NS325 Nutrition Across the Life Cycle Unit 1 Seminar

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NS325Nutrition Across the Life CycleUnit
1 Seminar

• Nancy R. Mears, MS, CHES, PAPHS

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Seminar 1 - Outline

1. Get to know each other
2. Go over syllabus
3. Answer your questions
4. Pre-Pregnancy Physical Activity
5. Pre-Pregnancy Nutrition

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A little about me

• I have been married to my wonderful husband for
  almost 13 years
• We have 2 sons ages 9 7 years old
• We live in Southern Delaware
• I work full-time for a public school district as
  a School Nutrition Manager and am a Certified
  Health Education Specialist (CHES) and a Physical
  Activity in Public Health Specialist (PAPHS)
• I am new to Kaplan University and am excited to
  be here!

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Now your turn!
Get your typing fingers ready.
Tell us an interesting fact about yourself!
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Questions?

• I will try to put in question slides throughout
  the seminar power points.
• I can answer questions at any time.
• To get my attention just type a question
• As soon as I finish my thought, I will answer
  your question.
• If you are still unclear send me an email and I
  will get to it right after seminar.
• If there is something that I cannot answer right
  away, I will get back to you.

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Questions?
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Moving Forward

• Lets look at the syllabus

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First, the basics

• Here is my contact info
• Kaplan Email Address NMears_at_kaplan.edu
• I will get back to you within 24 hours during the
  week and within 48 hours on the weekends.
• AOL AIM ProfessorMears

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Course Description

• Studies in this course encompass the nutritional
  issue across the life cycle, including pregnancy,
  childbirth and lactation. The course considers
  nutritional aspects related to neonates, infants
  and children. The special needs of adolescents
  and disorders affecting this age group are
  discussed. The coursework will also include
  discussion of nutritional demands and food
  choices in geriatric population.

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Why do I need to know this?

• Having read the course description, how will this
  course be important to your career?

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Questions?
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Grading Criteria/Course Evaluation

• Grade Distribution and Weighting
• Total Points
• 9 Discussion Questions (50 points each) 450
• 6 Case Studies (50 points each) 300
• Aging Project 50
• Final Project 200
• TOTAL 1,000 points

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When will I get my grades?

• Discussion and assignment/case study grades will
  be updated each week no later than Sunday of the
  week following the units completion
• Approved Late work will be graded within five
  days of the submission date

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Questions?
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Course Policies How to Label Your Work

• Assignments Please label your projects
  username-assignmentunit.doc. For example, a
  student named Nancy Mears would name her file
  NMears-Unit 3Assignment.doc.
• Email Subject Lines Please start your subject
  lines in email correspondence with course
  section username SUBJECT_OF_MESSAGE. For
  example, NS325-02NMears Question regarding
  project.

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My dog ate my homework
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Course Policies Late Work Policy

• Late work will not be accepted unless there are
  clear and compelling extenuating circumstances.
• If you have extenuating circumstances that
  prevent you from completing course
  assignments/exams you must contact your
  instructor immediatelyprior to the
  assignment/exam/quiz due-date unless prevented
  from doing so by emergency circumstances.
• Examples of extenuating circumstances are serious
  personal and/or family illness/hospitalization,
  death in the family, weather-related
  evacuation/emergencies, work emergencies, and
  issues related to active military assignment.
• Personal computer/software/internet connectivity
  issues and course blocks are not considered
  extenuating circumstances.
• Granting of late-work submission due to
  extenuating circumstances is at the discretion of
  the instructor and will require documentation for
  verification of extenuating circumstances. If
  late work submission is granted, the instructor
  will establish new due-dates and requirements
  without loss of course points.  

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Questions?
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Seminars

• A description of all seminars to be held
• can be found under each of the units in
• the course.
• Seminars will NOT be graded in this course they
  are OPTIONAL

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Discussion Boards

• Each week you will be required to participate in
  the
• discussion board.
• Unit 1 is the only time you will find two
  separate
• discussions (the Introduction Discussion is not
• graded)
• The other units there will only be 1 discussion.

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How do I get an A in the Discussion boards?

• Students are expected to post
• A minimum of three posts per unit discussion
  thread
• One post in response to the instructors question
  by the end of day Saturday.
• Two posts in response to two classmates by the
  end of the unit which is Tuesday.
• Responses need to be on topic, original and
  contribute to the quality and advancement of the
  discussion.
• References are utilized where appropriate and are
  cited using APA format.
• Responses meet posted length requirements.
• Responses are clearly written and contain few
  spelling/grammatical errors.

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Referencing in the Discussions

• When you are posting to the discussion boards,
  please remember to reference your material!
• If it is not a thought that comes straight from
  your head, you must reference the source of your
  material.
• Points will be deducted if material is not
  referenced
• We must give credit where credit is due ?

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Plagiarism Dont do it!

• Plagiarism - Using another persons words,
  ideas, or results without giving proper credit to
  that person giving the impression that it is the
  students own work
• Please read the syllabus regarding the specifics
  of plagiarism.
• Kaplan University subscribes to a third-party
  plagiarism detection service, and reserves the
  right to check all student work to verify that it
  meets the guidelines of this policy.
• Penalties for Plagiarism
• 1st offense Failure of the assignment in which
  the action occurred.
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• 2nd offense Failure of the class in which the
  action occurred.
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• 3rd offense Expulsion or permanent dismissal
  from the University.

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APA Format Required

• Be sure to have your project assignments
  submitted in this correct format
• Title Page
• Double spaced
• Reference page in APA format
• You can potentially drop your grade from an A
  to a B by not following this format.
• Use the tools, on line help, and tutors available
  to you (Writing Center)
• You must use in text citation to list a reference
  at the end of you paper.

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APA Review What is APA?

• APA American Psychological Association
• National standard for the layout of an academic
  paper and gives a universal method for
  referencing sources used in these types of
  papers.
• Please remember, we need to use APA in our
  discussions, seminar option 2, and assignments.

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APA - Citations

• We cite another authors data to avoid
  plagiarism, to give him or her credit for their
  work, and to make it easy for your reader to do
  follow-up research.
• You must, absolutely must, give credit to the
  original author. Failure to do so results in
  plagiarism. Would you want someone else taking
  credit for your hard work? Research scientists,
  government officials, and other experts dont
  like it either.

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APA Citations Examples

• Paraphrasing
• Adolescent boys and girls experience rapid growth
  but at
• significant differences in rate (Edelstein
  Sharlin,
• 2009).
• Direct Quote
• The adolescent growth spurt takes 2 to 4 years
  to
• complete and is generally longer in boys thank in
  
• girls(Edelstein Sharlin, 2009, p. 109).

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How To Reference Our Text in APA Format

• Edelstein, S. Sharlin, J. (2009). Life Cycle
  Nutrition An Evidence Based Approach.
  Massachusetts Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

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Tutoring and Help

• KU Writing Center
• Tutoring
• APA citation
• Review grammar
• See sample essays
• Chat with a live tutor
• Submit a paper and receive feedback in 48 72
  hours.

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Syllabus questions???
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Pre-Pregnancy Nutrition Physical Activity
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Pre-pregnancy Physical Activity

• Benefits of Physical Activity
• Physical activity is any form of exercise or
  movement of the body that uses energy.
• Having an active lifestyle can help all women be
  healthy.
• Regular physical activity can lower your risk of
• Heart disease
• Stroke
• High blood pressure
• Breast or colon cancer
• Type 2 diabetes (often related to being
  overweight)
• Osteoarthritis (most common form of arthritis)
• Osteoporosis (weakens bones and affects many
  women)

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Benefits of Physical Activity (cont)

• Improve a persons mood
• Reduce feelings of mild or moderate depression
• Help with managing stress
• Help with managing weight
• Help with sleeping better
• Increase energy throughout the day
• www.marchofdimes.com

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Pre-Pregnancy Nutrition Folic Acid
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Folic Acid

• Folic acid, a B vitamin, helps prevent birth
  defects of the brain and spinal cord when taken
  before the end of early pregnancy. It is
  available in most multivitamins, as a folic
  acid-only supplement and in some foods.
• www.marchofdimes.com

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Folic Acid

•  When should you begin taking folic acid?
• A. When you're three months pregnant
• B. When your health care provider prescribes
  prenatal vitamins
• C. Before you start trying to get pregnant
• D. Every time you have sex

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Answer

• You should begin taking folic acid before you
  start trying to get pregnant.

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Folic Acid

• You're trying to get more folic acid in your
  diet. Which of the following foods is your best
  choice?
• A. Baked potato
• B. Cheeseburger
• C. Fortified breakfast cereal
• D. Pizza

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Answer

• Fortified breakfast cereal is your best choice to
  get more folic acid in your diet.

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Folic Acid

• You're thirsty and you have a choice of the
  following beverages. Which is the best choice if
  you're trying to increase your intake of folic
  acid?A. Cranberry juice
• B. Orange juice
• C. Apple juice
• D. Lemonade

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Answer

• Orange juice is the best choice of beverage if
  you're trying to increase your intake of folic
  acid.

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Folic Acid

• The best way to get enough folic acid to help
  protect your baby from birth defects of the brain
  and spinal cord is
• A. Eat a banana every day
• B. Take a multivitamin with 400 micrograms of
  folic acid every day
• C. Drink two glasses of milk every day
• D. Do nothing most women get enough in their
  diets

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Answer

• Take a multivitamin with 400 micrograms of folic
  acid every day.

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Folic Acid

• Take a multivitamin with 400 micrograms of folic
  acid every day before pregnancy and during early
  pregnancy, as part of a healthy diet.
• Eat a healthy diet that includes foods that
  contain folate, the natural form of the vitamin.

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Folic Acid Foods

• Fortified breakfast cereals (look on the label to
  see if the cereal has been fortified with folic
  acid)
• Lentils
• Asparagus
• Spinach
• Black beans
• Peanuts (only if you do not have a peanut
  allergy)
• Orange juice (from concentrate is best)
• Enriched breads and pasta
• Romaine lettuce
• Broccoli

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Pre-Pregnancy Nutrition Smoking Alcohol
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Smoking and Pregnancy

• 10 of pregnant women smoke
• Cigarette smoke contains over 2,500 chemicals
• If pregnant women stopped smoking there would be
  11 reduction still births and 5 reduction in
  new born deaths

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Smoking and Newborn Risk

• Doubles risk of low birth weight
• Increases risk of preterm delivery
• Increases risk of lifelong problems such as
  cerebral palsy, mental retardation and death
• Possibility of withdrawal symptoms

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Smoking and Pregnancy Problems

• Placenta previa (a low-lying placenta that covers
  part or all of the opening of the uterus)
• Placental abruption (in which the placenta peels
  away, partially or almost completely, from the
  uterine wall before delivery)
• Both can result in heavy bleeding during delivery
  that can endanger mother and baby, although
  cesarean delivery can prevent most deaths.

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Second-Hand smoke?

• Some studies have shown poor fetal growth and the
  babies are more likely to have a low birth
  weight.

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Alcohol and Pregnancy

• FASD (fetal alcohol spectrum disorders)
• Some recent surveys show that 1 in 12 women drink
  alcohol during pregnancy
• One in 30 report binge drinking during pregnancy

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Alcohol and the Fetus

• Alcohol metabolized more slowly in fetus due to
  immature systems
• Alcohol passes through placenta
• Effects can range from mild to severe

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Some Effects of Alcohol

• Mild to severe mental retardation
• Learning, emotional and behavioral problems
• Defects in organs, heart, and/or face
• Fetal alcohol syndrome

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FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome)

• Between 1000 and 6000 babies born with this
  condition in US
• Symptoms include low birth weight, poor growth,
  malformed organs, small eyes, mental disability,
  poor coordination, poor attention, emotional and
  behavioral problems

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Illicit Drugs and Pregnancy

• According to a 2005 govt survey about 4 of
  pregnant women use illicit drugs during
  pregnancy.
• Often these drugs cause poor fetal growth, early
  delivery, birth defects, learning and behavioral
  problems.
• These women often have poor nutritional status

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Methamphetamine

• AKA speed, ice crank, crystal meth
• 3X likely to have low birth weight
• Increased risk of heart defects and cleft
  palate/lip
• Increase risk of problems with placenta and early
  birth

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References

• Edelstein, S. Sharlin, J. (2009). Life Cycle
  Nutrition An Evidence Based Approach.
  Massachusetts Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
• March of Dimes. (2010). Retrieved from
  http//www.marchofdimes.com

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Questions?