The patient for this analysis is Ms. Julia Kolpek. Julia is a 36- year-old female. She doesn’t drink, smoke or take any medication. However, due to her work environment she doesn’t have time to exercise either. She enjoys drinking soda and eating chips throughout the day. Julia’s caries risk assessment was measured at high. Her initial plaque score was a 77%. Based on the seven series vertical bitewings, it showed that she has multiple carious lesions. Julia’s daily activities make her a good candidate for this dietary analysis.
The Food Groups and Calories Report presented Julia was deficient in refined grains, she could improve her intake by substituting white grains with whole-wheat grains. Julia should increase her consumption in some areas, such as whole grain, vegetables (dark-greens, red/orange, beans/peas, and starchy vegetables), fruits, dairy, seafood, and oils. Implementing
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Her average caloric intake was less the recommended 2,000 calories diet. To improve in those areas she is deficient in, Julia should start by reviewing labels and read the ingredient list. Instead of drinking soft drinks and eating chips throughout the day, I suggest she should alternate her soda to low sugar juices. Instead of eating chips, Julia should eat fruits or vegetables as a snack. Julia presented high amounts of sodium, from the intake of frozen foods. As a result, Julia should cook with less salt, and try to adjust her eating habits by cooking healthy foods. She needs to increase in nutrients such as dietary fibers, linoleic acid, calcium, potassium, iron, copper, magnesium, vitamins A, C, D, E, K, folate and choline. To improving in these areas, Julia should attempt to eat nuts that are good sources for linoleic acid. Carrots, spinach, dark leafy greens, consuming a wide variety of fruits, such as mangos and orange are ways to increase vitamin deficiencies and other essential
Anna Garcia is a thirty eight year old Hispanic women. She weighed 165 pounds and was 64 inches tall. She was married to Alex Garcia, but went through a nasty divorce. Anna has no children and one dog. A phone call came in at 9:45 AM on the hot morning of August 14th. Anna’s neighbor, Doug Greene let the police know he saw her walking her dog around 6:30AM yesterday morning, but heard her dog barking for the last two hours. Both the police and the EMT arrived at 9:56AM, and had to break the front door down. Upon entering the house, they found Anna lying face down in the entry hallway, a small pool of blood was by her head. The house was a comfortable 73 degrees fahrenheit. Around her there was evidence. There was vomit, blood spatters, blood on the table, and a pool of blood. As well as, a syringe, white pills, a cup with an unknown fingerprint on it, a muddy shoe print, and a
On August 23, 1980 in Conroe, Texas, is 40 miles north of Houston, a 16-year-old girl, Cheryl Fergeson, disappeared while searching for a women’s restroom at Conroe High School (Gores, 1991). Cheryl was the manager of the Bellville High girls’ volleyball team visiting Conroe High School for a preseason scrimmage. Later that day while searching for the girl two janitors, Clarence Brandley who is black, and Henry Peace who is white, found the girl’s body hidden under some scenery flats in the loft above the auditorium stage. Cheryl has been raped and strangled to death. Clarence and Henry were interrogated and made to sign statements. The two janitors were then taken to the hospital and made to give sperm, blood, and hair samples from their head
Read the posted case study about Benita Vasquez and discuss the following questions: 1. What are the clinical causes of death in the story? a. Senora Vasquez died because of uncontrolled diabetes, Infected wound and diffusing kidneys. With not well-controlled diabetes and acquiring an infected burn wound makes it harder for the patient to get treatment. Thus with the condition of the patient and her current social status, she is unable to afford the treatment and medications needed to alleviate her suffering.
On October 13th I was fortunate enough to be able to interview Sandi Lopez. Lopez is from Grand Island, Nebraska and has also lived in Kansas for a few years. At first she was not quite sure on what to do with her career pathway. She wanted a job where she could be able to help others and her community. Lopez says that having many of her friends being police officers is what got her more into law enforcement. She says hanging out around her friends telling her stories about being officers made her really want to be a part of the law enforcement department. However, she says it was a very hard decision to make knowing the fact that she would have to work long hours and being with her family was very important to her. In the end, she decided
What: On August 6, 1990, Eva Schoen was found murdered in her Colorado home. She was found at the top of the staircase by her ten-year-old daughter that morning. Eva had sustained one shot to the back of her head which was determined as the cause of death. The police were called to the home and began investing the crime scene to discover any evidence or leads into who had committed the crime.
She also buys healthy snacks such as fruit, low fat cheese, skim milk, and yogurt. However, she also buys cookies and chips. These items are not good snack foods. She realizes that she needs to change some of the items that she buys so that she is not contributing to unhealthy eating habits.... ...
Increasingly in the diet/disease debate, the role that micronutrients play in promoting health and preventing noncommunicable disease is receiving considerable attention. Micronutrient deficiencies are often common in elderly people due to a number of factors such as their reduced food intake and a lack of variety in the foods they eat. Another factor is the price of foods rich in micronutrients, which further discourages their consumption. Compounding this situation is the fact that the older people often suffer from decreased immune function, which contributes to this group’s increased morbidity and mortality. Other significant age-related changes include the loss of cognitive function and deteriorating vision, all of which hinder good health and dietary habits in old age”(Nutrition for older persons, 2017). After assessing Miss E’s physical, socioeconomic and psychological conditions that are affecting her nutritional status today, I would recommend that she apply for a nutritional program called SNAP through the state to alleviate some of her struggles with purchasing better quality foods for health. In addition, as her nutritionist assistant I would design a suitable five-day meal plan for Miss. E to start on of 1600
Proper nutrition is important in maintaining a long and healthy life. Most Americans are rushed due to their busy work schedules, and do not take the time to plan their diets properly. Like me, most Americans are unaware of the importance of eating a healthy diet and consume too many foods without the proper nutrients. Throughout my life I have been fortunate. I have not had any major health problems, and have been able to consume most foods without having to worry about gaining weight. 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 and health habits consist of eating a healthy, well balanced diet. She rarely eats fast food, and never eats sweets. She generally tries to maintain a nutritious diet because she wants to succeed in tennis.
Fontana, Margherita, and Domenick T. Zero. "Assessing Patients Caries Risk." JADA 137 (2006): 1231-239. Print.
In addition, plaque is created when we eat foods containing starches or sugars. The Dangers of Plaque
This type of diabetes has a lot to do with obesity. Lila eating high volumes of processed foods isn’t the best meal choices. “The prevalence of diabetes in the U.S. continues to rise by epidemic proportions. This increase parallels the rising rates of obesity and overweight observed over the past decade (1,2). Indeed, as BMI increases, the risk of developing type 2 diabetes increases in a “dose-dependent” manner (3,4). “ (Klein, Sheard, Pi-Sunyer, Daly, Wylie-Rosett, Kulkarni & Clark, 2004) After developing and managing a healthier meal plan; Lila needs to become physically active. Due to her inactive status she is developing peripheral neuropathy in addition to her diabetes status. Lila could start with speaking with her primary care physician about what activities she could do to become physically active along with taking her medication as directed and following a healthy meal plan. This could lead to weight loss for Lila along with building confidence in herself to get her health back on track, feel healthy and also feel beautiful. Lila changes could lead to positive support and comments from family and friends. “Weight loss is an important goal for overweight or obese persons, particularly those with type 2 diabetes, because it improves glycemic control (21). Moderate weight loss (5% of body weight) can improve insulin action,
Nutrition assessments include clinical and dietary assessment, anthropometrics, as well as biochemical, laboratory immunologic and functional indices of nutritional status (Gibney, 2005). In epidemiological studies, different dietary investigation tools were designed to assess the nutritional status in individuals and populations, nutrition monitoring and surveillance and diet-disease research (Friedenreich, et al., 1992, Taren, 2002).
DV should seriously update her diet patterns, include lower calorie foods and start to increase her physical activity such as cardio, swimming or brisk walking for 1 hour per day. DV should increase her potassium, iron and vitamin D levels in order to maintain her normal body function. DV’s main focus of daily food intake should be the on decreasing and maintaining the recommended level of saturated fat, cholesterol level, carbohydrates, and proteins. Potassium is essential component for the proper function of all cells, tissues, and organs in human body. This mineral is involved in proper heart function and plays an important role in skeletal and smooth muscle contraction. Deficiency in potassium can lead to a risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, muscle weaknesses, anorexia, and confusion. For DV, with her diet low in potassium is recommended to intake foods high in potassium, such as legumes, green vegetables, fruits-bananas, apricots, all kind of meats and fish -salmon, cod, flounder. Another good source of potassium is milk, yogurt, ice cream and other dairy products (Dudek,
Within the three days in which I have been tracking my diet, there have been two main factors that recently altered my diet substantially. The first factor is a new Medicine which I have been prescribed for Adhd, Strattera; Strattera’s most common side-effect is the inhibition of appetite and hunger. In the past week that I have been taking Strattera I have not experienced any hunger whatsoever. The other factor which may have contributed to glaring deficiencies, is the fact that my refrigerator broke down a few days before I began tracking my diet, this made it harder to eat as much produce as I usually eat. Together these two factors may have skewed my diet, for the worse.