Question

Maria Gonzales is a 57-year-old operating room nurse who works full-time at a local hospital. She is 65 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds. She has a family history of diabetes and heart disease, and was recently diagnosed with high blood cholesterol. Maria has declined the cholesterol-lowering medication that her doctor prescribed, explaining that she would like to explore other methods for lowering her cholesterol first. After reading an article on the Internet a few weeks ago, Maria has been taking a tablespoon of coconut oil every day in the hopes that it will lower her cholesterol. She admits that she has little time or energy to exercise. Her diet history reveals that she often skips breakfast or buys a bagel with cream cheese and flavored coffee on her way to work. While at work, she drinks at least one more cup of coffee with cream and sugar before noon. Lunch is a salad with crackers and iced tea with sugar in the hospital cafeteria. When Maria arrive homes, she occasionally drinks one or two glasses of wine in the evening, especially after a stressful day. She lives alone and relies on frozen dinners or other convenience foods for dinner.

1.Determine Kcal requirement for Ms. Gonzales using choosemyplate.org

2.What is her daily kcal requirement? Calculate her BMI [weight(kg)/height(m)^2]

3.Do you think Ms. Gonzalez needs to lose some weight or gain some weight based on her BMI? Write the final kcal requirement down and explain your reason.

Answer all question and show all work.

Answer 1

1..The kcal requirement for Ms Gonzalez is if she doing less exercise 1600 achieve healthy weight

2.Requirements are as follow

she should take one and half cup fruits

should take two cup vegetables

should take 4 to 5 ounce grains

should take 4 to 5 ounce  Protien

should take 2 to 3 cups dairy products

1.The kcal requirement for Ms.Gonzales is If she doing little or less exercise    then she should take 1600 calories per day The BMI is 29.1 Kg/meter square which consider as Overweight.

3.Ms.Gonzalez needs to loose some weight because as her Body Mass Index is 29.1 which consider as Person over weight as Ms.Gonzalez reduce daily calorie intake 800 to 1000 to loose weight and do cardio and gym for month to reduce weight By doing these things absolutely weight is reduced and maintain Body mass index and basal metabolic rate