1. Nutrition Analysis
A twenty five year old female is the specific population that we chose to do our
week analysis on. After creating her meals for a week, we ran a nutrient report to figure
out her average intake of all the nutrients for that week. She was allotted 2,000 calories
per day. She exceeded the target of both protein and carbohydrate for the week, however
it was still within a safe amount for her calorie consumption. She was also just over her
saturated fat target. Her goal was to consume less than ten percent on average for the
week and she consumed exactly ten percent for the week. The last nutrient that she was
over on was sodium. Her target goal was to consume less than 2,300 milligrams, but her
average consumption of sodium was 3,264 milligrams. It was surprising when creating
her meal plan; each day by the time we made her lunch she had met her sodium limit for
the day. She still needed at least dinner and a snack before she would get close to her
calorie target.
Our twenty five-year-old woman was under on seven nutrients. The first nutrient
that she did not get enough of was dietary fiber. Her target goal was to consume 25 grams
of fiber, where she only consumed an average of 24 grams of fiber for the week. If she
were to eat more beans and peas she could meet her target goal. Another nutrient that she
was not getting enough of was linoleic acid. She is only getting an average 11 grams of
linoleic acid for the week and she is supposed to be consuming 12 grams on average for
the week. Another nutrients that she was lacking are potassium, iron, vitamin D, vitamin
E and choline. It is surprising that she is lacking potassium and iron. Many fruits are good
sources of potassium however she is still not getting enough of potassium. In terms of
iron, we gave her meat for at least two meals a day, and dark leafy greens. However she

2. must not be consuming enough for an adequate iron amount. The shortage of vitamin D is
not that shocking, she can get more by sitting out side and letting her skin convert the sun
light into vitamin d. Vitamin E and choline can be increased by eating more fish, such as
shrimp.
Overall, this twenty five year old female had a balanced, healthy diet. She was over on
some key nutrients, and lacking on others. The nutrients that she was lacking can easily
be fixed with substituting different fruits, vegetables and fish in her meals. It was
surprising how difficult it was to come up with healthy meals and not go over her calorie
intake.