Question

Pick a food from the list below or pick your own favorite food. 1 chocolate chip cookie 2 ounces of regular potato chips 2 slices of pepperoni pizza 2 cups of chocolate ice cream 1 large croissant 2 glazed Krispy Kreme doughnuts Look up how many calories are contained in the particular food by looking up the imformation in fatsecrst, or the diet analysis source in the lecture book website. You can also consult the label on the package if you picked a food that is not on the list. Pick an activity from the list below Biking-10 miles per hour Jogging-7 miles per hour Swimming Walking -5 miles per hour Weight lifting Aerobics Housework Yard work Sitting You can look up the number of calories buned per minute or per hour for each of the activities. This information is available through online resources such as Diet Analysis t, and many nutrition- or physical education-related web sites. Calculate the number of minutes of the activity you chose for #3 that you would need to perform to use up the calories provided by the food you chose in #1.

Answer 1

Calories contained in particular food

1 chocolate chip cookie - 49 calories

2 ounces of regular potato chips (salted) - 310 calories

2 slices of pepperoni pizza - 596 calories (298 calories per 1 slice for 14'' pizza)

2 cups of chocolate ice cream - 574 calories (287 calories per one cup)

1 large croissant - 272 calories

2 glazed Krispy kreme doughnuts - 380 calories (190 calories per 1 doughnut)

Calories burned for each activity with 175 pounds of body weight

Biking 10 miles per hour - 465 calories (in 60 minutes)

Jogging 7 miles per hour - 948 calories (in 60 minutes)

Swimming - 486 calories (in 60 minutes)

Walking 5 miles per hour - 486 calories (in 60 minutes)

Weight lifting - 232 calories (in 60 minutes)

Aerobics - 446 calories (in 60 minutes)

Housework - 364 calories for house cleaning (in 60 minutes)

Yard work - 446 calories (in 60 minutes)

Sitting - 192 calories for fishing-sitting (in 60 minutes)

I choose 2 ounces of regular potato chips as my favorite food which contains 310 calories and to burn these calories I choose walking 5mph for 65 minutes with my body weight 120 pounds, to be accurate it burns 312 calories.