Webquest designed by:
Tara Milner
Introduction Task Process Websites Evaluation Conclusion Teacher Page
INTRODUCTION:
You are a dietician, whose job
is to evaluate people’s current diets and help them to build new diets to suit
their dietary needs according to their situations. You will be evaluating a specific person’s
diet and helping them make a diet that is more suitable for the lifestyle they
lead.
THE TASK:
You
will be given the Nutritional Backgrounds on four different people. Your job is to pick one of the following
people and evaluate their diets. You
will be making the person you choose a sample week long menu to help them start
changing their diet according to their needs.
I
will be providing you with some of the websites you will need to complete this
project: You may look up more if you
would like to
You
will be designing 3 meals a
day for five days: Breakfast, Lunch,
& Dinner
You will be turning in your week long menu
for your customer
The People
Bobby
Age:
16
Basketball
Player
Problem:
Gained a little too much weight over the summer and needs to trim a few pounds
before practice starts for the season
Current
Weight: 175 lbs.
Goal
Weight: 166 lbs.
Kellie
Age: 21
College
Student/Bartender
Problem: Working at a bar, Kellie feels as though she
has gained weight from the types of alcohol she drinks at work every night, and
would like to know some healthier alternatives to beer and pretzels.
Goal:
To shed a few pounds and find some healthier foods and drinks than the ones she
is having at work.
Matt
Age:
54
Lawyer/Dad
Problem: Between Matt’s busy schedule at the law
office and making time to spend with his
family Matt has become morbidly obese.
Matt feels bad that he can’t run around with his kids any longer, but he
just doesn’t know how he can trim his eating habits when he is always on the
go. Matt thinks that McDonald’s and
Burger King are the only restaurant’s that can serve his meal fast enough when
he is shuffling between the office and court. Please help Mattt choose some healthier
alternatives.
Current
weight: 300lbs.
Goal
weight: 215 lbs.
Emma
Age:
73
Grandma
Problem: Emma at the ripe young age of 73 just had her
first heart attack. She currently is at
a desirable weight and went walking or swimming every day before she had her
heart attack. Emma’s diet consists of
cigarette’s (at least a pack a day), baked goods, and fried foods. Please help Emma figure out a way to make her
diet healthier so she can retain her youthfulness.
THE PROCESS:
1)
You will choose one of the people
offered to evaluate.
2)
Once you have chosen a person to
evaluate you are going to start looking at websites that will help you pick a
new diet for them.
3)
After you have made a new diet for your subject,
make a sample menu for a week. Along
with your sample menu, please turn in your findings and recommendations for
your subject.
WEBSITES
CONCLUSION
Upon
completion of this project, you the student should have better understanding of
how to help improve a person’s diet so that they can live a healthier
lifestyle. This project will also
hopefully make you think to take a second look at your lifestyle to see if you
are as “fit” and “healthy” as you think you are.