Question

Key concept: Applying protein recommendations to food choices Class size: Any Instructions: Present the three dinner meal plans below to students and use the discussion questions to prompt them to evaluate the plans. Dinner #1 Pot roast, beef, 3 oz Mashed potatoes, ½ cup Corn, ½ cup Dinner roll, whole-wheat, 1 item Kiwi, sliced, ½ cup 1% milk, 1 cup Dinner #2 Frittata with spinach, potatoes & leeks, 1/6 of 10” pie Corn, ½ cup Dinner roll, whole-wheat, 1 item Kiwi, sliced, ½ cup 1% milk, 1 cup Dinner #3 Chipotle bean burrito (~2/3 cup black beans, 2.6 oz cheese, lettuce, tomato) Corn, ½ cup Kiwi, sliced, ½ cup 1% milk, 1 cup Discussion questions: 1. Calculate the protein needs for a 25-year-old female who weighs 110 pounds using the RDA of 0.8 g/kg. Which of the dinner meal plans would provide at least 50% of her daily need for protein? How does this illustrate how easy it is to consume excess protein?

Answer 1

According to the RDA of 0.8g/kg is the needed protein

Here in the present scenario, she is 25-year old and weighs about 49.8 kg

Then we calculate the protein needs as

=49.8 x 0.8

=39.8 gm

The first dinner provides 50 % of her daily need for protein

From dinner 1 it is cheap and easily available and it is easy to prepare and get adequate protein from this diet