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1600 kcalories Ryan's mom enters the foods Ryan typiclly ats into the USDA's Saper Tracker tool The results indicate that Ryan is eating 16oo kcalories in one day Glven hia how many pounds will Ryan gain in three months (go days) if he coetinues to consume this man c 5.1 d. 15.4 bs e.10.3 Ibs 6. Ryan's parents need to become aware of which food choices are leading to R yan's weight gain. You would identify all of the following food choices as being problematic except a. He eats very lew vegetables b. Too many of the detary choices ane high in added sugars 7. Ryan must change his current dietary choices to achieve a healthy weight now and into the future. To help Ryan improve his diet and avoid being "always hungry," his parents should incorporate all of the following strategies except a. If the family goes to a fast food nestaurant, Ryan should choose healthier dressing) or apple slices instead of thes and low fat milk instead of a sods money to buy à la b carte food c. Ryan needs to be encoursgnd to eat all of the menu items offered in the School Lunch Program and not jyust ea the pizza or tacos that he lkes, Discontinue giving him extra Q Search or enter website name 8 9 2 3 4

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5. Logically, eating an extra 3,500 calories, or 500 more calories each day for a week, will lead to a 1-pound weight gain. Applying this to the case , Ryan eats 1600 kcalories a day for 90days which 3months almost 15 weaks . Then the weight gain in pounds is supposed to be 7.7 lbs

6. Food choices that are leading to Ryan's weight gain are :-

- Too many of the dietary choices are high in added sugar

- His dairy choices are not low fat

- His protein intake is more than adequate

7. The diet that should be incorporated in Ryan's diet are :-

- Breakfast needs to include a non -sweetened whole grain cereal,low fat milk,whole fruit and low fat yogurt to increase protein intake

- Ryan needs to be encouraged to eat all of the menu items offered in school lunch program and not just eat the pizza or tacos that he likes . Discontinue giving him extra money to buy food items from the cafeteria .

- provide age appropriate portiona of food