Input/Output Calorie Data

Purpose

• To measure calorie intake
• To measure calorie output above the basal level

Materials

· Write all data in your Journal using ink and on one side of the paper

Procedure

· Write down exactly what you eat from the time you leave bed until the time you go back to bed.

· Use the following format (Calories = C):

Food Amount of food Total C. Fat C. Protein C. Carbohydrate C.

· Write down exactly what you do during each 24 period using the following format:

Activity Time Calories burned

· Fill in the Bold items from your observations. Fill in the other columns from any other sources including

Conclusion

• How do your results compare with your classmates? With the state or national average?
• Do you think that your results are accurate?
• How would you make this experiment more accurate?
• From your data what do you think should be happening to your body weight?