Nutrition Through the Life Cycle

The Unit 9 Assignment will be a paper that describes how nutrition needs change throughout the lifecycle and identifies ways to improve an individual's nutritional intake during the different stages of the lifestyle.

• You will choose only one of the following options.

• Make sure to identify which option you have chosen in your paper.

• Suggest real foods and identify which nutrients the food contains that will improve the individual's diet.

• Do not recommend supplements, such as multivitamins, or supplemental drinks as food recommendations.

• Make sure not to use the same nutrients more than twice in the paper.

Option :

Julie is a 4-year-old girl with a big appetite. She loves to eat, but she likes starchy snack foods best. Julie's mother is concerned about her eating habits. Identify three nutrients that may be a concern for Julie that she needs to grow properly, or nutrients that she may be over-consuming.

Explain why you have selected these nutrients. Give an example of one food that Julie could either add or decrease in her diet to better balance her intake of each nutrient.

Julie is now 15 years old and a student in high school. She is very concerned about her weight and is always dieting. Identify three nutrients that Julie might be lacking in her diet. Why are they important? Identify three foods that Julie could eat to make sure she gets the nutrients she needs to grow properly and which nutrient each of these foods provides.

Julie is now 80 years old. She does not have a good appetite and does not feel hungry. Julie's son is concerned about his mom's nutritional intake.

Identify three nutrients that you would discuss with Julie's son that are often lacking in older adults' diets and explain why they are lacking. Provide Julie's son with one example of a food Julie could eat for each nutrient that you discuss with him.

Your Assignment should be written in an essay format with an introduction and conclusion as well as a title page and reference page. The paper will require you to include details from research including the course materials and sources you locate on your own such as from the Library.

The paper should be written in APA format including citation of your sources of information, both within parenthetical citations and also within a reference page at the end of the project.

Basic Writing Expectations:

• A minimum of 500 words, not counting the title or reference pages

• At least two academic resources utilized

• Include a title page, double space, font size of 10 or 12

• Include a highly developed viewpoint/thesis, purpose, and exceptional content

• Demonstrate superior organization: use logic

• Free of grammar and spelling errors

• No evidence of plagiarism

• Use the APA style for all in-text citations, references, and essay body

Discussion

Childhood obesity, deficiencies in specific nutrients such as iron in teenagers, and osteoporosis in the elderly are some of the top nutritional concerns. You will evaluate other nutritional concerns these age groups face and what sound nutritional advice you can offer based on your readings this week.

Topic 1: Child, Teen, and Elderly Nutrition

Conduct some additional research on your own and be prepared to discuss the following in your initial post:

1. Choose a nutritional problem for each age group:

• teenagers 13-18

Discuss current trends and literature surrounding each of the three problems you have identified.

Discuss steps you would recommend if you were appointed to a special committee to help improve these issues.

As a guideline, your main Discussion post should be at least 150