Essay About Early Morning Classes And Total Calories

Recommended Dietary Allowance
Essay title: Recommended Dietary Allowance
Recommended Dietary Allowance
Lab: Comparison of Ones RDA For Energy and Nutrients to Ones Actual Nutritional Intake
Key Question: Does my diet meet the Recommended Dietary Allowance
(RDA) for energy and nutrients considered adequate to meet my needs
(maintain weight) under environmental stresses?
Hypothesis: If I keep track of the food I consume for 5 days, then I
will find that my diet does not meet my RDA for the energy and
nutrients that are considered adequate to maintain my needs under
environmental stresses.
As a busy teen, my meals are often on the go. Since my daily
activities such as volunteering keep me from coming home in time for
dinner, I often have to rely on fast food for my meal. In addition, my
early morning classes rarely allow me to eat a proper breakfast, which
translates into me buying my breakfast in the school cafeteria. Also,
when I go out with my friends, we do not choose the healthiest of
foods. All of these factors indicate to me that my diet is inadequate
to meet my needs under environmental stresses.
Variables:
Independent variable: the food taken in
Dependent variable: the nutritional value of the food taken in versus
the RDA
Controlled variables: same reference for the nutritional values of
food used for information consistency
Materials:
* Internet
* Nutrition booklet
o Calculator
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Procedure:
1. Determine your Total Calories per day (kcal/day) based on your
Nutritional Profile at the following web site:
http:www.cyberdiet.com/profile/profile.html
2. Convert this total to Total kJ Energy per day (using the ratio 1
kcal = 4.2 kJ)
a. Use a calculator for this and the following calculations
4. Calculate your Total kJ Energy of protein per day using the fact
that a person needs approximately 10% protein in an ideal balanced
diet
5. Convert this number to grams using the fact that 1 gram of
protein = 17 kJ.