Childhood Obesity

Sophia is an average ten-year-old girl who attends third grade. She spends the afternoons at home with her older brother, and hasn’t had any prior nutrition education. She attends a 30 minute P.E. class at her school twice a week, but otherwise is relatively inactive. Sophia is 4’9” tall and weighs 100 pounds. Her birthday is October 10, 2002.

Use this information and the sample diet below to enter her foods into the SuperTracker database (https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/default.aspx). Save both the Nutrient Report and the Food Group and Calories Report as Word docs. Upload the two reports and your answers to the following questions into the appropriate dropbox area. Make sure you get your email receipt indicating that you properly submitted the assignment.

Sample Diet:

Breakfast: Lunch: Snack: Dinner:

1½ C. Froot Loops 1 Fruit Roll-Up 1 Toaster Strudel 2 C. Mac & Cheese w/marg.

½ C. 2% Milk PB & J Sandwich 2 C. Lemonade Kool Aid

75. oz. Potato Chips

1. What is Sophia’s daily caloric total? How many calories should she be eating? Based on the 3500 cals = 1 pound concept, how many pounds is she likely to gain each month?

Sophia’s caloric total is 2,167 Calories. According to the nutrients report Sophia should be eating about 2200 calories per day. Based on the 3500 cals = 1 pound Sophia is likely to gain between 18-19 pounds each month!

2. Use this website to determine Sophia’s BMI: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dnpabmi/

a. According to the website, what percentile is she in?

Sophia is in the 91st Percentile.

b. What risk category does this translate to? (underweight, healthy weight, overweight or obese)

Sophia is Overweight.

c. Based on the above and information from #1, do you believe that Sophia will become obese? Why or why not?

I believe Sophia will become obese if she continues her diet,...