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8th Grade Nutrition Page


Nutrition:  Use the NATS site to enter and analyze your Daily Nutrition totals.
NATS

Download and Print the Food Log and Nutrition Log to record your Daily Totals:
Daily Food Log
Daily Nutrition Log

Download and View the Daily Nutrition Requirements from the FDA, and the USDA Nutrition Values to find Nutrition information:
Recommended Daily Allowances
USDA Food Analysis and Nutrition

Presentation Guidelines:
1.  Begin by recording your Daily Food intake.  Use the Food and Nutrition Logs.
2.  Use the NATS website:  http://www.nat.crgq.com  to record and analyze your Daily values.
3.  In your group you are going to put together a 10 minute presentation of your results and analysis.
4.  You will use your Group information as a population sample.
5.  Examine all of the Data and create a Summary of the Nutrition consumed by your Group/Population.
6.  Your 10 minute Presentation will include the following:
    a.  Summary of the Group/Population Data.
    b.  What is "Good" about your Group's Nutrition?
    c.  What is "Bad" about your Group's Nutrition?
    d.  What would you improve about the Overall Diet of your Group/Population?
    e.  What would you continue about the Overall Diet of your Group/Population?
    f.   Are there any Vitamin or Mineral deficiencies or overdoses that may occur?  If so, what are the possible consequences?
7.  You will turn in all of your Food and Nutrition Logs with your Poster at the end of your Presentation.

Helpful Links:

How Many Calories should I be eating everyday?
    http://www.shapefit.com/dailycalorie-calc.html
    http://nat.crgq.com/energy/daily.html

What Happens if you have too many (overdose) Vitamins?
   
http://chemo.net/newpage35.htm
    http://www.askdrsears.com/html/4/T044400.asp#T044406

What Happens if you don't have enough (deficient) Vitamins?
   
http://www.changingshape.com/resources/references/vmchart.asp
    http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/N/Nutrition.html#vitamins