In this activity, you will identify three main food sources in your country for each of the following: carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals. Then, you will select one of the nutrients and explain its importance for normal body function and the consequences of a deficiency of this nutrient. Organize your nutrients and food sources in a table format.

Step 1: Review

Review the learning resources for this lesson.

Step 2: Explore and Select

Think of the existing main food sources in your country. You may explore the web to assist you with your search. Then, identify three food sources for each of the following primary nutrients:

• Carbohydrates
• Fats
• Proteins
• Vitamins
• Minerals 

Note: Since there are five (5) listed types of nutrients here and each must have three (3) examples, there must be fifteen (15) food sources in total.

Step 3: Respond

After listing all the required food sources, choose one nutrient, analyze and prepare a 300-500 word discussion piece with the following key points:

• How does the body use each food source for your selected nutrient?
• How does the nutrient contribute to the health status of people?  
• How easy or difficult is it to get access to this nutrient in your region, and what consequences can occur if persons are deficient in this nutrient? 

Step 4: Share

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure that you have addressed all the required information, and you include both the table and the discussion. Please ensure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 5: Interact

Evaluate and categorize the work from one of your peers based on items A - E of this rubric. Provide a rationale for the grade you provided, as well as comments or suggestions for improvement. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.” You can use the list below as an example:

Item A is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item B is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item C is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item D is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item E is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….

OPTIONAL Step 6: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will develop a plan for a nutrition survey that you could potentially implement in your country. 

Step 1: Review 

Review the steps in conducting a nutrition survey by reviewing pages 11-17 of this document: Guidelines for Nutrition Surveys

Step 2: Design and Develop

Using the steps provided by the learning resource, develop a plan for a nutrition survey that you could potentially implement in your country. Keep in mind that the steps are the most important, as they help you determine the purpose of your survey and the important nutrition issues that you are trying to address from the survey.

Step 3: Respond

Respond by drafting a 2-page brief plan with the following inclusions:

• A survey plan that addresses all the steps outlined in the resource document
• Purpose of the survey and the nutrition-related diseases (such as micronutrient deficiencies or chronic diseases) you want to address

Step 4: Share

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure that you have addressed all the required information. Please ensure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 5: Interact

Evaluate and categorize the work from one of your peers based on items A and B of this rubric. Provide a rationale for the grade you provided, as well as comments or suggestions for improvement. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.” You can use the list below as an example:

Item A is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item B is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….

OPTIONAL Step 6: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will identify a dietary pattern in your country and evaluate diverse sustainability factors that can affect the security of the food system. 

Step 1: Read and identify

Read this article to better understand Sustainable dietary patterns.

Identify a common dietary pattern consumed by the majority or a diet that is becoming a trend in your country.

Step 2: Evaluate

Describe the dietary pattern that you chose. Evaluate factors like water resources, energy and transports resources, land requirements, climate change impact (Greenhouse Gas Emission), and costs, that affect the sustainability of the food system in the long term.

Step 3: Summarize

Using all of this information, summarize your findings in 300-500 words. Include the sustainability factors identified, providing a rationale for each one on how this dietary pattern affects food system sustainability. 

Step 4: Share 

Share your summary by clicking on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure that you have addressed all the required information. Please ensure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 5: Interact

To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “post to forum.” 

OPTIONAL Step 6: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will conduct a search for specific food and nutrition policies in your home country and critique these policies.

Step 1: Research

Review the learning resource for this lesson. Conduct further research on the specific food and nutrition policies within your own country (at the national and local levels). You can find the respective government department in your country that handles national public health problems and health promotion on the web or contact them via phone or email. 

Example: The webpage for Canada’s Department of Health, Health Canada, would be a good place to start research on Canadian food and nutrition policies. 

Step 2: List

List the most current and credible set of food and nutrition policies in your home country.

Step 3: Write a Critique

Write a 500-700 word critique and summary paper that describes your country’s food and nutrition policies. Additionally, critique these policies using the following key criteria:

• Inclusiveness of the whole population
• Practicality (can realistically be carried out)
• Comprehensiveness
• Affordability and accessibility
• Food security and efficacy
• Other aspects

Step 4: Share 

Share your work by clicking on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure that you have addressed all the required information. Please ensure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 5: Interact

Evaluate and categorize the work from one of your peers based on items A - D of this rubric. Provide a rationale for the grade you provided, as well as comments or suggestions for improvement. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.” You can use the list below as an example:

Item A is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item B is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item C is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item D is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….

OPTIONAL Step 6: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will develop a plan for a community need assessment directed to mothers, infants, or children that you may have seen or heard about in your country.

Step 1: Identify

Think of an important nutrition problem affecting mothers, infants, or children that you may have seen or heard about in your country which you would feel confident describing to a peer.

Step 2: Develop

Develop a plan to assess this community with the following steps:

• Identify and assemble a diverse community team
• Who should be part of the team on this plan? And Why? Hospital Administrator, Civic Leader, Law enforcer, etc
• Develop a team strategy
• Define: goals, how data will be used, timeline, role and responsibilities, etc.  
• Identify scope of assessment
• Define the region or neighborhood, the sectors within the area, and components to assess such as nutrition status and eating habits
• Develop questions to ask
• Ask to learn about the strengths and weaknesses of specific community components within each sector
• Select sites
• Are the locations within each sector your team will visit to conduct the needs assessment
• Determine data collection methods
• A combination of 2 or more data-collection methods is recommended at each site to confirm or support initial findings. 
• Identify key informants
• For each sector and site your team has identified for the assessment, contact people in the community who can provide the appropriate insight, knowledge, or documentation.

Conduct this plan to assess the community needs:

• Identify the perceived needs, expressed needs, absolute needs, and relative needs around nutrition. 
• Briefly provide a plan to solve the perceived needs of the community.

Step 3: Respond

Respond by writing 400-500 words that cover all of the required information stated above.

Step 4: Share

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure that you have addressed all the required information. Please ensure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 5: Interact

Evaluate and categorize the work from one of your peers based on items A - D of this rubric. Provide a rationale for the grade you provided, as well as comments or suggestions for improvement. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.” You can use the list below as an example:

Item A is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item B is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item C is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item D is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….

OPTIONAL Step 6: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will analyze a case study discussing ethical issues in treating patients with eating disorders.

Step 1: Review

Review the following case study:

Lisa is a 21-year-old college student who has been reporting four to five binge-purge episodes per day for the last six months. She shares a house with 4 other college students. Lisa reported that the other women in the house all seemed thin and pretty, which caused her to begin to perceive herself as overweight. Her housemates encouraged her to attend counseling. Lisa told her counselor how she had considerable secrecy and shame. Lisa stated she did not mind including her peers at some time during her counseling sessions. The counselor thought immediate contact with her peers would be helpful. Consequently, without any signed releases, the counselor contacted three of Lisa’s peers and invited them to attend the next individual session scheduled with Lisa and the counselor. The counselor believed it would be helpful and supportive. She thought the open dialogue could help Lisa to realize how many young women struggle with similar body image issues and how they wanted her “to get better.” The counselor left a phone message for  Lisa indicating her peers would be attending the next session. Lisa did not show for the next appointment. The counselor tried to contact her to schedule another appointment but received no response.

Step 2: Respond

Write a post of 200-350 words in which you address the following:

1. What ethical issue is evident in this case?
2. Which code of ethics is this case linked to?
3. How should the counselor have handled the situation, and why?

Step 3: Share

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure that you have addressed all the required information. Please ensure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts)

4: Interact

To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “post to forum.”

OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”