Food Label Worksheet

Food Label Worksheet

Name Aleena and Kevin _____/20 points

Select a partner to work with. Use this site to help with the questions:

www.fda.gov/Food/LabelingNutrition/ConsumerInformation/ucm078889.htm#see1

Pick up a food product that has a food label from the front of the room. With the assistance of the internet food label guide, answer the following questions on your food’s label. These questions should give you a good idea of the nutritional value of your food.

What is your food product? Lays Chips
1. What is the serving size? 1 oz.
2. How many servings per container?
3. How many calories per serving? 150
4. How many calories are from fat? 10 g
5. What percentage of each serving’s calories comes from fat? 90
(Do the math yourself.)

6. What is the total fat percentage of your food? 16%
Is this content Low/Moderate/High? High
7. What is the saturated fat percentage in your food? 6%
Is this content Low/High? low
8. How much of your diet should come from saturated fats? 20- 25 g a days

9. What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats?

10. What is the percentage cholesterol in your food?
Is that Low/Moderate/High
11. How much sodium is in your food?
Is this content Low/Moderate/High?
12. What is the carbohydrate content of your food?
Is this content Low/Moderate/High?
13.What is the sugar content of your food?
Is this content Low/Moderate/High?
14. Why are sugars not good for you?

15. How much fiber is in your food?
16.Why is fiber good for you?
?
17. How much protein is in your food?
Is this content Low/Moderate/High?
18. What is the Vitamin A , Vitamin C, Calcium, and Iron content of your food?
Vit. A
Vit. C
Calcium
Iron
Are these amounts adequate?

19. Overall, what would you say is the nutritional value of your food? Is it good for you? Why or why not?

http://www.fritolay.com/our-snacks/lays-classic-potato-chips.html

What I ate?

28th Feb. 2011

Food

2 oreo's

1 roti

Beef stake tortila

1 pineapple

1 piece of chicken in some sauce

1 bowl of rice

1 apple

Drink

1 glass lemon juice

1 glass of orange juice

1 cup of tea

1st Mar. 2011

Food

2 oreo's

1 pancake

1 bowl of rice with gravy

1 pineapple

1 piece of bread

1 Chicken breast with gravy

Drinks

1 cup of tea

1 glass of lemon juice

A lot of water

March 2nd 2011

Food

1 cup of tea

1 spicy chicken

1 blow of rice

1 chicken with gravy

1 piece of bread

Potato

Drinks

A lot of Water

1 glass of diet coke

March 3rd 2011

Food

3 pieces of Oreo

1 bowl of rice

spinach

Drinks

1 cup of tea

1 glass of diet coke

1 cup of coffee

Weekday

I eat less on weekdays because I have a habit that I need something to keep me busy so I don’t eat and having worked to do is what keeps me busy. On weekdays I have school the next day, which means that there is homework and the only way I can do homework is while having a snack next to me but not all the time. For most part I am having a good about of a lot of different types of vitamins.

I am having 27% fat, 53% Crabs, and 21% Protein. I should have about 30% of Fat and Protein with 40% of Crabs meaning I have a good balance between what I am eating. Making the Crabs a bit less and increasing the Protein and Fat.

Need to have a lot more Calories in my daily weekday life because according to this I am not having enough on weekdays at all. Eating just a bit more wont hurt me so I don’t know why I don’t do it.

Weekend

I eat more on the weekends because it’s the only 2 days I have that I can spend time with my dad and he always treats us to something outside. So almost everything is the right amout that I need or something is just a bit less then what I need. The graph shows that on I am less on Vitamen C on the weekends.

Having a good balance is not only for weekdays but also for the weekend and I don’t have that. My fat on the weekend is too much and the protien is not that good at all. 17% of protien on a weekend is little and normally a persons carb should be more then its fat but here it’s the other way around. My fat is more then my carbs.

Eating out with my family brings my calories up but not as much as I need for the whole day. If I just eat a bit more in the day it will bring it up and I will have a good amout of calories.

Compare the Two

Comparing the two it looks like I eat more on weekends and that might be because of my dad. Since those are the days that my dad is with me or it’s a day that we are kind of lazy to cook at home so you get a take out. This doesn’t happen at all the time but it happenes at times and this weekend was a day like that. The reason I don’t eat a lot on a weekday is because I am at school for about 8 hours of the day with a certine amout of money with me not being able to go above it. Having a maximum amount of money I am able to spend on a meal is a good thing because if I don’t have one I might go over it at all times

What is Depression?

More students disciplined following girl's suicide

March 30, 2010|By the CNN Wire Staff

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-03-30/justice/massachusetts.bullying.suicide_1_scheibel-students-massachusetts-school?_s=PM:CRIME

Summery

Artical about how many students are being taken out of Massachusetts School due to kids being bullied and committing SUICIDE. She had been bullied in front of many student and faculty members but none of them said anything to anyone until after the girls death. They then told the people about who had done the bullying to her, and they were all charged with different situations against violence. The bullying some what had to do with her relationship with a guy that had ended a while ago.

Big Meaning

The big meaning behind this was that no matter what the Bullying is about it can always cause to something that no one wants. You may not realize it when you are doing it to someone but as soon as it goes to far something may just happen that later one in life you will regret doing. Being bullied is something that no one really wants to go through but some people have no control over it and still go through it. Some people its even worse because they get into such a habit that they just stop telling people about whats happing in their lives and they just start to shut down. They start to push the people that they love away from them.

Personal Meaning

Many people in the world don't really understand all the pain people with these kind of problems go through. When I was reading through the article I felt like the girl hadn't really told anyone that was close to her about the problems that she is facing and due to that she had a bigger amount of depression then she would have if she told someone about it. Even more then that reading this I felt like she had no friends since she had been bullied all her time and no matter where she went if was the road, the library, or even the school she would be bullied non stop making her so sad that she felt like she had nothing to live for and killing herself would seem so much better then continuing a life like the one she had been living.

How Healthy a I?

Physical- 3

I work out at least 4 times a week due to basketball keeping me in physical health.

Social- 4

Spending time with friends and family is one of the things that I love doing a lot. Making new friends and getting to know them is fun.

Spiritual- 3

I am not that religious but at the same time I am still religious.

Emotional- 4

My self esteem is pretty high. I am not over confident about my self but I am not like no im not good at this. Still like the way I am.

Occupation- 5

I love being a student. Coming to school learning different skills as a student is just a lot of fun.

Intellectual- 4

I challenge my self to work as hard as I am able to. Trying everything that is different.

Total Score- 27

What is your Definition of being Healthy?

There are many different ways of being healthy and everyone thinks of being healthy in different ways. My way of being healthy is by doing all different things. Exercising at least 3 times a week is a great way to not only stay fit but is also a good source for your body. Eating healthy food like vegetables, fruits and food that does not have too much oil in. People can eat junk food but not all the time since it is not a healthy food it is unhealthy. You are able to eat it but only in special occasions because eating junk food is not a very good choice but everyone still does it since it taste so good.