9/18/08 Food and Nutrition

Today we had class in a different room, so that we could take advantage of the computers. We were told to get into groups of three and then we discussed food and nutrition. I learned lots of new things about calories, carbohydrates, protein, etc... Our groups had to go online and play a game where we drag food onto a plate and try to meet the requirements for the task. If we wanted to get rid of something we fed it to the dog on the screen...he cannot be a healthy dog. My group had a lot of fun trying to get the right amount of calories and fat on the plate.
After we did the online activity, we got a worksheet and had to pick three things to have for lunch. Then we had to figure out how many carbs, protein, and fat were in our lunch. For our lunch, we chose to have a plain hot dog, a carrot, and a cola. When we figured it out, we came up with 370 calories, which I think is pretty decent. Overall, I learned a lot about nutrition in class today.