Sponge activity: I want to see if the class can determine which food product has the highest sugar content. There would be five food products: soda, orange juice, yogurt, cereal, and sugar. The amount of each product is to be determined, they might have to calculate the sugar content of an individual serving, but the sugar will be one teaspoon.
There will be a few minutes for them to make calculations and estimations. Afterwards, there will be a share out, followed by revealing which foods have the highest amount of sugar.
Introduction: What is most important to consider when developing a nutritional care plan?
Most important to consider: An aspect that is deemed a necessity
Developing: Planning; creating
Nutritional care plan: A unique meal plan devised for an individual/family/groups to promote healthy eating and weight loss.
I chose this topic to motivate myself to lose weight. It grew to something bigger than that over time. I care about the health of not only myself, but my family.
My plan is to give a brief history about my topic, break down my EQ, and explain each answer, followed by an activity. At the end of the explanation, I will give my best answer and provide my reasons. The lesson will finally end when I finish talking about my product and thanking people as if I won an award.
Foundation: I will define what nutrition is, what jobs/responsibilities are related to nutrition, and why it is important.
Body:
Answer 1: Respecting the patient's lifestyle
-----Activity 1: Everyone has to make columns according to the number of people living in their household and put their names on each column. Under each family member, including themselves, students will write down food that is associated with each relative/person. This could mean snacks, favorite foods, food that is requested during birthdays, or any other food -centered events, etc.
When they are finished, I'll ask them to cross off the ready to eat food, processed food, fast foods, etc. They will keep crossing off foods until they get to food that is prepared at home.
They will share out and I'll give an explanation as to how this activity relates to my answer.
Answer 2: Education of the nutrition basics (Nutrition Facts Label)
-----Activity 2: The objective is to determine the caloric content of cereal. Every group will get a bowl and a bag of cereal. Or maybe I'll hand them a bag of cereal and that needs to be distributed to every table because I don't have money nor does the thought of feeding a class of like, 24 sound appealing. The group will pick one person to pour their desired amount of cereal (the goal is that they pour in what their usual serving is) and then, as a group, they will calculate the calories and possibly everything else on the Nutrition Label.
The Nutrition Facts Label will be posted on the wall since that's part of the room's decoration. Afterwards, they can eat the cereal.
Answer 3: Understanding of medical history
-----Activity 3: I'll give out index cards with an ethnicity or a dietary practice (food customs that come from following a religion, or just personal beliefs, i.e. vegetarianism) and the goal is to list the traditional foods or cultural beliefs under that category. There might be a share out.
Then I'll talk about the importance of ethnicity and cultural practices in a diagnosis setting. I'll include what dietitians need to practice when treating someone of a different ethnicity.
What is your best answer and why?
Medical history is the best answer. Without understanding the medical history of the patient, then it would be impossible to create a feasible plan for the patient. Diets and various nutritional plans would all be uniform.
What is your 3 most important sources and why?--answer this
- Nutrition and Diagnosis-Related Care (Medical textbook): I learned how dietitians make diet assessments and how to prioritize which patients are in need of immediate care.
- Read It Before You Eat It by Bonnie Taub-Dix: This book defined the terms found on a Nutrition Facts Panel. I learned about the differences in labeling and products. I think I eat conscientiously now.
- Independent Task 2 (Cooking healthy): I learned firsthand why understanding the lifestyle of a patient is important. I wasn't on any plan, but trying to cook a healthy meal that everyone can eat, on a budget, while worrying about homework proved difficult for someone who hasn't made these considerations before.
What is your product and why?
I am my own product. I didn't necessarily follow a strict meal plan, but I did document what I ate for a while, which is something dietitians will instruct a patient to do before creating a plan. I lost weight and maintained it. I plan on shedding some more pounds. I'm comfortable with my body. I'm extremely proud of that.
Your sponge sounds fun.
ReplyDeleteFor definition...what are the possible considerations when developing a nutritional care plan? You don't need to define "important" and "consider"...just give them context. You will need to define a nutritional care plan.
Foundation seems bare bones. I'm not worried about it, but you want to mention any things that will help people understand the rest of your presentation.
1. I like the activity in general, but students need to demonstrate understanding of what you taught. How will they do this?
2. Only caloric content? Or all nutritional content.
3. I guess I'd include culture and religion (as well as vegetarianism) in the lifestyle part. I see what you mean though, but you need to be very clear on med history. Some ethnic groups are more prone to diabetes or a person might have diabetes in their family. That's what you are going to talk about, right?
Again...they must demonstrate understanding of what you taught.
For your independent task, what did you use as a source. The task is not actually a source, but you used sources to complete it.
So, better health and body image? What is your evidence?