Reading A Food Label
OBJECTIVE
- This lesson will enable the student to read and understand all of the components on a nutrition label.
TASKS
- Watch the five videoes below and participate in the class discussion questions that follow each video.
- Read the article "How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label" for a deeper understanding of the components listed on the food label.
- Take the quiz "How Well Do You Know Nutrition Facts Food Labels".
- View the PowerPoint presentation below on Calorie Calculations to learn where calorie totals on food labels come from and how they are computed.
- Complete the Calorie Calculation Problems below.
After each video, answer the discussion question(s) as a class:
What is the food label going to tell us?
What is a calorie?
What is a serving size?
How are they related?
What are Daily Percent Values?
Why are they listed on the food label?
PowerPoint Presentation - Calorie Calculations
| calorie_calculations.ppt |
Calorie Calculations Problems
| calorie_calculation_problems.ppt |
