Introduction
What is YOUR FOOD & NUTRITION PROFILE? A WebQuest
How is food related to your personal health and your future?
First, you must assess your current profile.
Second, you must propose how this will affect your future.
PART 1 - Develop your FOOD & NUTRITION PROFILE |
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Develop your FOOD & NUTRITION PROFILE using tools available on the Web. As you do this, be sure you can define the terms that appear in bold. This site has short, easy definitions - http://nat.crgq.com/nutrients.html |
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What is your BMI and ideal body weight?
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How many calories should you consume in one day?
How many calories do you burn from exercise? -http://http://www.mydailyintake.net/nutrients/ |
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What are your daily nutrition requirements of carbohydrates, protein, fat, and saturated fat? |
http://www.mydailyintake.net/nutrients/
Task
PART I
The goal of Part 1 is to determine the daily requirements for the following:
A. the amount of exercise and calories you need to maintain your current weight
B. the amount of exercise and calories you need to reach your ideal weight
C. your daily requirements of protein, carbohydrates, and fat
FIRST, open this data sheet, save it to a word document file and record your personal answers to those questions here. Use this data sheet to record your results. YOUR INFORMATION WILL NOT BE SEEN BY OTHER STUDENTS, SO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AS HONESTLY AS POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE THE BEST RESULTS.
What is your BMI and ideal body weight?
BMI calculator for men and women - http://www.weightlossdietzone.com/bmicalc.html
BMI and ideal body weight - http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm
BMI for children - http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/bmi-for-age.htm
How many calories should you consume in one day?
Use the following website to determine how many calories you should consume by first, entering your actual weight and second, entering your ideal weight. - http://www.csgnetwork.com/caloriesfemalecalc.html
How many calories do you burn from exercise? - http://www.weightlossdietzone.com/exercisecalc.html
What are your daily nutrition requirements of carbohydrates, protein, fat, and saturated fat?
The Mayo Clinic Website provides this information.
This Light and Tasty cooking magazine provides a general nutrition chart.
For a detailed analysis based on your weight, age, sex, and activity level - go to The DietSite and sign up for the free trial. Click on Diet Analysis in the left column of the web page - http://www.dietsite.com/dt/index.asp
: NEXT, make a list of foods that you consumed one day this week or the food that you consume in an average day.
- For one average day -
- write down a typical days consumption of food (either made up from a typical day or from memory of what you have consumed one day this week. keep a log of EVERYTHING you have eaten and drank , including serving size if possible . Here are a list of typical teen choices and some information about them so you can jog your memory.
- Calculate the total calories for the day.
- If possible, calculate the total amount of carbohydrates, fat, and saturated fat you consumed in one day.
Many resources are available for this.
- My favorite is DietPower; you can download this program (or order a CD) FREE for 15 days.
- This website allows you to sign up for a FREE basic membership and you can enter what you eat in a day for a complete nutritional analysis. - http://www.nutrawatch.com/
- Read the label on the food package.
- If you are eating at a restaurant, ask for this information. Many restaurants have nutritional analysis brochures.
PART II: HOW WILL YOUR DIET AFFECT YOUR FUTURE?
After competing your FOOD & NUTRITION PROFILE, you should know if you have a high BMI, low BMI or an average BMI. You should also know if your average daily diet is meeting the proper nutrition requirements.
Process
PART II : HOW WILL THIS INFORMATION EFFECT MY FUTURE?
PART 2 - HOW WILL YOUR DIET AFFECT YOUR FUTURE?
HOW WILL YOUR DIET AFFECT YOUR FUTURE?
After competing your FOOD & NUTRITION PROFILE, you should know if you have a high BMI, low BMI or an average BMI. You should also know if your average daily diet is meeting the proper nutrition requirements.
BEFORE MOVING ON TO YOUR FINAL TASK, CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE A PREQUIZ ABOUT SERVING SIZES TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU KNOW.
Your final task is to outline how your health could affect your future.
Read the following information that applies to you:
High BMI:
Low BMI:
Normal BMI:
Writing Assignment:
Pretend you are a historian (living in the year 2500) interested in the food and culture of this century.
You have discovered the Food and Nutrition Profile of a person living in the year 2016, along with the notes written by the person on what research they found out about their current diet and health facts. These are the ONLY records of food and nutrition known to have survived from that century.
Based on the Food and Nutrition profile, you must develop a "case study" of an "average" person living in 2016 for a book that is to be published called Daily Life in America in the Early Century.
(Hint - Food and Nutrition Profile that this future historian discovers in YOUR profile that you just developed in Part 1 of this WebQuest.)
• Be sure to think like a historian. Don't just describe this 21st century person's diet. Analyze how this 21st century person represented or did not represent the wider trends described in Fast Food Nation and Fat Land. Be sure to refer to your reading notes.
• "Speculate" why this 21st century person is or is not representative of the wider culture.
• Since you don't know what happened to this 21st century person after the Food and Nutrition profile was developed, speculate on their future health as related to diet.
Writing Assignment Details:
• 3-4 typed pages; double or single spaced; 12 point font.
• If you have questions, or would like me to look at your paper before class begins to make sure you are on the right track, please e-mail - cynthia.resor@eku.edu
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/downloads/tip-portion-size.pdf
