Make or Buy: Make or Buy:

Whole Foods or Fast Food?

Whole Foods or Fast Food?

Which is better?Which is better?

Alexander KalilBedford High

SchoolClass of 2013 Go Bulldogs!

Essential QuestionEssential QuestionEQ: How much money does one save, and how

much healthier can one eat, by cooking and eating at home instead of eating out?

Sub-EQs: To what extent is buying prepared food more expensive than cooking

your own? How much more unhealthy is prepared food compared to home-

cooked food? How does one influence their peers to change their eating habits?

AOK: Data table comparing meal nutrition and cost

Outside Expert: Jhonny Mahar, Dietitian

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ApproachApproach• Created a meal plan • Researched:

o costs for restaurant and supermarket products o available nutritional values (websites, package labels)

• Worked with Dietitian to: o Define portion sizes o Choose the important nutritional values o Calculate nutritional values for unavailable products

• Calculated differences in nutrition values & costs

• Summarized results

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Basic Nutrition InfoBasic Nutrition InfoCalories: need for energy too little: body goes into “starvation mode”, starts storing fat too much: weight gain Fat: need for healthy cell maintenance, storing energy, providing

vital nutrients too little: many, including increase in cholesterol, risk of heart

disease & cancer too much: weight gain, increased cholesterol, high blood

pressureSodium: need to control blood pressure and blood volume too little: imbalance of nutrients too much: increased blood pressure Protein: need to repair cells and for growth too little: muscle weakness, hair color loss, impaired immunity,

and blood and hormonal disorders Too much: no proof that excess protein has negative effects

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Nutrition CalculationsNutrition Calculations• Applied standard formulas provided by

Dietitian, used to calculate nutrition values for a few sample items.

• Used professional software package called, “Webtrition”, to validate results and for other items.

• Compared total calories, fat, sodium and protein of purchased meal vs. meal prepared at home

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Cost CalculationsCost Calculations• Total Cost of item divided by number of

servings in the package = cost per serving size

• Examples: o Coffee $8/pound, 45 cups/pound =

$0.60/cupo Chicken $5/pound = $0.30/oz o Butter $2/pound, 32 Tablespoons/pound =

$0.06/T

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Summary

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How do I influence my peers? How do I influence my peers?

Super Size MeSuper Size Me

Movie TrailerMovie Trailer

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