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Understanding Nutrition: Recommended Intake for Teens

Explore the recommended daily allowances (RDA) of fat, salt, and calories for 13-year-olds, including differences for boys and girls. Discover the fat and salt content in commonly consumed foods and how the caloric values of favorites like Big Macs and snacks stack up against daily needs. Learn practical tips for speeding up metabolism, and understand the factors influencing our food choices and dietary guidelines. This comprehensive overview will guide teenagers towards healthier eating habits.

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Understanding Nutrition: Recommended Intake for Teens

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  1. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT… Click on the tabs below to find out more! 1 2 3 4

  2. 1 What is the RDA (recommended daily allowance) of fat for a 13 year old boy? How about a girl? 86g 72g But how much fat is there is the food we eat?

  3. = 18 g fat (per loaf) = 1 g fat (per bag) = 14 g fat = 34 g fat = 4 g fat = 8 g fat = 14 g fat = 11 g fat (per bag)

  4. 2 What is the RDA salt intake for a 13 year old boy? How about a girl? 6g 6g But how much salt is there is the food we eat?

  5. = 0.6 g salt (per bowl) = 0.3 g salt (per slice) = 1.8 g salt = 4.2 g salt (per tin) = 2.2 gsalt = 3.4 gsalt = 1 g salt = 0.4 g salt

  6. 3 How many calories in a Big Mac? 492 calories (and 23g of fat)

  7. 4 What is the recommended daily calorie intake for a 13 year old boy? • There are: • 19 calories in a salad • 105 in a banana • 139 in a can of Coke • 207 in regular Macdonald’s fries • 294 in a Mars Bar • 429 in a kebab 2300

  8. 5 What is the recommended daily calorie intake for a 13 year old girl? • There are: • 74 calories in a biscuit • 80 in an apple • 126 in a samosa • 235 in a croissant • 245 in a jacket potato • 263 in a pizza 2100

  9. 6 Use this website to work out the calorie content of your favourite meal. 5 5

  10. 8 Name 3 ways of speeding up our metabolic rates (the way we burn calories in a our bodies): • Move more (anything from exercise to simply tapping our feet!) • Eat breakfast! • Get a good night’s sleep • Eat little and often

  11. You are what you eat… • How do we decide what to eat? • Who tells us what and how much to eat? • Why do they tell us this? • Where else in the world are people told these things, where are they not?

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