Nutrients

All people need the same nutrients, but the amounts will vary depending on their stage in life such as infants, children, adolescents, pregnancy, adults, and older adults. For example, a pregnant woman will need to make sure she has a proper diet before, during, and after the pregnancy. A poor diet before and during the pregnancy may affect the health and development of her infant. She will also need to make sure and maintain a nutritionally balanced diet after the pregnancy, especially if she plans to breastfeed her infant.  After studying Module 5: Lecture Materials & Resources, answer the following:

  review figure 10-3 Comparison of Selected Nutrient Recommendations for Nonpregnant, Pregnant, and Lactating Women in text and compare the recommended percent allowances for:

      Iron – Who (nonpregnant, pregnant, lactating) needs it more and why?

  Ellen is an 18-year-old single mother of a six-month infant; she works at a convenience store and makes minimum wage. Ellen has limited financial means and needs assistance. Navigate to Floridahealth.gov: https://www.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/wic/wic-program-info.htmlLinks to an external site. and share at least two (3) examples of how food assistance programs can help Ellen’s infant and one (1) example of why nutrition is important for an infant – provide a full paragraph.

  Miguel is a 75-year older adult and has been diagnosed with early macular degeneration. Explain what macular degeneration is and share 2 vitamins or minerals that help reduce progression of the disease.

 Your initial post should be at least 400 words, formatted, and cited in the current APA style with support from the textbook and the sources provided. 

  You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their post 

 For this assignment you will develop an outline of your PowerPoint project presentation. The topic for your presentation is The Role of Nutrition in Chronic Diseases. You may select one chronic disease you have learned in this course and describe how nutrition impacts the chronic disease you chose. The objective of this outline is to gather and organize your thoughts. A successful outline will provide a roadmap to developing your PowerPoint presentation. Your work MUST be original, and in the next module, you will develop and submit your PowerPoint presentation. 

  The presentation is to be clear and concise, and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation, and misspelling.

  The presentation should be formatted per the current APA style in 1-2 pages in length, excluding the title and references. Incorporate citations from the course materials within your work.

  Must include a minimum of 5 references from academic sources or government websites published within the last five years