Name _____________________
Date ______________________

A. Procedure

There are _______ major sources of energy in food. They are _________ , ___________________ , and __________________________ . Fat is found in foods like _________________ . You find ______________ in meats and nuts. Carbohydrates are found in foods like _________________ .

Energy is measured in _____________________ . My body needs a certain number of calories from each energy source to be healthy.

I investigated my diet by writing down each _________ that I ate for two days. When I ate something with a _______________ label, I wrote down the serving _____, and how much I ate. Nutrition labels tell us how many _________ of fat, carbohydrates, and protein there are in ______ serving of that food. So, I wrote down the grams for each on my data sheet. I tried to save the labels so I could use them to see how healthy the food was. If I ate something without a label, I looked up the nutritional values in books and on the internet.

I had to do some math to figure out how much of each __________ source I got in my two days of eating. We practiced doing this in class when we did the "Let's Do __________" activity.

Energy is measured in ___________ , not grams. I had to change the number of grams I got from each category into calories. In one gram of fat, there are ______ calories. In one gram of protein, there are ____ calories. In one gram of carbohydrates, there are _____ calories. You can change grams to calories using _____________ .

Date ___________________

Comparison

Fat: On day 1, I had _______ calories from fat. On day 2, I had ________ . I am suppossed to have 500 calories from fat.

Choose:
I had too much fat.
I didn't have enough fat.

Protein:

On day 1, I had ______ calories from protein. On day 2, I had ________ . I am suppossed to have 200 calories from protein.

Choose:
I had too much protein.
I didn't have enough protein.

Carbohydrates:

On day 1, I had ______ calories from carbohydrates. On day 2, I had ________ . I am suppossed to have 1800 calories from carbohydrates.

Choose:
I had too much carbohydrates.
I didn't have enough carbohydrates.

Name ______________

Date ___________________

Conclusions & Recommedations

I think that I am eating in a (healthy, unhealthy)______________________ way.

Fat:

Choose:
I need to eat more fat. Some foods that have fat are _______________

I need to eat less fat. Some of the foods that I ate that had a lot of fat were ____________________ .

Protein:

Choose:
I need to eat more protein. Some foods that have protein are _______________

I need to eat less protein. Some of the foods that I ate that had a lot of fat were ____________________ .

Carbohydrates:

I need to eat more carbohydrates. Some foods that have carbohydrates are _______________.

I need to eat less carbohydrates. Some of the foods that I ate that had a lot of carbohydrates were ____________________ .

Food Groups:

I need to eat more fruits and vegetables to get more healthy carbohydrates. I only had _____ servings of fruits and vegetables and I should have at least 3-5.

I need to eat more meat, to give my body protein.

I need to eat fewer sweets, I am suppossed to eat only a few sweets each day.