Assignment Task: Understanding Nutrition Facts:
Choose a food label from a healthy food and an unhealthy food. You may use food labels from packages you have in your home, those viewed at a supermarket or you may research various food labels online.
Compare and contrast the food labels from the healthy and the unhealthy food choice.
What have you learned with regard to serving size vs. servings per container, calories, fat content, sugar, cholesterol, vitamins/minerals, and protein and carbohydrates for each food.
What is the Daily Value and why is it so important?
How can food labels in general help with your overall nutrition plan?