Chocolate Chip Cookies to eat or Chocolate Chip Cookies to eat or not to eat?not to eat?

Problem

Are Chocolate Chip Cookies good for your health?

Purpose

Our purpose was to learn about the healthiness

of Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hypothesis

After reading the nutrient labels we predicted that Brand B (Keebler) was the healthiest.

Argument For

• They have eggs in them

• They have flour

• They taste good• Sometimes it doesn’t

have that much sugar

Argument Against

• It has sugar• It has fat• It has mostly no

healthy things if store-bought

• If you eat too much you’ll end up unhealthy like this cat

I love I love cookies!cookies!

Facts About the Issue

• Too much sugar can cause Type 2 Diabetes.

• The food pyramid shows what foods you should eat and not eat.

• Chocolate Chip Cookies contain sugar, eggs, and butter (contains fat)

Health Effects of the Issue

• It causes diabetes

• It causes Atrial Septal Defect

• You will gain weight

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Total Fat in Each Package

Total Fat

103.5

136

110

0 50 100 150

Brand A-Nabisco

Brand B- Keebler

Brand C-Safew ay

Total Fat

Total MassTotal Mass

396

510

340

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

Brand A- Nabisco Brand B- Keebler Brand C- Safew ay

Total Mass

Total Fat to Mass Ratio

Fat to Mass Ratio

3.83

3.75

3.09

Brand A- Nabisco Brand B- Keebler Brand C- Safeway

Taste Test Scores

43 1/2

3

00.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

33.5

4

Brand A-Nabisco

Brand B-Keebler

Brand C-Safeway

Taste Test Score

Brand A- Nabisco

Brand B- Keebler

Brand C- Safeway

• 5= Extra large amount of chocolate chips. Awesome texture. Moist and Chewy. Awesome taste!

• 4= Large amount of chocolate chips. Great texture. Not dry. Great taste.

• 3= Medium amount of chocolate chips. Good texture. Somewhat dry. Good taste

• 2= Small amount of chocolate chips. Fair texture. Dry. Fair taste

• 1= Hardly any chocolate chips. Poor texture. Very dry. Doesn’t taste good!

Possible Solutions

• Eat low fat cookies• Eat reduced sugar

Chocolate Chip Cookies

• Check the nutrient labels

• Home make Chocolate Chip Cookies so you know ingredients

• Only eat about 3 of those cookies a day

From this Project we Learned:

• How healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies were

• What the best brand of Chocolate Chip Cookies was (Nabisco)

• To make sure you know what you are eating

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