Nutrition Through the Life Cycle
Nutritional needs do not remain the same as you age. The daily requirements of a nutrient can increase or decrease based upon factors such as growth patterns, activity levels, or other physical changes to name a few.
The Unit 8 assignment will give you an opportunity to review how nutritional needs change throughout the life cycle, and identify ways to improve an individuals nutritional intake during the different stages.
You will be required to conduct research and search for peer reviewed articles. A peer reviewed article is an article where other experts/peers in a given field of study, review and critique the original authors article. This process helps to ensure that the research methodology and results are valid and meet research standards. The Purdue Global Library is an excellent resource to conduct your research.
The following are resources that may assist you in completing this assignment:
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2018, May 10). Healthy people 2020. Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. (n.d.) Food and nutrition. Retrieved from https://www.usda.gov/topics/food-and-nutrition.
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