UNT Department of Hospitality & Tourism Management HMGT 2460 Nutrition Science Priscilla Connors, PhD, RD Associate Professor

LAB PROBLEM SET 4

INSTRUCTIONS: Carefully read all information before you answer the questions. Submit your answers via the PROBLEM SET 4 Turnitin link in your Blackboard Learn class. PURPOSE: In this problem solving exercise students combine online research with database analysis to make recommendations concerning food choice and nutrition.

Scenario: Navigating the Dairy Cliff at a Neighborhood Elementary School

The New Year was coming and Casey was worried. A careful reading of news reports concerning the dairy cliff posed a serious problem for the charter school where she managed the cafeteria. A five-year Farm Bill had expired in September and so far Congress had failed to pass a new version. Casey tried to understand how a federal law passed in 1949 could affect the price of milk in 2013 but what really hit home was the effect it would have on her kids. Starting that fall, the school board had promised a free breakfast for all students. Although Casey was excited to see the children enjoying breakfast, the free meals had driven her cafeteria operation to its own financial cliff. Now the price of milk was going up! She was required to provide a cup of milk for each child at both breakfast and lunch. If her current price of $0.50 for each pint doubled shed be in trouble. Suddenly Casey remembered a volunteer who was taking a nutrition class at the local university. She decided to talk to the volunteer to see if there were any alternatives to milk that she could serve in her cafeteria. What other foods might pack a similar nutritional punch but not increase her costs? Casey was ready to question her assumption that milk was necessary but didnt know where to begin or even if it was a good idea. She looked up a phone number and made a call.

Questions:
1. Go to MyPlate.gov to answer the following question. http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/dairy.html# What are the five categories listed as commonly eaten dairy foods, in MyPlate?

2. Go to Chapter 4 in Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010, to answer the following question. http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/dgas2010-policydocument.htm According to Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010, what six nutrients must be replaced using other foods if milk is removed from the diet? (This question is specific and must be answering using the information in Dietary Guidelines. Your response should include three minerals and two vitamins).

3. Go to the National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference to answer the following question. http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ At the search page, enter the following term in the box to the left of go in the center top of the page: milk, 1%. Be sure to add the comma between the terms milk and 1%. On the following screen select milk, lowfat fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D. [NDB No. 01082]. To get the correct answer you must use this item. Check the NDB number to be sure you have the right one. How much of each of the six nutrients that you listed as requiring replacement is in 1 cup of 1% low fat milk.

4. To answer this question use the same National Nutrient Database search results as you did in the previous question. How many grams of carbohydrate are in 1 cup of 1% milk? How many grams of dietary fiber? How may grams of sugars? What is the source of sugar in milk?

5. To answer this question, go to the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/foods.html To see a list of minerals, on the Linus Pauling Institute homepage click on mineral [left side bar]. Now click on one of the two minerals that you listed in your answer to question 2. Scroll down the next screen to see a listing of foods that supply that mineral. Food sources are listed near the bottom of the page. The Pauling Institute does not list macronutrients (such as protein, carbohydrate, fiber or lipid.) If you are not able to find the nutrient profile for a food at the Pauling Institute page, go the National Nutrient Database at http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ List at least four foods (two of which must be no-dairy) that combined or alone supply the nutrients that would be missing when 1 cup of 1% milk is eliminated at mealtime. Create a table that lists the nutrients in the first column, and the names of the foods in columns 1-4 with the values for milk, 1% as last column for comparison.

6. Compare the totals that you calculated in question 5 to the nutrient profile for 1% milk that you reported in question 3. Create a table to display your results. 7. Go to the Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Source to answer this question. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/calcium-fullstory/index.html Review the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate as compared to MyPlate http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-plate/healthyeating-plate-vs-usda-myplate/index.html What is the advise of the experts at the Harvard School of Public Health concerning milk as a source of calcium in the diet? Include information from the article Calcium and Milk Whats Best for your Bones and Health in your explanation. Compare the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate to MyPlate in a side-by-side visual representation. Use your imagination to make points concerning agreement and disagreement. 8. Make a recommendation for Casey based on your own analysis (of alternative foods and their nutrient contribution) Consider your audience: a school meals manager who will need to convince both parents and the school board that a milk alternative is or is not a good idea for the children. This question is graded based upon accuracy of your analysis and strength of your argument.

References: Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/dgas2010-policydocument.htm Harvard Healthy Eating Plate http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-plate/healthyeating-plate-vs-usda-myplate/index.html Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/foods.html MyPlate.gov http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/dairy.html# National Nutrient Database Standard Reference http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ Piller D. Milk prices could soar in coming months. USA TODAY Dec. 28.2012 available at http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2012/12/28/milk-pricescould-soar/1797375/ Tomson B & Berry I. New year could jar milk buyers too. The Wall Street Journal. Dec. 28, 2012. p. A4. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014241278873233004045782078412824617 64.html Weismann J. Thanks to Congress incompetence, milk prices are about to double. The Atlantic. Dec. 28, 2012. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/12/thanks-to-congresssincompetence-milk-prices-are-about-to-double/266692/#