Lab: Counting Calories (Page 2 of 4) in pdf

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QUESTIONS:

1. Using the Table of Recommended Dietary Allowances below, what is the recommended num-

ber of Calories you should consume daily?

2. Using the following formulas, calculate the recommended number of grams of Fat you should

consume daily.

Formula to Estimate Daily Fat Gram Allowance

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Determine your daily calorie intake (see RDA information in above chart)

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Divide your total calories by 10 (example: 1,800 ÷ 10 = 180)

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Divide the answer to Step 2 by 3 (example: 180 ÷ 3 = 60)

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In this example, the total daily fat intake should not exceed 60 grams

Daily Fat Gram Allowance = _______________________

3. What was the total number of calories of your fast-food meal? __________________________

4. What percentage of your RDA in calories does meal total? ____________________________

5. What percentage of the RDA of Fat did you consume in your fast-food meal? (take your total in

fast-food meal and divide by RDA of Fat you calculated in question number 2)

Percentage RDA of Fat = ______________________

6. Based on the information you gathered in questions 1-6, how “healthy” do you think your

fast-food meal is?

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