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Chapter 2 Case Study Worksheet Chapter Case Studies provide an opportunity to understand and apply usefd course facts and concepts whilo the chapter matorials. Chapter materials include the required textbook, chapter handouts, PowerPoints, and activities and their keys. Chapter case study answers are submitted earned from the case study quizzes oount towards the final letter grade at the end of the semester. using its Quiz on the Assessments screen. Points Ralph is an easy going, laid back sophomore at a local community college. Ho is a 25 year-old man, stands 6 foot 3 inches tall and weighs about 184 pounds. Ralph is in reasonable health. He was a moderately active person prior to starting college. He used to run track and do some basketball while in high school and recently completed a tour of with the miltary 1. Ralph is an old-movie buff. Last night he and his friends went to a movie, they ate hamburgers and fries before they went. While at the movie they enjoyed buttered popoom and sodas. For fun, one of Ralph's friends entered their supper and movie food intake into a calorie tracker website. The website indicated that each had eaten about 3,640 calories and about 162 grams of fat. Approximately what percent of their calories came from fat? a. b. C. About 40% About 4.5% About 17.8% d. About 25% o. About 22.5% 2. During his busy day, Ralph usual habit is to pick up two meat and cheese biscuits with coffee on his way to college and then get something like a hamburger and fries at the college cafeteria snack bar for lunch. During the week he usually picks up a dinner plate from the local grocery store's deli or a dinner from one of the local restaurants. During the day he drinks mostly water and regular sodas. Ralph decided to use the USDA Healthy U.S.-Style Eating Pattern to see how he is doing with his food intake. He leamed that his protein food intake was too high and that his fruit and vegetable intakes were too low. Using the information from the USDA Food Groups and Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which of the following changes would help Ralph improve his food intake and help him better meet his nutritional needs? a. Pack several pieces of fresh fruit to take with him to eat during the day b. Select a salad for his dinner two or three times a week in place of his regular dinner plate. at a peanut butter with banana sandwich using whole grain bread instead of the two meat and cheese biscuits. d. All of the above e. Only b and c 3. Ralph is a healthy 25 year-old man. He stands 6 foot 3 inches tall and weighs about 184 pounds. Last night the local the latest studies done on vitamin C as their feature story. Using the textbook's DRI Tables information provided for Ralph, determine how much vitamin C that Ralph needs on a daily basis to meet his and the needs a. 90mg b. 75mg c. 65mg d. 2,000mg e. 85mg called recently to share that her hypertension was doing so much better now that she had been able sodium intake. After her call, Ralph remembered that his friend had looked up a number of his usual food 4. Ralph's mother to lower her choices to see what his salt intake might run if he ate all his favorite foods on one day. He found his friend's work and discovered that his sodium intake was 7,600mg (7.6grams). His mother had shared with him that his sodium intake should be less than 2.300mg (2.3grams). Which of the following nutrtion tools would help Ralph the most in lowering his sodium intake? a. b. c. d. Nutition Facts Pane e. DRI Tables USDA Food Groups Diabetes Food Lists Dietary Guidelines for Americans 5. Sally, one of Ralph's friends, has been on a diet recently. She has been using whole grains for most of her carbohydrate intake. Ralph encouraged her to use the Diabetes Food Lists to estimate the number of grams she was consuming from carbohydrates. When Sally calculated her percent of calories from her carbohydrate intake, she saw thather carbohydrate intake was 37% ofher calones. Using the US Acceptable Macon tient Distribution Range (AMDR), which of the following is correct? a. Sally's carbohydrate intake is above the range. b. Sally's carbohydrate intake is below the range. c. Sally's carbohydrate intake is within the range. d. There is not enough information available to answer this question. e. She is meeting her needs because she is using whole grains

Answer 1

1. 1gram Carbohydrates and Proteins provide 4calories and 1gram of fat provides 9calories .

Total calories they had = 3640 calories

Total fat they had = 162 gm

The total amount of calories from fat = 9× 162 = 1458 calories.

Percentage of calories from fat = calories from fat / total calories

= 1458/3640 × 100

= 40 .05%

So, the answer is A) 40% .

2. The correct option is a) all of the above - pick several prices of fresh fruit to take with him to eat during the day .

3. The recommended daily dose of Vitamin C for an adult of age 25 years is 90mg for male and 75mg for female . The correct answer is option A) -90mg .

4. Dietary guidelines for Americans is the nutritional tool would help Raph the most in lowering his sodium intake . It provides advice for healthy Americans ages 2 years and over about food choices that promote health and prevent disease. The correct answer is option C) .