Lower Calories, Lower Fat: Making a Healthier Cake Without Loss of Taste

This example calculates the reduction in total calories and calories from fat when applesauce is substituted for oil in a cake recipe.

Author(s):

Claire L. Parkinson

Date Accepted: 2014-04-07 Grade Group: Middle School (6-8) Benchmarks: M1.3.2 M3.3.10 M3.3.13 M3.3.14 Keywords: percents calories cake food nutrition health Microsoft Word: 01_06_14_1.docx PDF Document: 01_06_14_1.pdf

Author Notes

I'm submitting my revised PUMAS example titled "Lower Calories, Lower Fat: Making a Healthier Cake Without Loss of Taste" after incorporating changes based on the reviewers' comments. I greatly appreciate the two reviewers, both for taking the time to do the review and for their very nice comments.
Reviewer 1 had three suggestions: Add "chocolate cake" to the Keywords, consider changing to a catchier title, and add a sentence about reducing obesity. I added "cake" to the Keywords and added a sentence regarding obesity (first sentence of the last paragraph), but I wasn't able to come up with a catchier title. The reviewer's suggestion of "Great Taste, Less Filling: Making a Healthier Cake" had a problem in that the resulting cake should be just as filling as the original (I think).
Reviewer 2 suggested adding "Health" to the Keywords and indicated that he/she had to re-read the Part A solution. In light of his/her comments, I added "Health" to the Keywords and did small edits to the Part A solution, plus added an alternative solution method.
Again, I very much appreciate the reviewers, both of whom made very nice, clear, succinct comments and had thoughtful suggestions.

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