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Fast Fats: A Nutritional Analysis of America's Obsession with Fast Foods

For Teachers 10th - 12th
How do you read a nutritional label? Help high schoolers practice reading nutritional labels on foods so they can calculate the calories in different types of foods. They will also examine the effects of fat on the body and the link to...
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Fast Food and Daily Nutrition Choices

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore food. In this nutrition instructional activity, students investigate multiple facets of healthy eating and how the fast food industry impacts our society. They will participate in class discussions, read from their...
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Have It Your Way Fast Food

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars explore how to cut back on fat in fast food meals. In this health lesson, students discuss healthier food choices they can make when eating at fast food restaurants. Young scholars complete a fast food contract.
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English Exercises: Fast Food Goes Organic

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this vocabulary and listening skills online worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with the names of fast foods that are shown in clip art pictures. They watch a YouTube video about a fast food restaurant becoming organic....
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Lesson 1: Fast Food Nutrients

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compute the nutrient values of fast foods. In this fast food nutrient, students observe a PowerPoint about nutrition. They research nutritional topics, answer questions about nutrition, and determine the nutrient values of...
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Fat Fast Foods

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars explore the fast food industry. In this fast food lesson, students research fast food restaurants and the food served. Young scholars create a tri-fold handout to explain the history of fast food and types of food served....
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Eating on the Go: Finding Healthy Fast food Choices

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss the pros and cons of supersizing fast foods. For this adult health lesson, students explain why fast food is so popular. They suggest healthier order strategies.
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Worksheet
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Bar Graph- Calories In Fast Food Items

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this bar graph learning exercise, students analyze a bar graph that shows calories in 10 fast food menu items. Students answer 7 questions about the graph.
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Nemours KidsHealth

Food Labels: Grades 9-12

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Check the label! That's the big idea in a lesson about using the nutrition facts on food labels rather than advertising hype to make healthy choices about what to eat. After reading background articles and learning how to read nutrition...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Food Labels: Grades 6-8

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
With the help of two activities, scholars discover what's in their favorite foods by reading nutrition labels. Activity one challenges participants to write a letter to a fictional peer about the importance of making healthy choices....
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A Healthy Diet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine their own fast food habits and discuss the poor nutritional value of this type of food. They read nutritional labels on popular packaged foods. They analyze the risks of a diet high in fat and sodium versus a well...
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Fast Food: You Can Choose!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners research the nutritional value of fast food. They assess which fast foods are best and worst to eat. They organize their data into tables and graphs and explain their findings to other students.
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Eating Out and Eating In- Go Lean with Protein

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore healthy food options at fast food restaurants. In this restaurant instructional activity, 5th graders explore menus from different fast food options. Students investigate menus to determine the healthiest meal options.
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State of Victoria

Making Healthy Choices, Making Healthy Food: 4-6 Curriculum Support

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
How much water should we drink every day? How can food preparation be both healthy and satisfying? Check out this great 10-lesson unit which not only covers the body's need for water, but also includes lessons on tasting and storing...
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Healthier Food Choices

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create healthy menus. In this nutrition lesson, 5th graders research healthy eating options using the Internet, and design a personal food pyramid.
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Cooking Matters

Cooking Matters: For Chefs and Kids

For Teachers K - 8th
Get your scholars cooking with a collection of activities that pairs the class to a community chef, promotes healthy snacking and drinking, and explores fruits and vegetables. Lower elementary learners create vegetable super heroes,...
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Reading Comprehension: Obesity and Food Deserts

For Students 8th - 10th
Read this selection about "food deserts," places where high poverty rates limit access to healthy foods with your class. Six multiple choice questions on comprehension, inferences, vocabulary, and citing the text follow the selection and...
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Nutrition and Fast Food: Making Informed Choices

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify the components of a balanced diet and their importance to good health. Students research their favorite types of fast food to determine how healthy they really are. Links to websites of popular fast food companies are...
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Fretful Over Fast Food

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research fast food options and write an essay on the topic. In this fast food lesson, 5th graders pretend they are a babysitter and research fast food restaurant options to eat at while they are baby-sitting. Students write...
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Fast Food Puzzle

For Students 6th - 8th
In this word search worksheet, middle schoolers search and locate words as they relate to fast food. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
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Supersize Me Worksheet

For Students 7th - 10th
Morgan, who is a reasonable, healthy man, embarks on a 30-day quest to eat nothing but food from a McDonald's restaurant. This activity accompanies the video "Supersize Me". The video is definitely worth viewing, but this activity could...
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PPT
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A Safe Food Supply? Is Your Food Safe to Eat?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Viewers of this slide show learn that pesticides used on food crops can be harmful, but that there are certain allowable levels that should not be hazardous. They find out the rigorous process of inspection that meat must go through...
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Fast Food Puzzle

For Students 4th - 7th
In this food puzzle, students identify terms related to fast food. Examples include fries, ketchup, and greasy. A list of 48 words are provided to assist the students in their search.
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North Syracuse Central School District

Nutrition Label Worksheet

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Nutritional labels are everywhere, yet so few of us take the time to use them! Here is a worksheet that learners can use to practice calculating such features as calories, carbohydrates, and serving size based on real examples of...

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