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Choosing Right
Ali Mantius and Paige Stevens

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What Would You Choose?
Breakfast:

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Clinical Setting Details
Brandon Senior Center
612 N Parsons Ave
Brandon FL

Senior Center Includes:

Adult Daycare (Dementia and

Alzheimer Clients)

Monday-Friday

Active Seniors

8am-5pm

Provides adults 55+ with

activities and hot meals

Clientele:

Average income: $0-$10,000/yearly

Average Age: 65-74 years old

Majority Gender: Females

Majority Ethnicity: Hispanic,

Caucasian, and African American

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Goals
Main Goal:
Clients are able to identify healthy and unhealthy food items by
reading the nutrition label.

Healthy People 2020 Goals:

Improve health-related quality of life and well-being for all
individuals.
Improve the health, function, and quality of life of older adults.

(2020 Topics & Objective, 2015)

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Objectives
Objectives
Applying/Analyzing: Client is able to interpret nutrition
labels and their meaning.
Understanding: Client is able to look at the nutrition label
and describe/explain why it is or it is not healthy.
Creating: Client has developed new awareness towards the
importance of reading nutrition labels.

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Handy Dandy Notecard!

(Eating Healthier and Feeling Better Using the Nutrition Facts Label, 2015)
(Osborn, Wraa, Watson & Holleran, 2014)

Total Fat

Maximum
Daily Total
Fat Intake:
70
grams/70,00
0mg

Chobani Greek Yogurt

Increased fat
consumption in
the American
population is
one of the main
causes of the
rising obesity
rate among
Floridians.

(Florida, 2015)

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Adult Obesity
Averages:
Hillsborough
County- 26%
Florida- 26%
Poor or Fair
Health Rating
Averages:
Hillsborough
County- 17%
Florida- 16%

Adult Obesity
Hillsborough County

(Florida, 2015)

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Sodium

Maximum Daily
Sodium Intake: 2.4
grams/2400mg

Excess sodium intake

contributes to high rates
of high blood pressure,
heart attack, and stroke.

Heart disease and stroke

are currently the
nations first and fourth
leading causes of death.

(Osborn, Wraa, Watson & Holleran, 2014)

(Processed Foods: Where is all that salt coming from?, 2014)
(Sodium: The Facts, 2013)

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Maximum Daily Carb Intake: 300 grams/300,000mg

A couple foods
high in
carbohydrates:
Whole Grains
Oatmeal
Fiber One
Bars
Potatoes
Beans
Nuts/Seeds
Rice

Price: $3.69

(Osborn, Wraa, Watson & Holleran, 2014)

Sugar
Maximum Daily Sugar
Intake: 90grams/90,000mg

One 12 ounce can of Coca-Cola

adds enough sugar to a persons
diet to boost their chances of
heart disease by 1/3rd.

One 12 ounce can of Coca-Cola

has 10 teaspoons of sugar,
which is more sugar than 2
frosted Pop Tarts and a Twinkie
combined.

The World Health Organization

(WHO) recommends people
consume less sugar than is (Osborn, Wraa, Watson & Holleran, 2014)
found in one regular soda per(66 Interesting Facts about Sugar, 2014)
day.

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Protein

Maximum Daily Protein Intake:

90grams/90,000mg

The Protein contained in

eggs is considered to be
the highest quality
protein out of all foods.

Insects actually contain

high levels of protein,
more than some normal
protein foods such as
milk or cheese.

(Osborn, Wraa, Watson & Holleran,

2014)

Croissant Nutrition Label

Price: $6.71

Delight Nutrition Label

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Keeping You Full and Focused
Quaker Oatmeal

Price: $3.63

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Now What Would You Choose??

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Were You Right?

Price: $3.15

Price: $4.99

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Why you ask!?
Eggplant Cutlets

Hungry Man

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Other Healthy Options!

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Evaluation

Clients were:

Attentive

Vocal

Interested

Interactive

They picked the right food options prior to the nutrition

label session!

They kept us on our toes!

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References
Eating Healthier and Feeling Better Using the Nutrition Facts Label. (2015). U.S Food and Drug
Administration.

Retrieved June 16, 2015, from http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/

LabelingNutrition/ucm266853.htm
Healthy Eating on A Budget. (2015). ChooseMyPlate.gov. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved
June 11,

2015, from http://www.choosemyplate.gov/budget/index.html

Osborn,K.S., Wraa,C.E., Watson,A.B., & Holleran,R.S. (2014).Medical-surgical nursing: Preparation for

practice (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
Processed Foods: Where is all that salt coming from? (2014, October 13). American Heart Association.
Retrieved June

11, 2015.

Shils, M. E., & Shike, M. (2006).Modern nutrition in health and disease. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins.

Retrieved June 11, 2015.

Sodium: The Facts. (2013). National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Retrieved
June 16,

2015, from http://www.cdc.gov/salt/pdfs/Sodium_Fact_Sheet.pdf

2020 Topics & Objectives. (2015). HealthyPeople.gov. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Retrieved June 11, 2015, from http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/default

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References Continued
Florida.

(2015). Sarasota. County Health Rankings &

Roadmaps. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2015, from
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/florida/2015/ra
nkings/sarasota/county/factors/overall/snapshot
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Interesting Facts about Sugar. (2014). Random Facts.

(2014, October 6). Retrieved June 17, 2015, from
http://facts.randomhistory.com/sugar-facts.html

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