For the analysis of Carolina Dining Services, a sample 5-day menu of an average Carolina student was taken. This 5-day menu was made by combining 5 different people’s 1-day menus. This 5-day menu assumes that the average student eats three meals from a Carolina Dining location (either the top of Lenoir or Rams Head) only. This means that we did not factor in the fact that student could eat outside of Carolina Dining Services. The nutritional values were averaged to come up with daily values. The reason for this analysis being done is to understand if Carolina Dining services is providing the normal student that dines there with a proper nutritional diet. The 5-day menu showed that the average student eats much less than they should on a day-to-day basis. Our study used the national average for a human diet, which is a 2000 calorie intake, as a comparison point. Based on the average, the students of Carolina are getting a full nutritional diet in some areas but not in others. The good parts of the diet are the intakes of fat and sodium. The daily total fat intake was 49g which is much less than the 65g of total fat that a person should stay below to be healthy (FDA 2013). The amount of sodium was 2239 which is lower than the upper threshold of 2400 (FDA 2013). On the other side, the intakes of calories, carbohydrates, and protein are not good. The data shows that the students only have 1534 calories a day, which is much lower than the normal diet of 2000 calories (FDA 2013). Students consumed 81g of carbohydrates which is also lower than the 300g a student is supposed to have daily (FDA 2013). The protein intake of a student is 54g which is a slightly high amount for a male and very high for a female, when compared to the 46g a... ... middle of paper ... ...food from the dairy group is needed daily? [Internet]. United States Department of Agriculture: ChooseMyPlate.gov; [cited 2013 Jan 20]. Available From: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/dairy-amount.html [ChooseMyPlate] United States Department of Agriculture: ChooseMyPlate.gov. [date unknown]c. How Many Grain Foods Are Needed Daily? [Internet]. United States Department of Agriculture: ChooseMyPlate.gov; [cited 2013 Jan 20]. Available From: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/printpages/MyPlateFoodGroups/Grains/food-groups.grains-amount.pdf [ChooseMyPlate] United States Department of Agriculture: ChooseMyPlate.gov. [date unknown]d. How Much Fruit Is Needed Daily? [Internet]. United States Department of Agriculture: ChooseMyPlate.gov; [cited 2013 Jan 20]. Available From: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/printpages/MyPlateFoodGroups/Fruits/food-groups.fruits-amount.pdf
One factor of the freshman 15 is the student’s living environment. Students living on campus in residence halls are more prone to weight gain than students living at home with their parents or off campus (Provencher et al., 2009). This is due to the availability of food on campus at various universities that studies were held. While students living at home with their parents often have home cooked meals, often dining halls in college campuses serve food with an all-you-can eat buffet style, where students are free to eat as much as they like. Students living away from ...
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These last two years, however, I started to gain weight and have become concerned with my diet. Changing my poor eating habits has been difficult for me, however, having this assignment has taught me that it is not as difficult as I previously imagined. Nutrition experts in the United States and Canada have a list of standards with four list values. These list values are called the Dietary Reference Intakes. The DRI committee sets these values for vitamins, minerals, calories, and nutrients.
Did you ever imagine that what goes into your body might depend on something other than your choice? Currently at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at the Daytona Beach campus, many types of campus issues exist. The mandatory meal plans for first-year students has become a very controversial issue. This controversy is caused by the mandatory purchase of at least 14 meals per week, amounting about $3,000. From my experience as a first-year student, I can say that I would save $1,000 an academic year eating the food and the quality I like if I was not required to buy meal plans. In this essay, I will argue that mandatory meal plans do not benefit first year students because of the cost, nutritional value, and dietary restrictions.
Moreover, the controversy over cafeteria food is whether or not it is healthy for all students from elementary schools to colleges. Numerous factors lead to unhealthy eating in schools and on campuses. Sometimes options with better nutrition are offered, but when there are, they tend to be less appealing than the unhealthy foods which turns to obesity. Many schools are undergoing budget cuts and changes, and healthy food tends to take a back burner when deciding where the limited amounts of money should go (Gupta). Unfortunately, when schools do have healthy ingredients, the food is usually prep...
One of the first thing a freshman hears or thinks about when going to college is the legendary “freshman fifteen.” The freshman fifteen is defined as a fifteen pound average weight gain that happens during a student’s first year in college. This problem has affected many freshmen because it causes them to fear that they are going to gain weight when they go off to college, but the undetected truth of this case is that a lot of freshmen lose or gain under fifteen pounds. To solve this ongoing problem, colleges and universities should incorporate more healthy food items on campus, provide student cooking, and create fitness and wellness housing.
Furthermore, nutritional analysis of recording or reporting food intake data presents a main source of inaccuracy when determining habitual nutrient intake and it does not contain comprehensive information on the interpretation of results from dietary surveys (Macdiarmid, & Blundell, 1997). Therefore, biochemical markers of nutrient intake are now a valuable tool in validating dietary assessment methods (Bingham, 2002). For example, the double labelled water technique and 24-hour urine nitrogen and potassium are routinely used and potentially independent of the errors associated with dietary survey methods (Bingham, 2002).
...omething to go. I found out that college student’s want foods that are quick, taste good, and cheap. The limitation to my research was that I only passed out ten surveys all at the cafeteria. Perhaps if I did more or passed them out at a different location I might have gotten different results. I also only interviewed two people, and a larger sample might have changed my results. Also only observing my roommates shopping might have limited me to what I always eat, other college students might buy healthier foods when they shop. Take a minute now and think about what you eat in an average day and see if you fall into the categories of eating unhealthy with the majority of college students. Next time you buy something to eat take a second and look what’s in it and think to yourself. Should I be eating this? Or is there something healthier that I could be eating?
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