Aweighted question. for this project, we’re going to look at weight and bmi in your family to determine if obesity is a factor in your family. you’ll recall from the lesson "overweight and obesity causes" that overweight and obesity can lead to a host of health problems, including heart disease, cancer, hypertension, and diabetes.

instructions
find each of your family members’ bmi and look it up to see if the resulting measure is healthy. if you need to know how to calculate bmi, click here. after you’ve done this for each member of the family, you’ll then look at your family’s eating habits and track them for a week. you may wish to ask them to keep a food diary, or you can just ask them what they ate at the end of the day and record it. calculate an approximation of each family member’s daily nutrition consumption and compare it to the nutritional guidelines that the fda publishes.

once you’ve looked at the data, figure out if your family members should adjust their diets; and, if so, make at least three recommendations for food to either add to or subtract from their diets based on the fda’s nutrition guidelines.

after you’ve compiled the data and made recommendations, you’ll create a simple spreadsheet with what you found and write a paper of at least 250 words that summarizes your findings as your recommendations. you may want to conduct online searches to find bmi calculators as well as the fda’s nutrition guidelines. your response must include:

a spreadsheet with each of your family members’ names, bmi, and a summary of the foods they ate, as well as the nutritional values of the food, for a week.
recommendations for diet changes if you think they are needed, based upon the fda’s nutrition guidelines.
an essay of at least 250 words that summarizes your findings.