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NUT06 NutritionAssignment v1.4 (2018/01/29)NUT06 NutritionNameEmail addressAssessment © 2017 Australian Institute of Personal Trainers Pty Ltd and its licensors (AIPT) Commonwealth of Australia CopyrightRegulations 1969Warning - This material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of AIPT, pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act).The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further reproduction or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act.All rights are reserved and you must obtain the prior written permission of AIPT for the republication or redistribution of any content. Do not remove this notice.Assignment Assignments may include short answer questions or longer answer questions and are designed to test how you apply your knowledge in a real-world situation. All assignments are completed as a Microsoft Word document and are submitted to an assessor through My eCampus. Your assessor is looking for how you apply your knowledge and how you think critically about the topic area.This assessment item will involve the analysis of case studies. Concerning the fitness and nutritionindustry, case studies provide a record of clinical interactions and help frame important questions so that critical information about the client’s current state of health and their future goals can be obtained.In this assessment task, there are five current case studies for which you will need to complete a range of clinical and safety questions relevant to specific mock case studies. These include:• Identify daily eating patterns in the format of the Australian Dietary Guidelines.• Compare eating patterns with the recommendations in the Eat For Health educator guide.• Provide suggestions for achieving healthy dietary patterns using the Eat For Health educator guide• Refer clients to either an Accredited Practicing Dietitian, an Accredited Sports Dietitian, or a medical practitioner if necessary. Where relevant, you will need to support you answers with current literature and research articles, which are available via the My Academic Library in My eCampus. You can also refer to the additional course resources within the NUT06 unit cluster area to further support your answers.The minimum word limit for each case study will be 150 words.1
NUT06 NutritionAssignment v1.4 (2018/01/29)Case Study 1 Alex is 33 years old and has been obese since he was a teenager. During this period, he has also developed type 2 diabetes. Alex struggles to find sustainable employment and suffers from depression.Alex's attitude towards food is driven by his mental state: he is someone who eats for comfort. He currently takes medication for diabetes and depression and regularly meets with his GP to discuss and evaluate these two conditions.Alex has been advised by his GP to seek advice regarding changing his diet because not only will thishave positive effects on his mental state, but losing weight will also lessen the impact of his diabetes.Alex's daily meals usually include a breakfast from McDonald's, including a McMuffin and a milkshake. He snacks throughout the day on chips, biscuits, and doughnuts before having a lunch offish and chips with a Coke. For dinner, he usually has either pizza or pasta and either a beer or Coke.Please answer the following questions relevant to this case study.1.Using the format of the Australian Dietary Guidelines, identify whether Alex’s daily eating patterns are meeting the guidelines relevant to him.Alex should enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods from the following categories; lots of vegetables and legumes/ beans, plenty of fruits, cereals preferably whole grains and/or varieties of high fibre content, lean meats and white meats and finally milk or milk products or their alternatives which should have reduced fat content. On the contrary, the types of food that Alex feeds on are of the nature that is completely opposite of what is suggested by the above guideline. His diet lacks fruits, vegetables and is completely dominated by foods of high fat content.It is also his responsibility to limit himself from intake of foods containing saturated fat, added salts and sugars and alcohol. On the contrary, Alex has a habit of taking pizza, chips and doughnuts among others on a daily basis whereas they are saturated with fats. He must also drink a bottle of coke during lunch and have the same or alternate it with beer during dinner. Coke contains high levels of added sugars while beer contains alcohol and thus his feeding habit is a complete contradiction of guideline 3.In conclusion, guideline 1 stipulates that Alex should find relevant means of achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, be physically active and choose amounts of nutritious foods and drinks that meets his energy needs. He however makes no effort of achieving the same as he has no physical exercise programme to help him maintain healthy weight. He also consumes foods of high fat content and takes drinks containing high added sugar and alcohol irrationally without choosing the right amounts that will only meet his energy requirements.2.Using the Eat For Health Educator Guide (found in the additional resources), suggest how Alex could change his habits to achieve healthy dietary patterns. Since Alex struggles to get sustainable employment, it therefore goes without saying that hes limited incomes. He could therefore lack access to nutritious types of food that could prove tooexpensive for him to purchase. Cheap foods that are readily available in the market are not the best for health and wellbeing. I could therefore strongly advice Alex to secure a more sustainable employment so as to have consistent flow of income to support a healthy dietary.He should embrace consumption of diets low in saturated fats as unsaturated fats are an 2
NUT06 NutritionAssignment v1.4 (2018/01/29)essential composition of a healthy diet. He should therefore avoid the following foods; pizza, doughnuts, chips, biscuits and any other foods fried in hydrogenated vegetable oil. He should also avoid drinks with added sugars concentration and instead embrace artificially sweetened drinks.Being an individual who takes food for comfort is another disadvantage for Alex. He should instead forget this behaviour and embrace consumption of food for nutritional benefits derivedfrom such foods.3.Should you refer Alex to an allied health professional? If so, to whom and why? The amount of information that Alex receives from his general practitioner is not adequate enough for him to make relevant decisions on his dietary. I would therefore refer him to a nutritionist for him to receive practical and detailed advice on the foods to consume to ease hissituation.Case Study 2Amber is 28 years old and currently 12 weeks pregnant with her first child. She has suffered from severe morning sickness during this, her first trimester, and has changed her diet significantly because of this.Amber's obstetrician anticipates that her morning sickness will subside for the remainder of her pregnancy, but Amber is keen to try improving her eating habits during the second and third trimesters, as she is adamant that she would like to breastfeed and understands that a good diet will aid this.For the past 12 weeks, she has eaten sporadically throughout the day depending on when she feels nauseated. She typically skips breakfast or will have a slice of toast with butter and jam on her way to work. She does not tend to snack during the day but will occasionally eat a muesli bar. Her workplace has an on-site café, and she usually orders a cheese and tomato toasted sandwich for lunch. In the evening, both she and her husband arrive home relatively late, so they have been eating for convenience in the form of microwave meals and ordering Thai food or pizzas twice per week.Please answer the following questions relevant to this case study.1.Using the format of the Australian Dietary Guidelines, identify whether Amber’s daily eating patterns are meeting the guidelines relevant to her. Amber being a pregnant woman ought to encourage, support and promote breastfeeding. This can only be possible if she could embrace and adopt healthy dietary. She should however ceasethe habit of eating sporadically as this denies her the chance to ingest healthy and useful food in her body. Her occasional feeding on muesli is however advantageous to her body and will help her during breastfeeding as muesli is a whole grain that is rich in fibre. She clearly understands that a good diet will aid her breastfeeding but it the high time that she implements her knowledge. She should strive to achieve and maintain a healthy weight, be physically active and choose amounts of nutritious drinks and food that will meet her daily energy requirements. Whereas breakfast is a very crucial composition of a person’s healthy diet, Amber misses it most of the times. She therefore denies her body essential nutrients necessary to generate enough energy 3
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