Graph exercise: after-school eats add to teenagers' weighty problems.America's school lunches often present students with a tray full of calories, but school lunches are only part of the problem. All teenagers--and virtually all adults--know that meals consumed at school or at home are only part of the daffy diet. Another source of fat, calories, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrates, and sugars comes from the thousands of fast-food bistros scattered across the map like so many pebbles on a beach. This graph shows two things--the recommended daffy caloric caloric /ca·lo·ric/ (kah-lor´ik) pertaining to heat or to calories. ca·lor·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to calories. 2. Of or relating to heat. intake for male and female teenagers--and the calories provided in each serving of popular food items from fast-food chains around the U.S. Use the data to answer the questions below. 1. What kind of food could one reasonably expect to be the main ingredient in the fast-food item with about 370 calories per serving? 2. About how many calories would a diner diner, restaurant resembling the railroad dining car that is its source. In the mid-19th cent., the first dining cars that appeared on trains were nothing more than an empty car with a fastened-down table. George M. ingest in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. if he or she had a Big Mac and a large Coke for an after-school snack? (a) 870 (b) 950 (c) 500 (d) 620 3. After the game, Pamela, a typical 17-year-old, goes out with friends and has a KFC KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken (restaurant chain) KFC Kenya Flower Council KFC Kitchen Fresh Chicken (Kentucky Fried Chicken motto) KFC Kung Fu Cult (Cinema) KFC Kitchen Fixed Charge original recipe chicken sandwich Noun 1. chicken sandwich - a sandwich made with a filling of sliced chicken sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them . About what percentage of her recommended daily calorie allowance does this sandwich contain? (a) 10% (b) 15% (c) 25% (d) 35% 4. Two of the fast-food offerings shown provide a total of 450 calories. Which two? 5. Football players Burt and Dale, both 18, split a six-slice Domino's pepperoni pizza. About how many calories did each consume? (a) 2,040 (b) 1,300 (c) 3,100 (d) 4,000 6. Cut one of the fast-food offerings shown in half and you'd have a serving contaning only about 125 calories. Which product is it? 7. About how many calories would you have consumed if you polished off two Arby's fish fillets? 8. Two of the 14 fast-food products listed on the graph will present customers with almost identical calorie counts. Which are the two products? ANSWER KEY 1. potatoes 2. (a) 870 3. (c) 25% 4. Taco Bell Taco Bell Corp., a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., is a Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain based in Irvine, California, United States. The restaurant has locations primarily in the United States and Canada, but also operates outlets in several other markets. Steak Soft Taco and Pizza Hut Apple Dessert Pizza 5. (a) 2,040 6. Pizza Hut Apple Dessert Pizza 7. 1,050 (Allow some leeway lee·way n. 1. The drift of a ship or an aircraft to leeward of the course being steered. 2. A margin of freedom or variation, as of activity, time, or expenditure; latitude. See Synonyms at room. .) 8 Wendy's Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger and Subway Chicken Taco Noun 1. chicken taco - a taco with a chicken filling taco - a tortilla rolled cupped around a filling Subway Wheat [GRAPHICS OMITTED] |
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