Nutrition

Complete this Peer response using the N.O.W. format. Please respond to your peers post by noticing something of interest, offering a comment, AND wondering about something.

Responses like I agree and great job are NOT acceptable. Your response should further the dialogue.

Responses that utilize the N.O.W. format will help ensure that you pass the assignment.

N.O.W. Format

N Notice something of interest

O Offer a comment

W Wonder about something

Stella Okoro
One of the things I have learnt that surprises me is that, keeping calorie needs high makes it easier to meet ones nutrient needs and avoid becoming overweight. We need essential amino acids, carbohydrates, essential fatty acids, and an array of vitamins and minerals to sustain life and health. However, nutritional needs vary from one life stage to another. During intrauterine development, infancy, and childhood, for example, recommended intakes of macronutrients and most micronutrients are higher relative to body size, compared with those during adulthood. In elderly persons, some nutrient needs (e.g., vitamin D) increase, while others (e.g., energy and iron) are reduced. Also For example, while a typical adult woman may need only 6.7 milligrams of calcium per pound of body weight, a nine-month-old infant needs 27 milligrams of calcium per pound of body weight.

It is during a body’s growth periods that the need for nutrients is greatest. These occur during infancy, adolescence, and pregnancy. Once the growth period stops, energy needs and the need for certain nutrients declines. I will apply what I have learnt by consuming more nutrient dense food, which includes vegetables and whole grain, as well as exercise more, because exercise can halt, slow, and even revers reductions in lean body mass and subsequent declines in calorie need.

I will improve on my diet by eating more variety of nutritious food to meet my nutritional needs.