Vignette #1 Carly Is an Overweight 21-Year-Old Who Is Committed

question 65

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 two breakfast cereals.

How much food is in the entire package of Cereal #2?

• A) ½ cup
• B) 1 ½ cups
• C) 3 cups
• D) 6 cups
• E) 7 ½ cups

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