Vignette #1 Carly Is an Overweight 21 Year Old Who

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Multiple Choice

Vignette #1 Carly is an overweight 21 year old who is committed to good health after taking a nutrition course. She realizes that being a savvy shopper is part of the process and decides to learn how to look more critically at food labels. She picks up two different boxes of ready-to-eat breakfast cereal and sees the food labels shown in Figure 1. Help Carly evaluate these 2 breakfast cereals. Carly wants to also stay healthy and decides to purchase the cereal that may help prevent heart disease and cancer. Which cereal would she buy and why?

• A) Cereal #1 because it contains more protein per serving.
• B) Cereal #2 because it has less sugar.
• C) Cereal #2 because it contains more fiber.
• D) Both cereals would be equally effective because they both contain no cholesterol.

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Definitions:

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