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Math in the Work Place

Math in the Workplace - Numbers & Operations

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Cardiovascular Care
Registered Dietitian

 

Job Description: Provide Medical Nutrition Therapy for hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol and high triglycerides), hypertension, diabetes and obesity to lower individual's risk of primary or secondary heart disease.
   


Problem:

#3: soup label Reading Food Labels
This label came from a can of soup (see supplementary label information). What are percentages of calories from fat, saturated fat, total carbohydrate, sugars, and protein. Saturated fats have the same calories per gram as total fat. Sugars have the same calories per gram as total carbohydrates.

#4: Reading Food Labels
If Americans are encouraged to eat no more than 40% of their calories from total fat, and no more than 10% of their calories from saturated fat, and about 50% of their calories from total carbohydrates (not too high, nor too low), how would you judge this product?
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Solution:  

(see supplementary label information)

#3: 13 grams fat x 9 cal/gram = 117 fat calories
5 grams saturated fat x 9 cal/gram = 45 saturated fat calories
31 grams carbohydrates x 4 cal/gram = 124 carbohydrate calories
5 grams sugar x 4 cal/gram = 20 sugar calories
5 grams protein x 4 cal/gram = 20 protein calories

    Percent (%) of Calories from:
    117/260 = 45% fat
    45/260 = 17% saturated fat
    124/260 = 48% carbohydrates
    20/260 = 8% sugar
    20/260 = 8% protein

#4 Goal   Actual Rate
=< 40%   45% total fat: very high "not at goal"
=< 10%   17% saturated fat: very high "not at goal"
50%   48% total carbohydrates: "at goal"