Task: Family Health Tree and Discussion

Part 1 (10pts): Family Health tree (10pts)

Include relationship + health condition (not necessary to include names)

Sample tree: attached

Part 2: 2-4 Pages discussing your health tree including the following information:

Pick 1-2 diseases that you are at risk for and explain/define what each disease is.
How does this risk affect your health?
What is an overall dietary pattern that would reduce your risk for contracting this disease, and why is this dietary pattern effective? (For example: high fiber diets can be effective in improving blood cholesterol levels as fiber prevents cholesterol being absorbed in the digestive tract. This further aids in the reduction of heart disease risk, etc). What are the specific foods that you should be eating to reduce your risks? What would happen if you did not follow these lifestyle/dietary recommendations to reduce your risk for disease?
What could be the domino effect if you do not follow these recommendations?

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Directions and Rubric doc (attached)
Information about making your family tree and disease states doc (attached)

Assignment 2 Rubric: (See format parameters at end) Part 1: 10 points Making your Family Tree (see posted Doc about Making a Family Tree, as appropriate) Depiction of Family Tree up to and including grandparents generation of relatives or, when genetics unknown use some type of depiction with regard to Figure 1-6, the leading causes of death related to nutrition in the U.S.(Hypertension, not listed, is, importantly, number 13); the purple color on the graph means that disease is nutrition-related. If you only know your tree partially, this is fine…go with what you know or perhaps you will want to investigate further when you find out something you never knew! If you don’t know your family tree, make some sort of graphic, perhaps with you in the middle, and all those risks around you in addition to your household or what habits you might currently have, for example, smoking, second-hand smoke, alcohol, sedentary, eat fast foods, saturated fats, etc. On the tree, where there is a current/past state of health, this is written beneath/next to/above that person in the tree. If hand-drawn, should be neatly drawn/written. Use Internet if you would like to Google for ideas for putting a tree together. You may find many examples using the search words: “Family tree template free” . *It can be extremely beneficial and eye opening to take a look at your own family tree, but if for personal reasons, you prefer not to, you may create a fictitious family tree and follow the rest of the instructions as if it was your own. *Lastly, if there is anything you do not feel comfortable sharing, it is okay! It is not mandatory to include anything that you do not wish to. Part 2: 25 points – broken down to include the following: • 5 points: Define one or two of what you believe to be your greatest risk factors determined from looking at your tree. If you have a healthy tree, remember to discuss more about your risks from Chapter 1, specifically from Figure 1.6 on the right side which indicates those leading causes of death starting from the bottom up on the graph o Incidentally, hypertension, not shown, is at number 13 for leading causes of death in the U.S. This and the others that are purple colored indicate they are related to Nutrition. Whichever risks you determine you will discuss more in depth, please provide the definition. Hypertension, for example, is not defined only as a higher than normal blood pressure, but contains a definition about what exactly is blood pressure (see Chapter 10). Example: If your risk is heart disease (again see text), for example, provide the definition and not just say “disease of the heart.” It is important to understand the definition of what is your risk – even if not associated with nutrition lifestyle. • 5 points: From what you found, discuss the disorders you have defined. Discuss how will this risk effects your health.

For example, a higher BMI (you may have to look up those risks associated with what Body Mass Index is, discussed in Chapter 7 at length. You may need to investigate the risks associated with waist circumference and BMI on the Internet if not found in the text) if you are at risk of obesity/overweight which you found runs in your tree. Other risks to discuss include your diet risks associated with cardiovascular health and cholesterol, hypertension, physical movement, smoking, alcohol. • 10 points: From the risks found, discuss the diet appropriate for the disease risk (what is the best diet now that you know your risk, whether or not you really will follow it – that’s a lot harder!): Broken down to include: o 5 points: Discuss overall modifications of Diet as related to various state of health.

Examples include dieting to reduce overall calories, DASH diet – please discuss DASH diet if risk of hypertension and look in the text for other diets best for diabetes (Exchange system), obesity (associated with excess calories as well as high consumption of added sugars, not only excess fats), fiber (for heart health and many other risks), antioxidants (for cancers in or throughout a family) and other strategies for risk reduction. Again, be specific. o 5 points: SPECIFIC food examples contributing to or preventing various states of health. Do not just say increase fruits and veggies (although yes, if one increases eating ‘from the ground’ (significantly reducing processed/fast/multi-ingredient foods in a box), this is a good thing. Give examples of which fruits or which veggies are best for risk (be specific), or which foods you might eat which would contain what is best for reducing your overall risk. Increasing fiber is important to discuss for various findings in your tree – be specific as to the kind of fiber (one that would be predominantly soluble or predominantly insoluble and why) and specific examples (see chapter 4 or other places in the text about fiber).

Other examples of foods include inclusion of antioxidants (be specific), avoidance of saturated fatty foods (be specific), inclusion of better fats (see chapter 5), grains (whole grains contain the needed fiber – see chapter 4 or other places in the text discussing fiber such as in chapter 3 as well), etc. § • The last two points above (modifications and diet for disease risk) are similar points. However, in discussing disease risk, you will be explaining about specific foods while the modifications is more of a summary of more general terms, as in “low-saturated fat diet,” “reduced sodium diet,” “reduced calorie diet,” or being able to use a more broad term such as lean meats, fruits and veggies, etc. 5 points: Discuss Domino Effect (this is what I call this – this term is not in the text). Think of this as the cascade of events which may occur if you do not take any measures knowing your risk (versus taking action discussed for those items you discuss about improving overall health and risks in the long term).

Writing parameters: • Paper should be clearly organized and free of grammatical mistakes. • Paper length: Part 1: family tree on a page; Part 2: discussion 2 to 4 pages • Paper is double spaced • Paper is 12 point font • Paper has one inch margin • Please include at least three RELIABLE references for this paper o Acceptable references: § .edu/.org/.gov websites § Your textbook § Peer reviewed articles o Unacceptable references § .com webpages (just because it can get little too difficult to fact check, and there are an abundance of reliable sources out there to use instead). § A magazine § Your cousin’s mailwoman’s nephew. o *NOTE* 3 points will be deducted for not including references. My Family Health Tree – Sample Paternal Grandfather Stroke Paternal Grandma Diabetic Maternal Grandpa Heart Disease Maternal Grandma Breast cancer Uncle Hypertension Diabetes Uncle Hypertension FATHER Diabetes Heart Disease Hypertension Mother Uncle Heart disease Aunt Aunt Breast cancer BROTHER ME

Task: Family Health Tree and Discussion