SUGAR FOR BREAKFAST

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SUGAR FOR BREAKFAST??

• An Experiment

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How much sugar are you eating for breakfast???
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What to do first . . .

• Pick out a cereal that you would eat for
  breakfast.
• Pour a bowlful of cereal that you would normally
  eat.

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Measure one serving size
Start here

• Look at the nutrition label on the cereal box.
  You will find a measurement for one serving size.
• In the second bowl, measure out one serving of
  the cereal.

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Finding the sugar content . . .

• Look at your food label again to find out how
  much sugar is in one serving.

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Calculating the sugar content

• You now need to figure out how much sugar to
  measure out. There are 12 grams of sugar in one
  tablespoon.
• Calculate the amount of sugar in one serving size
  of cereal.

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Measuring the sugar content . . .

• Measure out this amount of sugar and place it in
  one of the clear cups.
• Calculate the amount of sugar that is in your
  normal bowlful of cereal. Measure this and place
  it in the second cup.

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Compare your findings

• Were you surprised at the difference between your
  portion size and the recommended portion of
  cereal?
• Were you surprised at how much sugar you were
  eating in a typical bowl of cereal?
• Can you see how easy it could be to eat too much
  sugar for breakfast when you do not read
  nutrition labels or pay attention to portion
  size?