I. Nutritional Requirements for Weight Management

I. Nutritional Requirements for Weight Management

 

The Choose My Plate nutrition campaign, supported by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), focuses its educational campaigns on various population groups, including: children, students, adults and families.

 

1. Identify two population groups and describe the nutritional requirements for weight control according to the Choose My Plate campaign, with the help of the following link: https://www.choosemyplate.gov/browse-by-audience/view-all -audiences

 

II. Culture, weight and eating styles

 

1. Read, study, and discuss Chapter 16 of the Lutz’s Nutrition and Diet Therapy textbook, and then choose one of the following research articles that focuses on culture and its relationship to weight.

 

o Chapter 16: Weight Management

 

• Africa: Body Weight, Obesity Perception, and Actions to Achieve Desired Weight among Rural and Urban Ghanaian Adults.

 

• Cultura hispana o latina: A Review of Healthy Weight Behavior Maintenance in Hispanic Women.

 

• Australia: Weight Status and Obesity-Related Dietary Behaviours among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Children in Victoria, Australia.

 

 

• Australia y Tailandia: The Relationship between Culture, Food Liking, and Body Mass Index in Australian and Thai Young Adults.

 

Then choose an article and do the following in paragraph form, using at least five complete sentences for each question:

 

1. Write a summary explaining the purpose and results of the study.

 

2. Describes the influence of the culture selected in the article and its relationship with body composition, weight and eating styles.

 

I. Weight Management

 

Read, study and analyze Chapter 16 (“Weight Management”) and the BMI (Body Max Index) calculator presented by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the following link: https://www.nhlbi.nih. gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc_sp.htmExplica para qué se utiliza el BMI.

 

1. Explain two general recommendations to have a healthy weight.
2. Explain what the BMI is used for.