Fast food nutrition assignment

Pick the fast food establishment of your choice. Choose items on the menu that would make up a typical “fast food” meal. Research the nutritional content of this meal. Most fast food establishments now have a nutrition chart posted on the premises or on the website. If you don’t see one, ask the manager to provide the information for you.

Hint:
Look primarily for calories and fat grams.

Also note the protein grams, carbohydrate grams, trans-fats (hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils), sugar grams, sodium milligrams and fiber grams.

Using these guidelines – Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 – to do an analysis and determine the following:

How would this meal fit into your daily diet?
How would the fat content affect your health?
How does the fat content fit into your daily budget for fat intake?
Does this meal contain more good fats than bad? How much of each?
Are there trans-fats? How many?
Write a 800 – 1200 word essay on your experience and your findings.

DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENT

Personal Body Image and Attitude Toward “Fatness” Discussion

During this unit, reflect and discuss your current attitude toward overweight people and if this attitude changes. Also talk about your current personal body image and what has influenced it over your life time and if you want to make any changes.

dISCUSSION POST

Spend a few minutes online doing an Internet keyword search for: Size Acceptance Behavior Assessment. From the assessment sheet you find online, rate the listed behaviors on how often you find yourself doing them: 1-never, 2-rarely, 3-occasionally, 4-frequently, 5-daily. Follow the instructions on the bottom of the sheet to help you analyze some of your size acceptance behaviors and answer the following questions: