Reference no: EM133180442
Name: Patricia Smith (she/her)
Age: 20 years old
Gender: female
Occupation: college student and athlete
Physical Activity: plays basketball 5x/week for 2.5 hours/day
Food preferences: vegetarian
Allergies: none
Height: 6 ft
Weight: 160 lb
Waist Circumference: 29 in
Body fat percentage: 20%
EER: approx. 3100 kcal (the exact number is: 3128kcal)
More information: the patient doesn't have any complaints, has good energy, sleeps well, and feels good. She is just trying to be proactive and make sure she doesn't have any deficiency.
Based on this Medical History answer the next five questions:
1. What is the patient recommended protein intake in grams? Please, explain the recommendation used and demonstrate how you calculated it.
2. How do you classify this patient (underweight, normal weight, overweight...)? Explain the measurements that you utilized to get to this conclusion.
3. Which nutrients would you be concerned with this patient?
4. Would you recommend a supplement to this patient? Which one?
5. Would you ask for a Blood test? If yes, to analyze what?