Category: Nutrition

Describe both the positive and negative influences (family, friends, media, personal challenges, world events, etc.) that have significantly shaped YOUR current body image?

Eating Disorders

Men-Body Image through the Ages.pdf

Women-Body Image through the Ages.pdf

Question #2

What additional information would you like to have and/or topics you want to learn more about concerning eating disorders? 1 page needed

Question #3

(a) Describe both the positive and negative influences (family, friends, media, personal challenges, world events, etc.) that have significantly shaped YOUR current body image?

(b) Consider the “Spectrum of Eating Behavior.” Create your “Eating Behavior” profile—list the behavioral characteristics from the list of words in the three columns. No one is ‘perfect.’ We each habitually do things that are not ‘healthy’–especially true as we juggle job, family, and school.

Spectrum of Eating Behaviors.pdf

When finished –Are there areas of adverse influence for you now that are or could become a problem in the near future with regard to eating disorders? 1 page needed

Question #4

People with eating disorders (and others) can be harmed by cyberbullying.

Since social media outlets are sure to increase how, in your opinion, can this area be revised, restructured, even possibly restricted so that we all (and especially children and teenagers) can engage with the world in productive, mutually beneficial ways?

Given that the world has always been dangerous; nothing can be made 100% safe —what are the three to four policies you would establish to regulate social media’s harmful impacts on participants’ self-image—particularly for those younger than 18?

Explain your answer and provide examples/situations from your experiences with social media. 1page needed

What are the policies and projects, if implemented, that could result in a US food supply that REALISTICALLY provides nutritious, safe, abundant, and affordable food for ALL Americans?Are health disparities confined to (socially categorized) racial groups? Are there other communities similarly affected?

You are now the President of the United States.

If there is only one human species, why do health disparities exist in (socially categorized) racial groups? What is the origin of the health disparities observed in (socially categorized) racial groups?

Are health disparities confined to (socially categorized) racial groups? Are there other communities similarly affected?

What are the policies and projects, if implemented, that could result in a US food supply that REALISTICALLY provides nutritious, safe, abundant, and affordable food for ALL Americans?

Answer the following items SEPARATELY

What are the 3 to 4 areas that are so important to your success that they must be tackled first? Explain why each area is critical to the overall success of achieving your “Good Food, Safe & Affordable” goal. 1-page will be needed to:

(a) fully describe each individual area and

Explain why each is so important to achieving the goal of “Good Food, Safe, and Affordable.”. Provide citations for Item #1.

What can be done REALISTICALLY through local, regional, national policy changes and/or incentives to achieve success in item #1? The food industry may resist changes that appear to adversely impact future profits. Currently ultra-processed foods are highly profitable. Can ultra-processed foods be manufactured that are truly nutritious? [Consider the packaged meals created for the military and astronauts.] 2 pages will be needed to:

(a) fully describe each proposed change,

Explain why this change is needed, and (c) describe the expected improvement the change would generate when implemented. Consider why each proposed change will be so important to your success. Provide citations for Item #2.

Briefly summarize your proposed action plan along with the expected outcomes/improvements. 1 page will be needed.

Create a realistic plan to encourage and activate political support for your plan (in Item #3) from the general public (locally, regionally, and nationally)? 2 pages will be needed.

How do the values from BMI, Waist to Hip Ratio [WHR], and Waist to Height [WtHR] compare? How well do these three methods agree with each other? For example: If your BMI number put you in the Obese category—did WHR and/or WtHR values give you a similar interpretation of your health status? Suggestion: take another look at the “Why BMI Is Flawed” article.

BMI

Read the attached articles –in the suggested order:

(1) CDC BMI Information for Practitioners
CDC BMI Considerations for Practioners.pdf

(2) Why BMI Is Flawed
Why BMI Is Flawed.pdf

2.2012 Why the Body Mass Index BMI is a Poor Measure of Your Health.pdf

Determine your Waist to Hip Ratio [WHR] Measure your waist-hip ratio. 1. Measure around the waist in the narrowest part, usually just above the belly button. 2. Divide this measurement by the measurement around your hip at its widest part.

Example: If a person’s waist is 28 inches and their hips are 36 inches, they will divide 28 by 36. This will give a waist-hip ratio of 0.77.

Determine your Waist to Height Ratio [WtHR]. To calculate the WtHR, a person should divide their waist size by their height. If the answer is 0.5 or less, the chances are that they have a healthy weight.

Examples: (a) A woman who is 5 feet and 4 inches tall (64 inches or 163 cm), should have a waist measurement BELOW 32 inches (81 cm). (b) A man who is 6 feet tall (72 inches or 183 cm), should have a waist measurement BELOW 36 inches (91 cm). These measurements for (3a) and (3b) will give a WtHR of just under 0.5.

1) List the values of your:

(a) Age- 34

(b) BMI- 32.1

(c) Waist to Hip Ratio [WHR] and- 0.91

(d) Waist to Height Ratio [WtHR]- 0.8

(2) For each method (a), (b), and (c)—what would be the value expected if a healthy person of your gender?

(3) How do the values from BMI, Waist to Hip Ratio [WHR], and Waist to Height [WtHR] compare? How well do these three methods agree with each other? For example: If your BMI number put you in the Obese category—did WHR and/or WtHR values give you a similar interpretation of your health status? Suggestion: take another look at the “Why BMI Is Flawed” article.

(4) Given what you have learned about the BMI, WHR, and WtHR methods–determine the healthy weight for you, personally. Explain why or how you decided on that number

What does it mean chemically that a lipid is ‘saturated’ vs. ‘unsaturated?’What is your ‘science-based’ evaluation concerning the advertised health benefits of EATING coconut oil—an ‘oil’ that is solid, like butter at room temperatures? [Coconut oil is great on the outside for skin and hair.]

Lipids

QUESTIONS:

(1) List the sources used to complete this assignment.

(2) What does it mean chemically that a lipid is ‘saturated’ vs. ‘unsaturated?’

(3) Which are the five (5) lipids from the list above that are highest in saturated fat?

(4) The liver makes and releases cholesterol. List the reason our body needs cholesterol?

(5) Throughout history-humans have believed certain foods are considered more ‘healthy’ than other foods.
Currently, there is a great deal of hype around ‘coconut oil.’
Now that you have reviewed a wide number of lipids—

(a) Any ideas why there is so much interest in this particular lipid?

(b) What is your ‘science-based’ evaluation concerning the advertised health benefits of EATING coconut oil—an ‘oil’ that is solid, like butter at room temperatures? [Coconut oil is great on the outside for skin and hair.]

Explain how the Medline Checklist was useful and/or relevant in evaluating the accuracy of health/nutrition information of the specific website you selected.

Health and Nutrition website

(1) Go through the NLM’s MedlinePlus “Evaluating Internet Health Information Tutorial” https://medlineplus.gov/webeval/webeval.html a 16-minute presentation on how to evaluate health information on the internet.

(2) Select a COMMERCIAL health and/or nutrition website. The website you select should have “.com” in the URL. DO NOT choose a government agency (.gov) or a non-profit organization (.org) or (.edu)

Be adventurous –select a website whose information may be questionable. You are to test how well the Medline Checklist works as a tool to evaluate nutrition/wellness websites. Then write a short essay about its usefulness. Apply the Medline checklist to a commercial health and/or nutrition website.

You MUST PROVIDE the full URLs where the answers were located on the website. Use the provided ‘Medline Plus CHECKLIST form’ provided to record your answers to EACH of the questions. As you evaluate the commercial website consider: Is the science and medical information ACCURATE? Is the information on this website to be trusted? Medline Plus CHECKLIST form.docx

(3) Write a 1–2-page essay at the end of the Form. Explain how the Medline Checklist was useful and/or relevant in evaluating the accuracy of health/nutrition information of the specific website you selected.

What did you find surprising (unexpected) and/or disturbing?What is the glycemic index (GI)?

Nutrition
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

What type of study is (a) Study 1 and (b) Study 2?

Write a 2 to 3 paragraphs to explain your answer for (a) and (b).
Roughly how many people are enrolled in: (a) Framingham Heart Study?
Nurses Health Study?
Black Women’s Health Study?

Hispanics Health Study?

After viewing the NHANES videos—(https://youtu.be/EXXTQlju_Nc, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QQm-Ke6w90)

What did you find surprising (unexpected) and/or disturbing?

If selected for NHANES would you participate in the NHANES survey? Explain–Why? Why not?

Explain why or why not—(1-3 paragraphs)—consider what you learned from epidemiology readings.

What is the glycemic index (GI)?
The glycemic index is a value assigned to foods based on how slowly or how quickly those foods cause increases in blood glucose levels.
Foods low on the glycemic index (GI) scale tend to release glucose slowly and steadily. Foods high on the glycemic index release glucose rapidly.
Low GI foods tend to foster weight loss, while foods high on the GI scale help with energy recovery after exercise, or to offset hypo- (or insufficient) glycemia.

Discuss risks of undernutrition for patients in each life stage.Explain how your Biblical worldview impacts your interaction with your patient. (250 minimum word count)

Course Project: Case Study Analysis Assignment

Create updated anthropometric, clinical, and dietary data for this patient in preschool, pre-adolescents, and adolescents.

Assess updated data and discuss.

Outline and explain dietary needs (calories, macro, and micro-nutrient) from preschool to adolescents. Be sure in your explanation that you discuss how their needs differ from a “healthy” child.

Discuss risks of undernutrition for patients in each life stage.

Choose one life stage and create a 2-day menu that meets the patient’s nutrition needs, keeping in mind the family’s socioeconomic status. Verify adequacy with dietary analysis reports and include them as an appendix.

Explain how your Biblical worldview impacts your interaction with your patient. (250 minimum word count)

What would be the null hypothesis for this study? Is the hypothesis directional or non-directional?

Discussion Thread: Research Hypothesis
Matrix Assignment, to handle this RESEARCH HYPOTHESES Assignment!

Answer the following questions:

Is this a causal or an associative hypothesis?

Is the hypothesis directional or non-directional?

What would be the null hypothesis for this study?

Explain two challenges you foresee for weight loss in your future patients.

Assess all the challenges to losing weight, including food security, environment, education, metabolism, genetics, etc. Include the following in your assessment:

Explain two challenges you foresee for weight loss in your future patients.

Discuss at least three ways you will aid patients in weight loss goals. Consider these factors:
Realistic goals
When to refer
Who to refer to
Resources available (i.e., community and online programs)
Encouragement of positive behavior change