Daily Calorie Intake: Nutrition and Metabolism
Daily Calorie Intake and Expenditure
This is a Hands-On Labs experiment that explores nutrition, consumption, and expenditure of calories that you consume every day.
Procedure
Follow the instructions for Exercises 1 and 2 in the Nutrition and Metabolism experiment. You will be calculating your daily calorie requirements, and then tracking the food you consume for a single day to assess how many calories you eat. Use the data recorded and your calculations to write a report. You do not need to submit the Lab Report Assistant.
Create a Report or Presentation
Use the following outline to describe the data from your lab in a report. Label each portion of the lab as described below.
Introduction: Start with a broad discussion of nutrition and calories, and then narrow your focus to the question(s) that you are trying to answer. What questions could you answer after performing this lab? Conclude the introduction with a hypothesis—a statement that reflects what you believe the outcome of this lab will be.
Material List: Identify all items that you used and the exact quantities, as applicable. This may be a very short section.
Methods: Describe how you conducted the experiment, including any safety precautions you took while performing the lab. Be sure to include any changes that you made to the original instructions. This should be a short, paraphrased version of the methods from the lab. Do not copy from the lab; Turnitin will highlight it as plagiarism.
Results/Data: Create a table or a figure that reflects/compares the results of your experiment.
Discussion: Review your results and determine if your experiment supports or refutes your hypothesis. Explain why. Then expand your discussion to address other topics related to activity levels. Does age affect any of the values calculated? What impact do vitamins and minerals have on metabolism? How are they depleted, and how do we replace them? Will you try to make any changes to the food you eat, or to your regular level of activity, after this lab?
Conclusion: End with a section describing something that intrigued you about the lab; identify errors that may have impacted your results, or note errors in the lab itself; and provide recommendations for future labs.
Requirements:
If you are doing the report, it should be 4-5 pages long, not including the title page.
Reference at least two journal articles.
Include a title page and references at the end.
Follow the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA.
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