Assignment:
Answer the following questions.
1. How does the percent carbohydrate consumption (12%) compare to what is recommended (AMDR)? What specific dietary changes could be made to improve this?
2. How does the percent lipid consumption (50%) compare to what is recommended (AMDR)? What specific dietary changes could be made to improve this?
3. How does the percent protein consumption (35%) compare to what is recommended (AMDR)? What specific dietary changes could be made to improve this?
4. Go to the following link to calculate EER (Estimated Energy Requirement): https://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/dri-calculator/
5. Enter the information where indicated (sex, age, pregnancy/lactation status, height, weight, activity level) for yourself (or the person you interviewed to collect Food Diary data). To help select the most accurate activity level, please click on the "i" next to "Activity Level" to view the parameters for each level. Then, click submit. What is the EER (reported as "Estimated Daily Caloric Needs")? How does the average daily kcal consumption (from number 14) compare with the EER?