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Fast Food Nutrition Assignment
For this assignment you will be searching fast food websites for nutritional information. Create
the assignment in the outline provided at the bottom of this outline!
1. You will create four meals for yourself using the websites nutritional calculator. Each
meal should consist of a main dish, side, and a drink.
2. You will pick two of your favorite meals and make them exactly as you would eat
them. You will then pick a third meal that you would consider healthier.
3. Each meal should come from a different fast food restaurant.
4. Create a two healthy meal from the same two favorite fast food restaurant using the
nutritional value of menu items.
a. Make sure your include all of the nutritional information from the website
on the assignment.
Nutritional information to include:
Calories
Fat Calories
Fat Grams
Saturated Fat
Sodium
Sugar
Carbohydrates
Proteins
5. Discuss your findings about the meal in three paragraphs, for example, if your meal
is composed primarily of fat; discuss that; if you meal supplies a lot of sugar per serving,
discuss that as well. Explain in detail your reaction to the nutritional content.
Also explain,
6. How will this information affect your future food choices? Make sure to explain
why/why not you will eat this meal again and support your answer with the
information found in the above sections.
An example of a meal might be:
Cheeseburger, no tomato
Large French Fries
Large Coke
Here are some but not all of the fast food websites. You may use others:
www.kfc.com
www.tacobell.com
www.longjohnsilvers.com
www.wendys.com
www.burgerking.com
www.whataburger.com
www.pizzahut.com
www.mcdonalds.com
Fast Food Assignment
(Your name)
Meyer Health 3
Meal Selection #1
Restaurant:
Meal:
Nutritional ContentCalories:
Fat Calories:
Fat Grams:
Saturated Fat:
Sodium:
Sugar:
Carbohydrates:
Proteins:
Meal Selection #2
Restaurant:
Meal:
Nutritional ContentCalories:
Fat Calories:
Fat Grams:
Saturated Fat:
Sodium:
Sugar:
Carbohydrates:
Proteins:
Meal Selection #3 (Healthy Meal)
Restaurant:
Meal:
Nutritional ContentCalories:
Fat Calories:
Fat Grams:
Saturated Fat:
Sodium:
Sugar:
Carbohydrates:
Proteins:
Meal Selection #4 (Healthy Meal)
Restaurant:
Meal:
Nutritional ContentCalories:
Fat Calories:
Fat Grams:
Saturated Fat:
Sodium:
Sugar:
Carbohydrates:
Proteins:
1. Discuss your findings about the meal in three paragraphs, for example, if your meal
is composed primarily of fat; discuss that; if you meal supplies a lot of sugar per serving
discuss that as well. Explain in detail your reaction to the nutritional content.
2. How will this information affect your future food choices? Make sure to explain
why/why not you will eat this meal again and support your answer with the
information found in the above sections.