Create a 10- to 20-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation discussing the nutritional needs during a person’s different life stages.

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Create a 10- to 20-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation discussing the nutritional needs during a person’s different life stages. Choose one of the following lifestage to discuss: Infancy, Childhood, Adolecence, Adulthood, Pregnancy & Lactation. Include the following in your presentation:Describe the lifestageDefine nutrient, energy, and fluid needs during your assigned life stage.Describe nutrients of concern or special concerns during your assigned life stage.Identify physical activity recommendations during your assigned life stage.Discuss the following topics for the your assigned specified stages of life:Pregnancy – weight gain recommendationsLactation – benefits of breastfeedingInfancy – growth rateChildhood – helping kids develop healthy eating habits and bodiesAdolescence – helping teens meet nutrient needsAdulthood – aging and factors that affect itIncludespeaker notes that detail the implications of each slide. Note: Speaker notes are not needed if information presented in class.

Explore the nutritional value of menu items at a local fast-food restaurant.

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This assignment will provide you with an opportunity to examine the dietary practices of the everyday consumer and apply key nutritional components.Note: Please be sure you have completed your unit reading assignment before you begin this assignment.Explore the nutritional value of menu items at a local fast-food restaurant. Create a chart identifying two meals of your choice using the restaurant available menu items. One meal must be an unhealthy meal, the other must be the healthiest alternative meal possible. Both meals should include an entre, side, beverage and dessert. Write an analysis of each meal addressing the following information:Describe the healthy meal that you have created from the fast food restaurant using the nutritional value of menu items. Write a nutritional analysis of the meal you have created and discuss the macronutrients, key vitamins, minerals and any other nutrient worth mentioning.Include all of the nutrients found in the meal and their levels (needs to include as many nutrients as possible as it would be valuable to see what the meal has in it with regard to nutrients).Discuss your reaction to the analysis by explaining how the levels of the nutrients meets or exceeds the Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) for various nutrients. For example, one of the things you could discuss would be the amount of sodium in the meal and how this amount meets or exceeds the dietary recommendations for that nutrient. (You will need to discuss at least two other items in addition to sodium).How will this information affect your future food choices?Describe the unhealthiest meal that you have created from the fast food restaurant using the nutritional value of menu items. Write a nutritional analysis of the meal you have created and discuss the macronutrients, key vitamins, minerals and any other nutrient worth mentioning.Include all of the nutrients found in the meal and their levels (needs to include as many nutrients as possible as it would be valuable to see what the meal has in it with regard to nutrients).Discuss your reaction to the analysis by explaining how the levels of the nutrients meets or exceeds the RDI for various nutrients. For example, one of the things you could discuss would be the amount of sodium in the meal and how this amount meets or exceeds the dietary recommendations for that nutrient.How will this information affect your future food choices?RequirementsWrite your analysis in an essay format.An appropriate length for your analysis is one to two pages, double-spaced, using a 10 or 12 point font such as Arial or Times New Roman. (No more than three pages.)Your assignment analysis should be thorough, college-level writing that is grammatically correct.

Describe the healthy meal that you have created from the fast foodrestaurant using the nutritional value of menu items.

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Week Three iLab Grading RubricFast Food Dietary AnalysisThe goal of this assignment is to examine food available at fast food establishmentsand examine dietary practices of the everyday consumer while reviewing keynutritional components.Fast Food Menu Creation OverviewFor this assignment, you have been asked to explore the nutritional value of menuitems at a local fast-food restaurant. Using the available menu items, plan twomeals: the healthiest meal possible and the unhealthiest healthy mealpossible. Both meals should include an entre, side, beverage and dessert. In aword document, please answer/discuss the following questions:Deliverables1. Describe the healthy meal that you have created from the fast foodrestaurant using the nutritional value of menu items.a. Name the restaurant and then, write a nutritional analysis of the mealyou have created (explain all of the nutrients found in the meal likecarbs, protein, fat, and some essential vitamins and minerals)b. Discuss your reaction to the analysis-Make sure to explain why you feelthe way you do about this meal. For example, if your meal is composedprimarily of fat, discuss that point; if you meal supplies a lot of sugar perserving, discuss that as well. Please also remember to link excess orlimited amounts of nutrients with diseases or the potential for disease(too much fat may put you at risk for heart disease, not enough calciummay not support bone health, etc. Please make sure this section is asdetailed as possible.c. How will this information affect your future food choices? Make sure toexplain why/why not you will eat this meal again and support youranswer with the information found in the above sections.2. Describe the unhealthiest meal that you have created from the fast foodrestaurant using the nutritional value of menu items.a. Name the restaurant and then, write a nutritional analysis of the mealyou have created (explain all of the nutrients found in the meal likecarbs, protein, fat, and some essential vitamins and minerals)b. Discuss your reaction to the analysis Make sure to explain why you feelthe way you do about this meal. For example, if your meal is composedprimarily of fat, discuss that point; if you meal supplies a lot of sugar perserving, discuss that as well. Please also remember to link excess orlimited amounts of nutrients with diseases or the potential for disease(too much fat may put you at risk for heart disease, not enough calciummay not support bone health, etc. Please make sure this section is asdetailed as possible.c. How will this information affect your future food choices? Make sure toexplain why/why not you will eat this meal again and support youranswer with the information found in the above sections. Create a healthy and unhealthy mealfrom a specific fast food restaurant;make sure to include an entre, side,drink and dessertWrite a nutritional analysis of themeal you have created (includemacronutrients, key vitamins,minerals and any other nutrientworth mentioning); make sure totouch on the major macronutrientslike carbs, protein and fat but alsoinclude sugar, fiber, sodium,cholesterol and any vitamin andminerals your meals may have. 4 pointsDiscuss your reaction to the analysisfor each meal; what did you thinkabout each meal? What surprisedyou with regard to the nutrientlevels/amounts? In this section, it isimperative that you compare thenutrient levels to the standard RDAsand make comments such as in theunhealthy meal, 40% of the totalcalories come from fat andconsidering the diet is only supposedto contain between 20-30% fat forthe entire day, this meal is quiteunhealthy. Make sure to do this forboth meals. 6 points How will the above information (thedetails from the analysis) affect yourfuture food choices? Will you still goto the restaurant; will you changewhat you will eat; what steps will you 5 points 6 points take with regard to your health inlight of the details you examinedfrom the analysis? Mechanics (includes name,citations within body of essay,proper spelling, grammar, andseparate bibliography) 4 points

Determine Johns estimated protein requirements. Also, John has difficulty chewing due to missing many teeth, so he avoids eating many types of meats. What suggestions do you have to help him consume an adequate amount of protein ?

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John, 78 years old, is a sometimes homeless veteran. He is missing many teeth from years of no dental care. John receives a monthly retirement check but he has great difficulty meeting his monthly bills, let alone buying enough food, and this has caused many evictions. When he can afford them, John has his prescriptions filled for a diuretic (for high blood pressure) and a statin (for high cholesterol). John isnt sure what his current weight is, but he has had to tighten his belt to the last notch over the past eight months. He has no family with whom he is still in contact, and he eats all of his meals alone. At a neighbors insistence, John is visiting the local senior center to eat lunch for the first time. The day he visits, each person is having a free nutrition screen completed by a program staff member.3.) What parts of the nutrition education handout created by the University of Florida IFAS Extension (access athttp://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/he944) should be used to provide nutrition education to John ?4.) Determine the estimated calorie requirements (for weight maintenance) for John, a 78-year-old male, who weighs 146#, is 511, and is considered sedentary. Use the Mifflin-St. Jeor formula .5.) Does John need to gain or lose weight? How might this change his estimated calorie requirements ?6.) Determine Johns estimated protein requirements. Also, John has difficulty chewing due to missing many teeth, so he avoids eating many types of meats. What suggestions do you have to help him consume an adequate amount of protein ?7.) Determine Johns estimated fluid requirements .8.) Johns usual food intake is as follows: coffee, pastry, tuna salad on white bread, cola, potato chips, canned beans, hot dogs, coffee, and pieWhat suggestions do you have to help him reduce his risk for chronic disease using dietary modifications?