IM FREAKING OUT THIS IS DUE TOMORROW IF I DONT GET IT DONE IM GONNA FAIL PLS IM CRYING... Nutrition Textbook Reading and Questions

Today you will be doing some reading in the textbook as background for our nutrition unit.

Open the textbook in Canvas and go to chapter 9 Nutrition. Read L1, Nutrients Your Body Needs (all 4 pages please) and then read L2, Creating a Healthful Plan (all 5 pages please). When you are done reading (do not answer the book question just my questions) please answer the following questions.

Name the 6 different categories of nutrients and give 4 examples of each one except for water.
How can what you choose to eat now affect your health when you get older?
What is My Plate?
What do each of the following important nutrients do for your body: vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron and Potassium.
Based on what you know, what are three behaviors, or guidelines, do you think are the most important behaviors, or guidelines, to practice when eating to stay healthy.

Sally is a 43-year-old mother of two who has gained 50 pounds over the past 5 years. she is 64 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds with a bmi of 30.8. her waist circumference is 37 inches. she acknowledges that she is not as physically active as she would like to be. she also notes how recent stresses in her life have affected her sleep and seem to have triggered her appetite for sweets and comfort foods. sally's father recently died from complications of type 2 diabetes, and her mother and sisters are overweight. sally says she is very motivated to "not get diabetes" and is disturbed that her recent physical exam revealed mildly elevated blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol levels. 1. sally stated that recent stresses in her life are affecting her sleep and seemed to have triggered her appetite for sweets and comfort foods. which of the following statements would be best to explain why her lack of sleep has increased her appetite? a. lack of sleep decreases ghrelin levels. b. levels of neuropeptide y, a brain chemical that causes carbohydrate cravings, are high and may contribute to her sleep problems. c. the satiety hormone leptin increases with lack of sleep. d. lack of sleep increases uncoupling protein. e. lack of sleep increases levels of ghrelin which stimulates appetite and decreases levels of leptin which decreases appetite.

Active immunity refers to: a. the defenses people are born with. b. temporary immunity granted from another source. c. immunity gained through immunization and exposure to diseases. d. natural immunities that protect humans from other animal diseases

Losing or fewer per week is a healthy rate of weight loss.