1 Nutrition Case Study/ Latest Update 2024/
Case Study 1A: DASH on the Menu at a Quick-Serve Restaurant
Charles C. is a 65-year-old executive who is very overweight and has recently been diagnosed with high blood pressure. He has just completed a class on the principles of the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet and has set a goal to lower his intake of fat and sodium and to increase his intake of calcium and potassium-rich foods. Mr. C. has met a friend for lunch at his favorite restaurant that features pizza, salads, soups, and sandwiches. - ANS - Case Study 2A: DASH on the Menu at a Quick-Serve Restaurant Charles C. is a 65-year-old executive who is very overweight and has recently been diagnosed with high blood pressure. He has just completed a class on the principles of the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet and has set a goal to lower his intake of fat and sodium and to increase his intake of calcium and potassium-rich foods. Mr. C. has met a friend for lunch at his favorite restaurant that features pizza, salads, soups, and sandwiches.
Mr. C. freely admits he enjoys food; lots of food, and mostly rich food, not necessarily "healthy" food. His lunch companion assures him that he can still enjoy food, but just needs to pick foods that deliver the most nutrients for the fewest calories. Such foods are termed - ANS - nutrient dense.
Mr. C.'s friend points out that there is a very large salad bar with all sorts of foods and suggests that Mr.
- have that. Given his history, which of the following would be the most problematic for Mr. C. if he
selects the salad bar? - ANS - Adequacy
Mr. C. looks at the fruits, vegetables, toppings, and dressings on the salad bar and wonders which contain which nutrients. Which would provide him with the most potassium? - ANS - dried apricots
Mr. C. realizes that if he is going to eat from the salad bar, he will have to estimate portion sizes and he is not even sure what a serving size would be for the various fruits and vegetables. Suppose he is on an 1800 calorie diet; what would the serving size be for fresh fruit? - ANS - 1 ½ cup
How much protein, per day, should Mr. C. consume on his 1800 calorie diet? - ANS - 5 ounces
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2 Mr. C decides that the salad bar is probably too tempting, so he looks at the pizza selections. He notices that the "Vegetarian Delight" pizza is made with TVP "sausage." What is TVP made from? - ANS - soy
Mr. C.'s friend points out to him that the restaurant has nutritional information for each selection on the menu, so he asks the wait staff to bring the special menu with the additional details. If the nutrition information on the menu uses the same principles as the nutrition information on food labels, Mr. C. can be certain that - ANS - all ingredients will be listed in descending order of predominance by weight.
Case Study 1B: Planning a Healthy Diet
In her book, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, author Barbara Ehrenreich wanted to understand how a single mother might manage to live on low wages after the welfare reform bill was passed in 1996. Ehrenreich found a minimum-wage job and a place to live, and attempted to eat and survive for one month in three different cities in the United States. At one point she was desperate enough to go to a food pantry and received an emergency food package. The following are contents
similar to those of the package she received:
21 cups of Corn Chex cereal 24 cups of Grape-Nuts cereal
- cups of catsup
- cup gumdrops
- single-serving bags of jellybeans
- sweet dark chocolate candy bars
- dozen sugar cookies
- hamburger buns
¼ cup butterscotch morsels
Six 8-ounce cans of fruit punch (with 10% real juice)
- loaf (16 slices/25 g each) of enriched Vienna bread - ANS - Case Study 2B: Planning a Healthy Diet
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3 In her book, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, author Barbara Ehrenreich wanted to understand how a single mother might manage to live on low wages after the welfare reform bill was passed in 1996. Ehrenreich found a minimum-wage job and a place to live, and attempted to eat and survive for one month in three different cities in the United States. At one point she was desperate enough to go to a food pantry and received an emergency food package. The following are contents
similar to those of the package she received:
21 cups of Corn Chex cereal 24 cups of Grape-Nuts cereal
- cups of catsup
- cup gumdrops
- single-serving bags of jellybeans
- sweet dark chocolate candy bars
- dozen sugar cookies
- hamburger buns
¼ cup butterscotch morsels
Six 8-ounce cans of fruit punch (with 10% real juice)
- loaf (16 slices/25 g each) of enriched Vienna bread
- box (8 small) fruit roll-ups
- loaf (18 slices) of enriched raisin bread
- ounces of peanut butter
- ounces of canned ham
- package (6 servings/4 bars = 1 serving) of fig bars
- Ritz cracker packages (4 servings/12 crackers per package)
- ounces of a Kool-Aid-like drink mix (makes 8 cups)
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One 12-ounce can chicken and vegetable soup