Vignette #1 Carly Is an Overweight 21 Year Old Who

Vignette #1 Carly is an overweight 21 year old who is committed to good health after taking a nutrition course. She realizes that being a savvy shopper is part of the process and decides to learn how to look more critically at food labels. She picks up two different boxes of ready-to-eat breakfast cereal and sees the food labels shown in Figure 1. Help Carly evaluate these 2 breakfast cereals. Carly wants to also stay healthy and decides to purchase the cereal that may help prevent heart disease and cancer. Which cereal would she buy and why?

A) Cereal #1 because it contains more protein per serving.
B) Cereal #2 because it has less sugar.
C) Cereal #2 because it contains more fiber.
D) Both cereals would be equally effective because they both contain no cholesterol.