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The results he gets are shown below. Most of these numbers are given in grams and mil- ligrams. One gram weighs about as much as paperclip. A milligram is lighter, and weighs about the same as a snowflake.

1 Serving Calories

Sugar

Fat 6 g

Saturated Fat Sodium(Salt)

macaroni & cheese hamburger

200

1 g

2 g

1027 mg

230

0 g 0 g 7 g

15 g

6 g 0 g 0 g 0 g 3 g

64 mg

tossed salad 25 fruit salad 50

0 g 0 g 0 g

0 mg 0 mg 0 mg

punch

150 236

36 g 32 g

chocolate cake

10 g

214 mg

1. How many calories are in Lamar’s meal, if his friends only eat one serving? 2. What about if they eat two servings? 3. How much sugar (in grams) is in one serving of the meal? How does this compare to the recommended daily requirement shown in the chart below? 4. Sodium is another name for salt. How much salt (in milligrams) is in one serving of this meal? 5. How healthy do you think this meal is when it comes to calories, fat, sugar, and salt?

Daily Diet Reccomendations:

Men Women Children 4-8

Boys 9-13 Boys 14- 18

Girls 9-13 Girls 14- 18

Fat

20–35% of daily calories

20–35% of daily calories

25–35% of daily calories

25–35% of daily calories

25–35% of daily calories

25–35% of daily calories

25–25% of daily calories

Saturated Fat

less than 10% of daily calo- ries

less than 10% of daily calo- ries less than 2300 mg

less than 10% of daily calo- ries less than 1900 mg

less than 10% of daily calo- ries less than 2200 mg

less than 10% of daily calo- ries less than 2300 mg

less than 10% of daily calo- ries less than 2200 mg

less than 10% of daily calo- ries less than 2300 mg

Sodium less than 2300 mg

Sugar

37.5 grams

25 grams 12 grams 12 grams 12 grams 12 grams 12 grams

Sources: U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the American Heart Association.

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