Anna is in her early 30’s, single, and has a four-year-old son who is in day car

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   Anna is in her early 30’s, single, and has a four-year-old son who is in day care. She attends nursing school in the morning and early afternoon four days in the week and works part-time at a local restaurant every evening. She has permission to eat one daily meal at the restaurant at a reasonable cost. However, with her limited income and time constraints, Anna finds herself frequently unable to buy enough food, or prepare nutritious meals for her and her son to eat. Her son spends the evening at the grandmother’s home while Anna works. The grandmother has snacks such as potato chips, sodas, and sweets available in case the 4-year old is hungry.

1. In 100 or more words, explain why an issue or problem exists.

2. In 100 or more words, support the issue or problem (detected in #1 above) nutritional or dietary information from a professional nutritional reference as it relates to the case study.

3. In 100 or more words, discuss concepts from the textbook that align with #2 above.

4. In 100 or more words, provide nutritional recommendations or advice to the individual.

Explanation / Answer

1. The problem is the above case scenario is that neither Anna nor her son is getting enough balanced diet.

They do not have access to the healthy hygienic nutritious food.

The son have a high consumption of unhealthy junk food like potato chips, sodas and sweet st grandmother.

2. Professional nutritionist states that home cooked food is healthy and hygienic. One should eat a balanced diet comprising of all macro and micro - nutrients. Kids should limit eating oily fried food like potato chips. Avoid junk food. Excessive sugars should be avoided. Avoid packed juices and other aerated drinks and soda instead go for fresh fruit juices.

3. Concepts include:

Balanced diet : a diet that consists of all essential micro and macro nutrients necessary for body to carry out its function and proper growth.

Avoiding oily, junk and excessive sugary foods

4. Nutritional recommendation/ advice:

- proper breakfast, lunch and dinner are necessary for meeting fhe body requirements .

- Adding dairy products like milk, cheese are recommended

- include atleast 5 fruits and vegetables in the diet

- avoid junk food

- avoid excessive sugar and packed drinks and juices

- incorporate exercise and sompe physical activity

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