Unit 3: You Are What You Eat: Healthy Meal Planning
Question 13 • Nutrition and Wellness (IS)
Part of Adam’s project for his nutrition class requires that he write down the nutritional information about everything he eats. At dinner, his mother makes a casserole with ham, cheese, and broccoli. Adam asks about the nutritional information, and his mother just shrugs, since she didn’t follow a recipe. Which is the BEST way for Adam to get the accurate information he needs?
Answer
A
Search online to see what the average information for that type of casserole is.
B
Find a premade casserole’s nutrition facts label and copy those.
C
Calculate the value of each ingredient, then divide by serving size.
D
Figure out the nutritional facts for ham, cheese, and broccoli, adding those.
Explanation
To estimate the casserole’s nutrition accurately, Adam needs to account for how much ham, cheese, and broccoli went into it, add the nutritional values for those amounts, and divide by the number of servings. That gives the nutrition per serving. Searching for an average or copying a label from a different casserole may not match his mother’s ingredients or amounts.
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