Week 7 discussion
Personal Nutrition and Health
Read the scenario below
Provide five tips to the student to help him get back on
track
Read your classmates’ posts and strive to make your tips unique
from your classmates’ tips.
Respond to at least two different classmates.
Scenario
Johnny’s largest meal of the day is late in the evening.
Twice a week he prepares his own hot dinners at his dorm. The other nights he
eats frozen convenience foods, microwave dinners, fast food, or cold
sandwiches. His friends have mentioned to him that his eating habits may affect
his health, but Johnny has explained that he is an athlete and needs to eat the
way he does to have energy to compete at a college level. He has seen no change
in his weight over the past few months, either up or down, not even with weight
training activities. He has not been to the doctor in a year, but as a student
athlete is required to see the doctor once every year, and so he will schedule
an appointment in the upcoming weeks in preparation for lacrosse season.
Johnny wants to be the best athlete possible and his
friends’ concerns have made him think about his eating habits. He has visited
you at the student health center where you are volunteering with the nutrition
office as part of your nutrition class. What advice can you give Johnny about
sports nutrition and his current eating habits? Please give him at least five
tips. Note: Please clearly indicate your tips in your response (if I can’t
locate them, I can’t grade them).
See Syllabus for Discussion Expectations and Rubric
Use complete sentences, correct spelling and grammar, and
well-written and organized paragraphs. You are required to cite your course
resources in these discussions to show how you have applied what you have read.
Grades will reflect how well you have followed these guidelines. I am eager to
see each individual’s posts and interact with you.
