Name __________________________________ Date



Name __________________________________ Date ____________________

1. Dan kept a record of his food intake for 24 hours. Below is what he recorded:

Breakfast: Snickers, Dr. Pepper

Lunch: Nachos, Lemonade

Snack: French Fries

Dinner: Baked fish, broccoli, rice, roll

Snack: Animal crackers

Collecting the data:

|Fats, Oils, and Sweets | |

|Milk, Yogurt, & Cheese group | |

|Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs, & Nuts group | |

|Vegetable group | |

|Fruit Group | |

|Bread, Cereal, Rice, & Pasta group | |

Make a bar graph with labels utilizing Dan’s data.

What conclusions can you make about Dan’s food intake?

2. Ben kept a record of his food intake for 24 hours. Below is what he recorded:

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, orange juice, toast, bacon

Lunch: Peanut Butter Sandwich, chips, cookie, apple, milk

Snack: Milk, graham crackers

Dinner: Pork Chops, rice, green beans, corn

Snack: Peach, yogurt

Collecting the data:

|Fats, Oils, and Sweets | |

|Milk, Yogurt, & Cheese group | |

|Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs, & Nuts group | |

|Vegetable group | |

|Fruit Group | |

|Bread, Cereal, Rice, & Pasta group | |

Make a bar graph with labels utilizing Ben’s data.

What conclusions can you make about Ben’s food intake?

Tips for Eating Healthy from the Federal Citizen Information Center:

|Eat a variety of foods to get the energy, protein, vitamins, minerals, and |Choose a diet moderate in sugars. A diet with lots of|

|fiber you need for good health. |sugars has too many calories and too few nutrients |

|[pic] |for most people and can contribute to tooth decay. |

|Balance the food you eat with physical activity - maintain or improve your |[pic] |

|weight to reduce you chances of having high blood pressure, heart disease, |Choose a diet moderate in salt and sodium to help |

|a stroke, certain cancers, and the most common kind of diabetes. |reduce your risk of high blood pressure. |

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|Choose a diet with plenty of grain products, vegetables, and fruits which | |

|provide needed vitamins, minerals, fiber, and complex carbohydrates, and | |

|can help you lower your intake of fat. | |

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|Choose a diet low in fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol to reduce your | |

|risk of heart attack and certain types of cancer and to help you maintain a| |

|healthy weight. | |

3. What can you do to help reduce your risk of high blood pressure?

4. If you are worried about having a heart attack, what can you do as preventative action?

5. Why is it important to eat healthy?

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