Showing posts with label Nutrition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nutrition. Show all posts

Monday, April 6, 2009

FOOD CALORIES AND NUTRITION CALCULATOR




What's your favorite meal?

Copy this chart onto paper and fill it out using the Food Calories and Nutrition Calculator to determine the calories and nutrition content of your favorite meal. (Add more rows if needed)


Name of FoodCaloriesProtein. Fat . Carbs




















Totals








Use the Activity Calculator to determine how much physical activity it would take to burn those calories.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

FOOD PYRAMID


CLICK HERE FOR A PICTURE OF THE NEW FOOD PYRAMID
1. Visit the United States Department of Agriculture website to fill out the following table about the six food groups in the Food Pyramid. Give lots of examples of foods in each group.

2. Enter your information in MyPyramid Plan to receive a customized food guide for the amount of each food group you need daily. Write the amount in the third column.

3. Explain what the figure walking up the stairs represents and tell what you do to fulfill this requirement each day.

Food GroupExamples of foodsAmount you
need daily