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Resource: What’s in that Box of Cookies, Anyway?

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Length: 4m 14s
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In this video segment from TV411, May is grocery shopping for her mother, who has just been diagnosed with diabetes. Laverne helps May read and interpret the nutrition information on a box of cookies, so she will know how to help her mother eat healthily and manage her diabetes.

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Teachers' Domain, What’s in that Box of Cookies, Anyway?, published October 9, 2008, retrieved on ,
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Frame: Let’s say you had $12 to spend on lunch for four days of school. You want to spend the same amount each day. How much would you spend each day? What percentage of your money are you spending each day?

Focus: In this video segment, you will learn about the information found on a nutrition labels on a package of food. Listen carefully when May and Laverne discuss the fat content in one serving size of cookies. What percentage of the daily fat intake do the two cookies provide? How do May and Laverne figure this out?