Calorie Intake
As stated before, my client is a 22 year old female who is 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 135 pounds, and has a body mass index (BMI) of 21. By using the Harris-Benedict Equation in the Clinical Calculation box 22-5, I calculated that my client’s body needs a total of 1,989.60 kilocalories every day for energy (Lutz, Mazur, and Litch, 2015, p. 523). Looking back at my client’s food dairy, I can see she ingested a total of 7,000 calories in that three day period and, according to my calculation, she only needed 5,968.80 kilocalories, for the three days, to provide her body with proper energy to function. For the total three days my client exceed her energy needs, but when looking at each day, she did not met her body’s needs on day three. According to the food dairy, on day one she consumed 3,156 calories, on day two 2,672 calories and on day three …show more content…
My client was 817.6 calories below her body’s energy needs, and that is because she was also 828 calories short of the recommended daily allowance (RDA), which is 2,000 calories per day (USDA, 2016). I believe the reason my client did not met the RDA is because she do not eat lunch, plus she only ate four pieces of ravioli for dinner, which is a small meal. For my client to maintain her weigh at 135 pounds, she would have to consume 1,989.60 kilocalories every day, which is very close to the RDA of 2,000 calories (USDA, 2016). If my client wanted to lose weight she needs to remove 500 kilocalories from her diet per day (Lutz, Mazur, and Litch, 2105, p. 368). I would help her create a meal plan that was low on carbohydrates, fats, and proteins because these nutrients promote weight gain (Lutz, Mazur, and
As stated before, my client is a 22 year old female who is 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 135 pounds, and has a body mass index (BMI) of 21. By using the Harris-Benedict Equation in the Clinical Calculation box 22-5, I calculated that my client’s body needs a total of 1,989.60 kilocalories every day for energy (Lutz, Mazur, and Litch, 2015, p. 523). Looking back at my client’s food dairy, I can see she ingested a total of 7,000 calories in that three day period and, according to my calculation, she only needed 5,968.80 kilocalories, for the three days, to provide her body with proper energy to function. For the total three days my client exceed her energy needs, but when looking at each day, she did not met her body’s needs on day three. According to the food dairy, on day one she consumed 3,156 calories, on day two 2,672 calories and on day three …show more content…
My client was 817.6 calories below her body’s energy needs, and that is because she was also 828 calories short of the recommended daily allowance (RDA), which is 2,000 calories per day (USDA, 2016). I believe the reason my client did not met the RDA is because she do not eat lunch, plus she only ate four pieces of ravioli for dinner, which is a small meal. For my client to maintain her weigh at 135 pounds, she would have to consume 1,989.60 kilocalories every day, which is very close to the RDA of 2,000 calories (USDA, 2016). If my client wanted to lose weight she needs to remove 500 kilocalories from her diet per day (Lutz, Mazur, and Litch, 2105, p. 368). I would help her create a meal plan that was low on carbohydrates, fats, and proteins because these nutrients promote weight gain (Lutz, Mazur, and