Fast Food Review

Fast Food Review and Childhood Obesity Project –Lab (150pts) Step 1 (25pts)

Visit a local fast food restaurant or the website for the restaurant. Review the nutritional

information for a child’s meal and an adult’s meal. Both meals must be from the same

restaurant. Give the name of the restaurant and list a typical meal in a chart for both an adult

and a child. The information should include the following information for EACH item:

Serving Size Calories Fat Carbohydrates Nutritional Value (vitamins, sodium , minerals,

etc).

— Do not just cut and paste a chart! Create a new chart with the items that are required. —

Give an overall nutritional summary of the meals in a paragraph form citing

sources and comparing to the information to the nutritional needs of young

children based on your course text book.

Step 2 (25pts)

Many people feel fast food is a way of life for many Americans. If you know parents are going to

continue to rely on fast food, take the information above and create better choices for both an

adult and a child at the same restaurant. The same information should be included as above

(serving size, calories, fat, etc). Again the meal make over must come from the same restaurant.

Explain what differences or improvements you made to the meal and why.

Step 3 (50pts) Review the American Academy of Pediatrics newest guidelines (July, 2008) on

cholesterol and heart disease pertaining to children. These are in the E Module- Nutritional

Needs of Young Children. Write a summary and your thoughts pertaining to this new position

statement.

Step 4 (50pts) – Write at least one paragraph on the implications of childhood obesity

including related risks.

Step 5 -Submit all items as ONE document to your instructor through Blackboard. There is a 25

point penalty for not submitting the assignment in ONE file. Please do not ZIP the file. The

instructor needs to only open ONE file.

Students typically list all steps and create a MS document or a

PPT File. BE careful with too many pictures because it creates a

large file size that may not upload. Follow APA guidelines,

complete or list all of the steps, and be creative in your format of

the project! Students may also wish to check out

www.padlet.com to do the presentation which saves easily to a

PDF file.