Photo from healthassist.net. (The Spokesman-Review)
Shopping shopping shopping.
That's what many teens' agendas look like in the season of Christmas, no school, and of course, did I mention those 2 beautiful weeks of VACATION! Planning on logging in many hours at the mall? Msn.com reports on a list of the 20 Worst Mall Foods, all condemned for their high-fat, high-sodium content. Read on to evaluate your food picks, the nutritional information is in the continued article.
Worst "Healthy" Snack
So you think you're being healthy...but are you?
Starbucks Cranberry Flax Muffin
Worst Chinese Meal
I love Chinese...with a passion...
Panda Express Orange Chicken
Worst Smoothie
Anyone seen the 'Jamba' SNL? Love that...
Jamba Juice Peanut Butter Moo'd - 24 oz
So we've covered the 'Bad Foods', what are the 'Good Foods'? What are YOUR favorite things to munch on in the mall?Starbucks
410 Calories
17 g Fat (1 g saturated)
57 g carbs
32 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 3 Scoops of Breyers All Natural Butter Pecan Ice Cream...(a muffin vs. ice cream? sheesh...hard choice...)
Panda Express
500 Calories
27 g Fat (5.5 g saturated, 1 g. trans)
42 g carbs
810 mg sodium
Fat Equivalent: 9 strips Oscar Mayer Bacon.
Jamba Juice
800 Calories
21 g Fat (6 g saturated)
131 g carbs
115 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 12 scoops of Breyers All Natural Mint Chocolate Chip...(12 scoops! Now that's what I'm talkin' about..rightous...:D)
In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.
