Think about the last time you at ate at your favorite fast food
restaurant…mmm, tasty…now write down what you had to eat.
Along with your meal, write down how many calories you think the
meal was (remember a calorie is defined as a unit of heat that
measures the energy available in foods).
Your mission today is to create one meal from three different fast
food restaurants, look at the nutritional values and see how those
compare to your own Recommended Dietary Allowance
(RDA) (remember to use your personalized chart from
www.mypyramid.gov or go there to get your personalized RDA
chart).
After gathering that information, it will be your job to create a meal
from one of those three previous fast food restaurants that is the
healthiest by using the nutrition guide provided by that restaurant.
Use various websites from fast foods restaurants to
create three meals that you (or an average person) would
eat. Record total calorie and fat information on your
paper. After you have created and recorded three meals
(one from each fast food restaurant) you will then be
asked to use the restaurants’ nutrition guides to create
the healthiest meal possible – including an entrée (main
item), a side, and a drink. After recording the new meal
data, you will crate a graph comparing all three of the
original meals and the three new healthier ones to how
much an average male/female in your age bracket should
use in a day.
You will need a pen/pencil, several sheets
of paper, and access to a computer with
an internet connection to begin.
STEP 1:
• Create one meal (that an average person would have – example
might be a burger, fries, and drink/shake) from three different fast
food restaurants of your choice. Many of these sites have menu
builders that you can use to gather your information.
• Sites to use:
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Burger King – http://www.bk.com/en/us/menu-nutrition/index.html
McDonald’s – http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/nutritionexchange/nutrition_facts.html
Jack-in-the-Box – http://jackinthebox.com/ourfood/build.php
Wendy’s – http://www.wendys.com/food/NutritionLanding.jsp
Subway – http://www.subway.com/applications/NutritionInfo/INDEX
Carl’s Jr. – http://www.carlsjr.com/nutrition/
Taco Bell – http://www.yum.com/nutrition/menu.asp?brandID_Abbr=5_TB
Chipotle - http://www.chipotlefan.com/index.php?id=nutrition_calculator
You may use other fast food restaurants if you want to!
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STEP 1 Continued…
After you find your meals, record the data on your paper. You need to make
sure you have listed the type of main dish (a burger or type of sandwich), a
side dish (like fries or onion rings), and a drink (could be a shake or soda
pop). Next to each item write down their calories and fat. Total up the entire
meal. Do this for each meal (remember you need to make one meal from
three different fast food restaurants).
Example: McDonald’s Restaurant – Typical Meal
Food Item
Calories
fat (g)
Entrée: Quarter Pounder w/ cheese
540
260(g)
Side: Medium French Fries
350
150(g)
Drink: Medium Coke
210
0(g)
TOTAL:
1,100
410(g)
• STEP 2:
Now create the healthiest meal possible (lower in total calories
and calories from fat) from each site you used in step two, using the
nutrition guides (or the meal builder) provided by the fast food
restaurant’s sites. Record your data as well.
Example: McDonald’s Restaurant – Healthy Meal
Food Item
Calories
fat (g)
Entrée: Healthier choice
xxx
xxx(g)
Side: Healthier choice
xxx
xxx(g)
Drink: Healthier choice
xxx
xxx(g)
TOTAL:
XXXX
XXX(g)
• STEP 3:
Create a graph or chart that shows the
difference in calories and fat for each meal (the
typical meal and the healthier meal) for each of
the three fast food restaurants. You can either
draw your own graph or chart or use a program
such as Microsoft Excel or Word.
PRINT OUT YOUR GRAPHS!!!!!
• STEP 4:
Using the fast food nutrition chart you created,
compare the typical meals and the healthier
meals you created with your personalized food
guide pyramid recommendations from
www.mypyramid.gov
Go to www.mypyramid.gov and enter your age,
height, weight and activity level. Think about
how your typical meal and healthier meal stack
up against what you are suppose to have a day
(calories and fat).
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STEP 5:
Answer the following questions.
1. What do you notice about the typical meal and the
healthier meal?
2. How did you get one to be healthier than the
other?
3. What can you do when you eat at fast food
restaurants in the future that may help you eat
healthier?
4. What did you learn from this WebQuest?
5. Write a reflection answering these questions.
Turn in your Reflection, Recordings,
Chart, and Food guide pyramid
Comparisons for assessment.
STAPLE EVERYTHING TOGETHER &
MAKE SURE YOU LOOK OVER THE
RUBRIC ONE MORE TIME!!!
After finishing this WebQuest, you should
be able to look at a nutrition guide (or a
meal builder) and figure out how to eat
healthier when going to fast food
restaurants by looking at the total calories
and fat that each meal (or food item has).
You should also be able to see how much
of your recommended daily allowances
eating one fast food meal can take up if
you are not making healthy decisions.
Restaurant Nutrition Information:
http://www.bk.com/Food/Nutrition/NutritionWizard/index.aspx
http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/nutritionexchange/nutrition_facts.html
http://jackinthebox.com/ourfood/build.php
http://www.wendys.com/food/NutritionLanding.jsp
http://www.subway.com/applications/NutritionInfo/INDEX
http://www.carlsjr.com/nutrition/
http://www.yum.com/nutrition/menu.asp?brandID_Abbr=5_TB
http://www.chipotlefan.com/index.php?id=nutrition_calculator
Original WebQuest & Clipart:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0oGkiohUl5LwgQBicdXNyoA?ei=UTF8&p=supersize%20me&fr2=tab-web&fr=yfp-t-832
http://bjerkelund.org/build_a_better_meal.htm