Children's Meal Data
The chart below contains a sampling of children's meals available in 2013 at 14 national fast food chains. As mentioned previously, restaurants are under pressure from consumers to offer lower-calorie meal options for kids—and many have already responded by offering alternate choices for entrees, drinks and beverages. Therefore, for each restaurant, the chart includes one higher calorie meal and one lower calorie meal.
Read through the chart and use the information you find to answer the questions at the bottom of page 8 and on page 9 of your Engineering Portfolio.
|
Higher calorie meals |
Calories |
Lower calorie meals |
Calories |
| McDonald's | |||
|
cheeseburger
|
515 |
fish nuggets
|
400 |
| KFC | |||
|
fried chicken sandwich
|
700 |
grilled drumstick
|
210 |
| Subway | |||
|
roast beef sub
|
525 |
veggie sub
|
345 |
| Wendy's | |||
|
fried chicken sandwich
|
760 |
chicken nuggets
|
220 |
| Burger King | |||
|
cheeseburger
|
680 |
chicken nuggets
|
310 |
| Taco Bell | |||
|
bean burrito
|
760 |
chicken soft taco
|
540 |
| Chik-Fil-A | |||
|
fried chicken strips
|
690 |
grilled chicken nuggets
|
260 |
| Sonic | |||
|
grilled chicken sandwich
|
830 |
fried chicken strips
|
410 |
| Panera | |||
|
macaroni and cheese
|
700 |
turkey and cheese sandwich
|
460 |
| Arby's | |||
|
chicken tenders
|
620 |
roast beef sandwich
|
245 |
| Quiznos | |||
|
meatball sub with cheese and marinara sauce
|
740 |
ham and cheese sub with tomato and lettuce
|
375 |
| Popeye's | |||
|
chicken nuggets with barbeque sauce
|
685 |
grilled chicken tenders
|
253 |
| Chipotle | |||
|
cheese quesadilla with brown rice and black beans
|
660 |
tacos with steak, veggies and salsa
|
440 |
| Carl's Jr | |||
|
cheeseburger
|
740 |
chicken nuggets
|
520 |
Teacher Note
Ask students to analyze the sampling of children's meal data from a national fast food chain. Have them answer the related questions in their Engineering Portfolios on pages 8–9, or, if you wish, work together as a class to answer the questions.
