Biology
Cost of Junk Food
Think of your favorite junk food .
Make sure you pick a food that you know is not healthy. This could be something you treat yourself with on occasion, or a food you only eat in your dreams – you choose!
Be specific on the amount of the junk food you will pretend to eat/drink (e.g. 32 fluid ounces of a chocolate milkshake, 1 snickers bar
Research online for the nutrition facts of that food item to locate the total number of calories which come from that food.
Record the name of the site & the URL where you found the information.
Step 2: Analyze and Evaluate
Think of your favorite way of being physically active .
You should select a fun method of exercise  and ideally something that you already or would actually do.
Example: My junk food is 1 slice of chocolate mousse cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. It has 1210 calories. Reference: The Cheesecake Factory Nutritional Guide (PDF) The Cheesecake Factory Nutritional Guide (PDF) – Alternative FormatsThe exercise I selected was rock climbing. According to Cronometer, for me this burns 225 kcal per 30 minutes. Obviously, I need to spend more than 30 minutes rock climbing to burn off all the cheesecake! I set up a basic math problem to determine the number of minutes I need: