Food and Exercise Journal AnalysisASSIGNMENT 1 Food and Exercise Journal Analysis IMPORTANT INFORMATION • You must attempt and pass this assignment to pass the course. • This assignment must be completed individually. • Your work will be submitted through Turnitin where we will be checking for plagiarism. If you are not sure about what constitute plagiarism, I highly recommend you visit this site here 1 and familiarise yourself with the information available. The answers to the questions below must be in your own words. Any submitted work that shows signs of plagiarism may result in failure of the assessment. • It is your responsibility to make sure that you submit the correct assignment file into the submission box before the assignment due date. If you submit the wrong file and wish to submit another file after the due date, a 10% penalty will be applied for each day the new file was late after the due date. • Due Date: Wednesday 24 th of March at 11.59 PM INSTRUCTIONS • On Moodle under Assessment 1 section, you will find Andy’s food and exercise journal. The journal contains Andy’s dietary record and physical activity record for three consecutive days. The Excel file contains two sections - dietary record (tab 1), physical activity record (tab 2). • Your job is to analyse the data presented in the Excel spreadsheet and reflect on Andy’s eating and exercise habits by answering the questions below. • Your analysis and the reflection should be completed on a Microsoft Word Document and submitted via the Turnitin Assignment 1 submission box found on Moodle. • You are not required to submit the Excel file. The Excel file contains the raw data you need to calculate and analyse to answer the questions below. • The reflection should be between 1800-2000 words and should not go beyond 2000 words. You must use the relevant knowledge from the lessons and learning resources to support your reflection. This means you will need to include in text citations and a reference list of all the sources you used. Some questions may not require any references while others require one or two. Overall, you should have a minimum of 5 references. The references can be done in any referencing style you are comfortable with as long as it is consistent throughout the document. The references are not part of the word count. • This assignment is worth 50 marks and the mark breakdown for each question can be seen below. • There is no specific marking rubric for this assignment. You will be given marks on your ability to answer each component of the questions below effectively. • Your answers must contain evidence to support your thoughts from Andy’s journal and other sources. 1QUESTIONS Question 1 (5 marks) Using the data presented in the Excel file fill out the table below. Remember that 1 kcal = 4.184 kJ. Use this conversion when you are trying to calculate the kJ/day values. 1.1 Average Daily Energy intake (kcal/day) (1 mark) 1.2 Average Daily Energy intake (kJ/day) (1 mark) 1.3 Average Daily Energy Expenditure (kcal/day) (1 mark) 1.4 Average Daily Energy Expenditure (kJ/day) (1 mark) 1.5 Is Andy most likely to gain weight, maintain current weight or lose weight? (1 mark) Question 2 (5 marks) Using the information provided in the Excel file, calculate the daily energy requirement value using the Daily Energy Requirements Calculator 2 for Andy. You will need to decide about the physical activity level by looking at Andy’s physical activity record. 2.1 The daily energy requirement value from the website (kcal/day) (1 mark) 2.2 The BMR value from the journal (kcal/day) (1 mark) 2.3 What is the major difference between these two values? Consider what factors were used to calculate these two values in your answer. When you consider an individual’s daily energy needs which value would be more accurate and why? (3 marks) Question 3 (10 marks) 3.1 Based on the calculated average daily energy intake and expenditure values were the calories stored or burned for energy? How did you come to this conclusion? (1 mark) The next components of question 3 needs to be answered based on the choice (burned or stored) you made for 3.1. Only answer one or the other. If you selected burned answer the following questions: 23.2 Why does the body need to produce energy? (2 marks) 3.3 How does the body breakdown food to make energy? You should briefly talk about the digestion process of the macronutrients and the respiration process. (5 marks) 3.4 Discuss if Andy has consumed enough to meet his daily energy requirements and if it is not sufficient how he will obtain the energy needed. (2 marks) If you selected stored answer the following questions: 3.2 Explain the process of how the body store energy. You should address the following: Which organs are involved in storage? What is the purpose of storage? What macronutrient gets stored and in what form? (5 marks) 3.3 In what situations does the body access stored energy? (2 marks) 3.4 What are some implications of storing excess food? (2 marks) Question 4 (10 marks) 4.1 What are incidental activities? Provide some examples from Andy’s diary. (2 marks) 4.2 When combined overall for the 3 days which types of activities provided the most energy out? Was it incidental or athletic? Why? (2 marks) 4.3 When looking at 1 hour of incidental activities versus 1 hour of athletic activities, which contribute to the most energy expenditure and why? (3 marks) 4.4 Which single activity contributed to the most energy out in Day 1? What is the reason behind why this activity requires so much energy? (3 marks) Question 5 (10 marks) 5.1 Discuss whether Andy is getting all the macronutrients from his diet in sufficient amount? (2 marks) 5.2 Discuss if Andy getting enough sleep? (2 marks) 5.3 What changes if any does Andy need to make in his diet. Give reasons for your answer. (2 marks) 5.4 What changes if any does Andy need to make to his activity levels? Give reasons for your answer. (2 marks) 5.5 What are your thoughts on Andy’s general health and lifestyle? (2 marks) Question 6 (10 marks) 6.1 Fill in the tables below based on your diet and activities for a single day (5 marks) 34 Dietary Record Food items Energy Consumed (kcal) Activity Record Activity Energy Expended (kcal) Summary kcal/day kJ/day Daily energy intake Daily energy expenditure 6.2 Discuss the changes you should make to your diet, habits, and activity levels to lead a healthier lifestyle. (4 marks) 6.3 Do you think keeping a food and exercise journal would be useful? Why? (1 mark) SOME TIPS • Most of the information to support your answers will be in lessons 5-8. You can use lessons as references. Do not copy information from the lessons. You should be presenting the information from the lesson in your own words to support your answers. • You should also use other sources of information such as journal articles or websites. • Don’t get confused between calories, Calories, and kcal. This link 3 provides a good explanation on the similarities and differences between those terms. • Keep an eye on the units when doing the calculations on the Excel file. Make sure you use the correct units when doing the calculations or you will end up getting the incorrect values. • You will be asked to describe your energy intake and expenditure in both kcal and kJ. Remember that 1 kcal = 4.184 kJ.OPTIONAL While not compulsory, we also recommend that you keep track of your own diet and physical activities over a 3-day period. This will help you answer question number 6 of the assignment more easily. There are various phone apps and websites that track and record your diet. Additional features on these apps include personalised exercise trackers (for example, apps that record how long you walked in a day, and your average speed). One example of such an app is the MyFitnessPal 4 (available as a phone app on iTunes and Google Play). It has a large dietary database and a barcode scanner. However, there are plenty of other apps and websites, such as the Exercise Burn tool on My Food Record 5 website as well as other well rated apps 6 to track and/or record your diet. The compendium of physical activities 7 will help you figure out the amount of energy associated with different physical activities. RESOURCE LIST 1 https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism 2 https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/webform/daily-energy-requirements-calculator 3 https://www.benefits-of-honey.com/count-calorie.html 4 https://www.myfitnesspal.com/ 5 https://www.myfoodrecord.com/web/exercise/guest 6 https://www.healthline.com/health/best-calorie-counting-apps#1 7 https://sites.google.com/site/compendiumofphysicalactivities/home |