Question

1. Describe some of the diet and health connections between a child and a senior citizen? Provide examples.

2. Review the following case study from your text and respond to one question from Category A and one question from Category B.

Sarah

Sarah is 28 years old and 7 months pregnant with her third child. Her other children are 2-1⁄2 and 1-1⁄2 years old. She had uncomplicated pregnancies and deliveries. Sarah is 5' 6" tall; she weighed 142 pounds at the beginning of this pregnancy, which made her prepregnancy BMI 23. She has gained 24 pounds so far. Prior to her first pregnancy, her BMI was 20 (124 pounds). She is unhappy about her weight gain, but the stress of having two young children and being a stay-at-home mom made losing weight impossible.

She went online for her MyPlate plan, which recommends she consume 2,400 calories per day. She doesn’t think she eats that much because she seems to have constant heartburn. She takes a prenatal supplement, so she feels confident that even if her intake is not perfect, she is getting all the nutrients she needs through her supplement.

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Category A

Does she have any risk factors for a high-risk pregnancy? Explain your answer.
Evaluate her prepregnancy weight and weight gain thus far. How much total weight should she gain? Explain your answer.
Is her attitude about supplements appropriate? What would you tell her about supplements? Explain.

Category B

Based on the 2,400-calorie meal pattern, what foods should Sarah eat more of? What food is she eating more than the recommended amounts? How would you suggest she modify her intake to minimize heartburn?
What would you tell her about weight gain during pregnancy? What strategies would you suggest to her after her baby is born that would help her regain her healthy weight?
Devise a 1-day menu for her that provides all the food she needs in the recommended amounts and alleviates her heartburn.

Answer 1

1) Diet and health connections between achild and a senior citizen: from birth to the death of the person the dietary requirement changes as the body changes with age,so the senior citizens tends to need different nutritional requirement than the children and middleaged adults and adolscents, in the senior citizen the muscle mass will shrink and absorption of nurtrition will decrease and metabolism will also decreases and digestive system of the senior citizens changes and nutrient absorption changes like vitamin b12, and magnesium, burns colaries reduces, and in children the nutrition requirement more as they are in the growing age and mostly focus on the proteins and foods rich in nutrtion and and they regulate the amount of the calories they requires,and in they are to be served a vegetable and fruit for lunch and supper and leafy vegtables twice a weak and legume and cereals and milk and milk products for the good growth in the children, and dietary requirement for senior citizen for healthier life as they calorie needs will probably decreases while the nutrient needs stay the same or increase so eating nutrients rich foods will help get the vitamins , minerals , proteins and carbohydrates and fats according to the need, and always stay hydrated, category a: She is not having any high risk factors because priorly she has uncomplicated pregancy and uncomplicated delivery and and she getting all the nutrients and suppliments and ideal weight for the 5feet and 6 inches female is 118 to 154 pounds and now she has gained 166 pounds which is normal in the pregnancy because average weight women should gain 25 to 35 pounds after becoming pregnant and she has gained 24 pounds and she is taking my plate plan and she is consuming 2400 calories in the third semester and she is now 7th month pregnant( third semester). category b:From this 2,400 calorie meal pattern , getting the right balance of nutrients each dat is important for optimizing the health of the mother and the health of the growing baby it is filled with plenty of vegetables, friuits, whole graains and lean protein and high in fiber, folate and iron and calcium that make up 2,400 calorie intake.she is taking more of the foods that causing heartburns they are citrus foods, coffee and soda,alchol and fatty foods if she reduce the amount of the above foods then the heart burns will be minimized, during pregnany recommended weight gain is normal and above the normal it is not good, after her baby born she should have foods with does not gain weight and are of good nutrtion and exercising and cheerful life because depression and sadness will leads to weight gain.