Do Now #71. How many calories would you

consume if you ate the whole container?

2. HOW MANY MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM total?

3. What does % daily value mean?

4. Please gather all due now and hand in

THE A, B, C’s OF READING

FOOD LABELS

Food Label Proposal

BASED ON A 2,000CALORIE DIET.

YOUR DAILY VALUEMAY BE LOWER

OR HIGHERDEPENDING ON YOUR

CALORIC NEEDS

What does it mean?

• Fat-freeLess than ½ (.5) grams of fat in a serving.

• Low fat3 grams of fat (or less) per serving.

• Calorie-freeLess than 5 calories per serving

• Low CalorieFewer than 40 calories per serving

• Lean (meat labels)-Less than 10 grams of fat per serving.-4.5 grams or less of saturated fat per serving-Less than 95 milligrams of cholesterol per serving

• Cholesterol-free-Less than 2 milligrams of cholesterol per serving-2 grams (or less) of saturated fat per serving

What does it mean?

Reduced• An altered product that contains at

least 25 percent fewer-calories-sodium-sugar

Lite (Light)• Contains 1/3 fewer calories of the

higher-calorie• No more than ½ the fat of the

higher-fat version• No more than ½ the sodium of the

higher sodium version

Healthy• The food must be low

in fat and saturated fat• Must contain limited

amounts of cholesterol and sodium

REDUCED

LIGHT

FREE

HIGH

25%1/21/21/3

<5<1/2g

20%

FATSALT

CALORIES

CALORIES

FAT

INGREDIENTSARE LISTED FROM:

MOST

LEAST

CALORIES CALORIES CALORIES…

HOW MANY CALORIES=

1 POUND?

3500

HOW MANY POUNDS ISHEALTHY TO GAIN/LOSE

IN ONE WEEK?

1-1.5LBS.

INTAKE vs. EXPENDITURE

BASIC MATH

IF YOU TAKE IN MORE THAN YOU USE=

WEIGHT GAIN

HOW DO I BURN CALORIES?PHYS-ICAL AC-

TIVITY30%

BMR65%

THERMIC EFFECT OF FOOD

5%

RAISE a finger if the food has:10% or more:

VITAMIN AVITAMIN CCALCIUMIRON(5g) PROTEIN FIBER

LOWER a finger if the food has either:10% or more TOTAL FAT200 or more CALORIES

10% RULE

Reading Food Labels