Food and Health Communications

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Calories In Fruit Activity

Fresh fruit is usually the lowest calorie fruit choice. Make a display showing each of the following fruit choices with labels showing the corresponding calories:
Compare the calories for all fruit choices.- 1 fresh apple 71- 1/2 cup raisins 216- 1 cup apple juice 116- 1 cup canned peaches in heavy syrup 251- 1 cup canned peaches in juice 160This display will show participants that dried fruit and canned fruit in heavy syrup are much higher in calories. Additionally, a whole apple contains almost 3.5 grams of fiber, whereas the juice does not contain fiber.