Healthiest Fastfood Spreadsheet Webquest Introduction

IntroductionHealthiest FastfoodSpreadsheet WebquestThe local newspaper has contacted you about writing a feature article.Readers are trying to eat healthier when they go to fast food restaurants.You will be writing an article about the healthiest fast food restaurant. Youwill research the number of calories and grams of fat in a fast food item ofyour choice at four different fast food restaurants. You will create a graphrepresenting the data that you learn. You will then input the graph into aword processing program and write an article featuring which restaurant andfood item would be the best to eat at based on calories and grams of fat.This is the first article in the "Eat Healthier" series. You will begin to designways for the public to monitor the calories and grams of fat they eat andsuggest ways to eat healthier.The TaskYou will be working in groups of two to create an article for the localnewspaper on the healthiest fast food restaurant.You will:Determine the number of calories and grams of fat in food items at fourfast food restaurants.Enter the information into a spreadsheet.Create a graph to accurately represent the data.Analyze the information to determine the healthiest restaurant.Create a word processing article with your chart detailing yourconclusions.Share your article with the rest of the group.The ProcessYou will work in your groups of two.One person will open a Spreadsheet program like Excel.The other person will go to the Washington Post Fast Food CalorieCounter web page.