Write a Diet Analysis and Comparison across the Life Cycle and Comparison of Food Assistance Programs
Part I: Nutrients across the Life Cycle
For the first part of your Assignment, complete the table below for total calories, total carbohydrates, protein, total fat, calcium, iron, vitamin D, and folic acid to the Rd As/DRIs of the listed life stages. You will need to determine the energy needs for infants, children, adolescents, adults, and elders. The book has several equations to determine these needs (e.g. kcal/kgBW, Harris- Benedict, Mifflin St-Jeor).
After determining the energy needs, determine the macro nutrients in grams. For example, if a child needs 2000 calories, 50% of those calories from carbohydrates, 20% from protein, and 30% from fat; that would be 250 grams carbohydrates, 100 grams protein, and 67 grams fat. Then, use the book or this website (http://nationalacademies.org/hmd/Activities/Nutrition/SummaryDRIs/DRI-Tables.aspx) to locate the DRIs for each age group for the micro nutrients:
1. Infants (7-month-old female, 26 inches, 18 pounds)
2. Child (5-year-old male, 44 inches, 38 pounds, who runs around at school for about 45 minutes per day)
3. Teen (15-year-old male, 71 inches, 155 pounds, who works out 6 days per week for 60 minutes by playing basketball)
4. Adult (32-year-old female, 63 inches, 123 pounds, who works out 4 days per week for 30 minutes by running on the treadmill)
5. Elderly (62-year-old male, 69 inches, 188 pounds, who walks 1 mile 7 days per week, which is about 40 minutes total each day)
*Use the attached table to provide the information above for each age group.*
Choose 1 macro nutrient, 1 vitamin, and 1 mineral from the table above. Discuss why these particular nutrients increase/decrease/or remain the same throughout each life stage.
Format:
o Use the table above to fill in the nutrient requirements.
o The discussion of nutrient changes should be in paragraph format. Double spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font.
o Include at least two references. The course textbook counts as one reference. All references should follow APA style format.
Part II: Oral Presentation comparing WIC and SNAP
The nutrition status and food choices described in part I are influenced by many factors including socioeconomic status, knowledge, and access to healthy foods. In order to meet the nutritional needs you described previously, many Americans rely upon food assistance programs such as WIC and SNAP.
