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1. Choose one client for whom you will prepare a diet and exercise program.
2. Start a project journal to use for note-taking, exploring ideas, brainstorming, etc. The project journal WILL be turned in with your portfolio and exercise video.
3. Begin examining the websites provided. If you come across any unfamiliar nutritional terms, you can use the glossary at the Food Safety and Nutrition Information site.
4. Start by identifying the appropriate goal weight for your client. Determine if he or she needs to lose, maintain, or gain weight, and how much. Record your reasoning in your project journal.
An interactive tool to help you determine the best diet, exercise program, etc. for "a healthy lifestyle." Contains sections on nutrition, fast food, and recipes.
Target weights based on height and frame size are listed for men and women. Health and fitness tips are listed on the left side.
Provides a comprehensive assessment of nutritional needs, weight plan, and exercise suggestions.
5. Identify problem characteristics of your client's lifestyle that you need to suggest changing or need to account for when designing his or her program. Record your reasoning in your project journal.
Click on topics Assess Your Diet and Healthy Eating Tips.
6. Design an exercise program for your client. Remember to consider the time and resources (access to equipment, money, etc.) available to your client and his or her likely comfort level with the activities. Record your reasoning in your project journal.
Calculates calories burned for each of the different exercise activities.
Making a commitment, checking your health, defining fitness, knowing the basics, workout schedule, measuring your heart rate, controlling your weight, when to exercise, fitness and exercise. Developed by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
Guidelines for developing a weight training program.
Wonderful World of Weight Training This is a WebQuest designed for students to learn about weight training. Use it to get ideas for your client's weight training needs.
This lesson plan site provides great instructions for doing a variety of physical activities--from swimming to yoga. Begin by clicking on "Fitness" and go from there.
7. Develop a one-week menu for your client. Use the food pyramid to nutritionally balance the menu. Set maximum amounts for daily calories consumed and grams of fat consumed. Include between-meal snacks and remember to consider your client's lifestyle when designing meals (preparation time, access to ingredients, etc.). Record your reasoning in your project journal.
Dietary guidelines, tips and resources, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Includes the following sections: Enjoy Eating, Supermarket, Cookbook, Out and About, and Fit Forever. Sponsored by the American Heart Association.
Nutrient and meal plan information for vegetarian diets.
The Vegetarian Resource Group is a non-profit organization that educates the public on vegetarianism and related issues of health, nutrition, ecology, ethics, and world hunger. Its Web site includes vegetarian and vegan recipes and information about vegetarian and vegan health and nutrition, including information about children.
Look for an explanation of the health benefits, recipes, and information on nutrition and nutrition research all about fruits and vegetables.
Search for a recipe by word, phrase, or ingredient. Search for meal plans according to categories (weight loss, international, vegetarian, gourmet, etc), individual recipes by categories (diabetic, seasonal, breakfast, meat, desserts, etc), and the most frequently viewed recipes on the site. Groups recipes by nutritional content, by course of the meal, has dietary exchange information, and allows you to make a customized shopping list in accordance with the floor plan of your local supermarket.
8. Prepare a "survival tips" section for the client's portfolio providing helpful hints on how to succeed with your program. Consider his or her current lifestyle and habits when determining what advice would be most helpful. Record your reasoning in your project journal.
Tips on losing weight, nutrition, and exercise.
Diet and Weight Loss Tips Collection Tips on eating and nutrition, mind over matter, and exercise.
Discussion of the 3 factors that affect our motivation to stay with an exercise program: personal, program, and environmental.
Eating Smart: A Nutrition Resource List for Consumers List of resources on general nutrition and healthy eating to recommend for your client. The resources are in a variety of formats: books, newsletters, and materials on the World Wide Web.
9. Use your project journal to create a rationale for the program. Explain the decisions you made in determining the goal weight, menu, and appropriate exercises. This helps the client understand how your program is uniquely designed with his/her needs and lifestyles in mind.
Physical Activity and Health: Adolescents and Young Adults Rationale for why adolescents need physical activity.
Physical Activity and Health: The Link Between Physical Activity and Morbidity and Mortality Rationale for why adults need physical activity.
There are 3 components to this site: An exercise diary, a list of fitness resources, and "My Fitness," an interactive site that allows you to choose the profile that best describes your level of fitness in order to receive suggestions specific to your lifestyle.
Assessment tool for optimizing your health according to lifestyle and risk factors.
10. In Microsoft Word, prepare a portfolio for your client that includes the following components:
Click on Evaluation to view the Evaluation Rubric, or what is expected of you.
Click on Resources to find additional information for your client about nutrition, diet, and exercise.
11. Film a video of the proposed exercise plan for your client.
12. Download and edit the video using Windows Movie Maker software. You must include a title, captions, and video transitions. Music is optional (bonus points, perhaps...).
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