Genetic Health Risk Assessment
Genetic Health Risk Assessment
Genetic Health Risk Assessment – Part 3: Ideal Diet, analysis and summary. Worth 50 points. See rubric for grading details.
Objective: This assignment combines what you have learned about your health goals, your current diet, your ideal diet, and your genetic health risks within
your family (from the chart you completed for part 2), in a summary and as a plan on what you can do to prevent or reduce your chances of getting certain
diseases. IT HAS TWO PARTS and both parts are required.
A. IDEAL DIET FOOD LOG. You will create a one day ideal day’s food log (intake) including foods you can add to help reduce your risk of your family’s genetic
health risks. As you did when you tracked your current diet, USE Cronometer to create an ideal food log that meets your AMDR macronutrient needs, as well
as adding both macro and micronutrients to help with your genetic health risk. This is your ideal or “perfect” diet. I am looking for a variety of veggies,
fruits, whole grains, healthy fats, lean proteins, low fat dairy, etc. Remember all the things that we have learned in class.
In Cronmeter, search for the food item; choose the proper meal, serving size, and any add-ons. Then click the add button. Repeat for each food until you
have your “perfect” one-day menu. The objective is to get within 50 calories above or below your budgeted calorie amount for the day (the first AMDR assignment
you completed this semester for this course). Therefore, you may need to ‘play around’ with the foods to get your ideal totals.
You can adjust the foods in your ideal diet to help you get closer to 100% of your macro and micro nutrient needs. For example, you may have added green
beans as your vegetable, but if you have a risk for cancer, you may want to include a vegetable that is higher in antioxidants (remember the Cancer and
Antioxidants assignment?) When you are satisfied with the foods you have added for your one-day ideal menu, use the “snipping tool” to capture the food
log and nutrient targets reports (as you did in an earlier assignment). Make sure to print off both for submission.
B. ANALYSIS & SUMMARY. You will write a summary about all of these assignment components—
1. analyze your current diet and health risks (3-day food log and genetic risk chart)
2. identify your most important health risk==you may have found you have more than one risk. Choose the health condition that received the most ‘checks’
or if you have a tie, choose the one that you also have or is closer to you (you parents or siblings have the risk)
3. discuss what you found for your calorie, physical activity and macronutrient goals
4. explain what you need to eat (nutrients and FOODS) ideally to help minimize future risks (your ideal diet) in general terms and specially including
a discussion about which foods you included and why.
5. compare/contrast your current diet and your ideal diet. Take into account what you learned in class and the effects of what you are eating to either
increase or decrease your risk of developing the particular chronic condition you are most at risk. You should include information about your current diet
and how it is helping or hindering your efforts to achieve long-term health.
6. Finally, set a goal or few goals for yourself now that you have the information you need to contribute to healthy behaviors to reduce your risks in
getting certain diseases.
This summary should be a clearly written into a one- to two-page typed paper using black ink, 12-point font, Times New Roman or Arial font, and double-spaced.
Please note the summary should be at least one full page in length not including the header. A reference page should be included as well.
Spelling and grammar count so make sure you review your work and maybe even ask someone else to read through your paper before submitting it. If you use
facts from the textbook or a website, you must cite those in text and include a reference page.
C. SUBMISSION. Upload the images of your food log and nutrient analysis into the GHRA Risk Assessment and summary Dropbox in Brightspace D2L, along with
your one- to two-page summary. You may put all the informatijvzon into one word document, if desired.
