Nutrition and Diet

Name: Course: Profession: Institution: Ethics Kipnis attempts to show the morality of providing healthcare to individuals that deny consent to doctors. The cases study highlights that the Korean patient refuses the physicians to administer further care. The individual holds various stereotypes about medical care that drive the decision (Palenci n.p.). The doctors become aware of the biases, and therefore they develop a dilemma on whether to proceed and treat the patient and accept the decision and let the Korean succumb to illness. Using the ethics of care perspective, the doctors should treat the patient. The school of thought dictates that the physicians should offer attentiveness to the...

Name Course Instructor Date Nutrition Case Study What signs is baby Samantha giving to show that she needs to be comforted rather than fed? First, when Kathy gets from the daycare, she always wants to be held by her mother. She never wants to sit on her own on the high chair or eat dinner. Second, Samantha resorts to crying when she is not held by her mother. How might Kathy change her routine to give baby Samantha more attention and also meet the needs of her older daughter? The first routine Kathy can alter is that of the number of times that she nurses Samantha. She needs to take breaks from work and go to the daycare to breastfeed Samantha. She also needs to change the time that she...

Name: Supervisor: Course: Date: Nutrition Basics DISCUSSION Characteristics and Examples of Nutritious Diets Characteristic 1: Built of animal-sourced foods and vegetables Example 1: Organ meat and wild caught sea foods which are high in fat-soluble vitamins Characteristic 2: Features a diversity of foods Example 2: Diets with soybeans, walnut, and salmon Characteristic 3: Balance and proportionality Example 3: Combining fruits, grains, dairy, protein, and vegetables Characteristic 4: Contains an optimal amount of calories Example 4: A low-calorie diet with vegetables, popcorn, legumes, and nuts Characteristic 5: Made of fresh plant sources foods Example 5: Combining fresh...

Student’s Name: Professor’s Name: Course: Date: The Role of Lifestyle in the Aging Process It is not possible for human beings to avoid the aging process. However, there are some things people do that contribute to the aging process. For example, people’s lifestyle plays a highly significant role in their aging process. Aging may be regarded as a natural disease because it has been in existence since time immemorial (Rivera 678). An individual’s lifestyle includes beliefs, habits, and attitudes. Having fun is significant in keeping a person energetic and contributing to one’s lifestyle. Maintaining vitality and enthusiasm is an excellent idea because it makes people energetic....

Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Childhood Obesity The Problem: In the United States, 18.5% of all children are obese or overweight (Renew Bariatrics 1). Poor nutrition, especially in “food-insecure” households accounts for a significant percentage of overweight children in the United States. Poor child breastfeeding during the first six months is the other risk factor for obese. An unhealthy diet such as foods rich in refined sugars, excess calories, and high-fat contents also presents a high risk of developing obesity. Finally, the adoption of sedentary lifestyles because of physical inactivity also increases the obesity risk among children. Reducing the incidence of obesity...

Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Mineral Intake Analysis My three-day average daily intake of carbohydrates was 190.65 grams. This represents 762.6 calories. Over the three days, my average intake of calories was 1284.9 kilocalories. Therefore, carbohydrates contributed 59.35% of the total intake of calories. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, carbohydrates should account for approximately 45-65% of the total calories consumed by an individual (Burke et al. 270). Therefore, it is clear that the percentage of calories supplied by my carbohydrates intake falls within the recommended range. The foods in my diet that contributed to the high amounts of...