below…
| 1. | What three foods did you chose? And why did you think that one would be healthy? | |
a. Why?
b. Why?
c. Why?
| 2. | BEFORE looking at the Nutrition Label, which one do you think will be the healthiest? WHY???? | |
Fill in the following chart with the information you find on the Nutrition Label for one serving of the food….
FOODS CHOOSEN
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Calories
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Fat
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Protein
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Carbohydrates
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Mineral – which one?
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Vitamin –which one?
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| 3. | Which one had the lowest amount of calories for one serving? | |
| 4. | Which one had the least amount of fat in a serving? | |
| 5. | Which one had the most protein in a serving? | |
| 6. | Which one had the highest % of Daily Value (DV) of vitamins and minerals? | |
| 7. | Which one do you think was ultimately the most healthy food item to eat? | |
| 8. | Why did you choose this item (based on what we read about reading Nutrition Labels) | |
| 9. | Were you right in your choice in #2? | |
10. If you answered “yes”, why do you think you were right? If you answered “no”, what made you change your mind?