11 Jun SCIE 140 -What is a positive energy balance?
Question
In this week’s activity, you will:
Determine what your nutrient requirements are
Analyze your diet to see if you obtain enough nutrients, vitamins, and minerals using the USDA’s website (link below)
Calculate your energy expenditure to determine if you have a positive or negative energy balance
Procedure
What you need:
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) ChooseMyPlate Website: Choose My Plate SuperTracker https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/
Food and beverage (including water) log for 1 day. You have 2 options:
Use your records from Week 3’s lab, in which you measured your exact food and beverage intake for 2 days. You can select one of the days and then just record everything you do for one day this week for the activity component of this lab; or
If your food and beverage records from week 3 weren’t detailed enough, write down everything you eat and drink and everything you do for one day this week.
You will need to include brand names, measurements, condiments, sauces, dressings, all beverages, etc in your food log. Please be as specific as possible. Put the results/analysis of your food log into the table.
Physical activity log for 24 hour period. Use the table provided and include the table in your lab report
Part I: Make Your Hypothesis
What is a positive energy balance (this is defined in your text)?
What is a negative energy balance (this is defined in your text)?
What is your hypothesis about whether you’ll have a positive, negative, or neutral energy balance? (It is acceptable if your hypothesis wasn’t supported by the data!)
Part II: Determine Your Dietary Recommendations
Define each of the following MyPlate terms (i.e. what does each of these groups consist of):a. Grains group:
b. Vegetables group:
c. Fruits group:
d. Dairy group:
e. Protein group:
f. Oils group:
g. Empty calorie foods:
h. Total calories ________
Based on your age, sex, and caloric requirements (which you should be able to precisely calculate using the tools from this course and text) how many cups/ounces/teaspoons/etc should you have for each of the following groups per day:a. Grains group ________
b. Vegetables group ________
c. Fruits group ________
d. Dairy group ________
e. Protein group ________
f. Oils group ________
g. Total calories ________
According to table 2-10 in the text or the MyPlate website, what are your weekly requirements for the following vegetables:
a. Dark Green vegetables
b. Orange vegetables ________
c. Beans and Peas ________
d. Starchy Vegetables ________
e. Other Vegetables ________
Part III: Analyze Your Nutrient Intake
Analyze your nutrient intake using the Choose My Plate SuperTracker (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Enter the information from the reports you generate into this chart. Make sure to include this chart in your lab write up!
Part IV: Analyze Your Energy Expenditure
1. Keep a 24-hour record of your activities, including sleeping, sitting, walking, exercising, housework, etc.
2. Fill in the following table and make sure you include it in your lab write up.
3. Calculate your energy expenditure for the activities listed, using the formulas indicated in the table above (as specified in Appendix M of the text)
4. Considering your nutrient intake and your energy expenditure, do you have a negative or positive energy balance for this particular day?
Part V: Additional Questions
Did your findings support your hypothesis? If not, speculate on what happened.
Did you consume more calories or fewer calories than you used up? Is this typical for you?
What are the strengths of your diet?
What are the weaknesses?
Do you get enough physical activity? If not, why not? If so, how are you able to make that happen for you?
What are three concrete improvements you can make?
Make sure you respond to all the questions thoroughly and include all of your tables
Week6Lab6.docx
Part I: Make Your Hypothesis
1. What is a positive energy balance?
2. What is a negative energy balance?
3. What is your hypothesis about whether you’ll have a positive,
negative, or neutral energy balance? (It is acceptable if your
hypothesis wasn’t supported by the data!)
Part II: Determine Your Dietary Recommendations
1. Define each of the following MyPlate terms (i.e., what does each of
these groups consist of):
a. Grains group:
b. Vegetables group:
c. Fruits group:
d. Dairy group:
e. Protein group:
f. Oils group:
g. Empty calorie foods:
h. Total calories:
2. Based on your age, sex, and caloric requirements (which you should be
able to precisely calculate using the tools from this course and text) how
many cups/ounces/teaspoons/etc. should you have for each of the
following groups per day:
a. Grains group:
b. Vegetables group:
c. Fruits group:
d. Dairy group:
e. Protein group:
f. Oils group:
g. Total calories: 3.According to Table 2-10 in the text or the website, what are your weekly
requirements for the following vegetables:
a. Dark Green vegetables:
b. Orange vegetables:
c. Beans and Peas:
d. Starchy Vegetables:
e. Other Vegetables: Part III: Analyze Your Nutrient Intake Nutrients
Total Calories
Protein (g)
Protein (% calories)
Carbohydrate (g)
Carbohydrate (% calories)
Dietary Fiber
Added Sugars
Total Fat
Saturated Fat
Polyunsaturated Fat Monounsaturated Fat Your Intake Recommendation Over or Under
Recommendation Minerals Your Intake Recommendation Over or Under
Recommendation Your Intake Recommendation Over or Under
Recommendation Calcium
Potassium
Sodium
Copper
Iron
Magnesium
Phosphorus
Zinc
Vitamins
Vitamin A
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Folate
Thiamin
Riboflavin Niacin
Choline Part IV: Analyze Your Energy Expenditure
Value from
Value from previous column
Time kcal/kg/hr
previous column multiplied by weight in
Activity (in
(from Table 10- multiplied by time kilograms
hours) 5 in text)
(duration of
activity in hours) Total kcal used (add up all the values in the final column) =
Calculate your energy expenditure for the activities listed, using the formulas
indicated in the table above (as specified in Appendix M of the text) Considering your nutrient intake and your energy expenditure, do you have a
negative or positive energy balance for this particular day? Part V: Additional Questions
1. Did your findings support your hypothesis? If not, speculate on
what happened.
2. Did you consume more calories of fewer calories than you used
up? Is this typical for you?
3. What are the strengths of your diet?
4. What are the weaknesses?
5. Do you get enough physical activity? If not, why not? If so, how are
you able to make that happen for you?
6. What are three concrete improvements you can make?
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