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Part 1: MET value conversion

Use this equation

(MET value of activity x 3.5 x body wt in kg)/200 = kcal burned for 1 minute of that activity

Mary Julia exercises for 5 days a week

On Mon/Wed/Fri she goes to Zumba. It is a 50 minute class and a 4.5 MET level

Mary Julia weighs 154 lbs

On Tue/Thurs she walks for 30 minutes at a 15 minute mile pace for a 5 MET activity level

  • What is Mary Julia’s weight in kg ?______________________
  • How many kcal does she burn for the three Zumba classes? ________________________
  • How many kcal does she burn for walking two times a week? __________________________
  • How many kcal does she burn with exercise activity a week? ___________________________
  • Sometimes her friend Louise comes to Zumba. Louise weighs 114 lbs. How many kcal does Louise burn in the Zumba class ______________________________

Part II: Atwater conversion and nutrient percentages:

This is Mary Julia’s lunch nutrients…..She gained a pound and now weighs 155 lbs

Food

Grams of Fat

Grams of COH

Grams of Protein

Tortilla

4

22

3

Turkey

1

1

10

Cheddar Cheese

7

0

5

Mayo

10

0

0

Pretzels

0

24

2

Coke

0

25

0
  • How many kcal are in Mary Julia’s lunch?_______________
  • What percentage of her calories are coming from Fat?______________
  • How many grams of protein are in her lunch?____________________
  • How many grams of protein should she eat in a day based on her weight?________________

Part III Cumulative Essay – 3 pages, double spaced and times new roman

Write a 3 page, double spaced paper which covers the following:

Your nutrition and health baseline – describe in detail what you learned about your eating habits, body composition and energy expenditure. How do these things affect your overall health and wellbeing?

Comment on each of the nutrients – protein, carbohydrates, lipids, water, vitamins and minerals. Tell me something that you found interesting or something about that nutrient knowledge that caused a change in your eating habits.

Comment on the connection you now see between Nutrition and Health or Nutrition and Exercise. Describe a topic that was new to you in the connection between our dietary intake and how it is connected to our daily lives or the activity we do.