CaseStudy 1 Nutrition
BIO 107: FINAL PROJECT
CASE STUDY: STRATEGIES FOR OVERWEIGHT INDIVIDUALS
Group 4- Ti-ishia Charleston, Jeanna Herrod, Joseph A Olusola, Cleora T Stanley, Natasha Vemulkonda, Nettie J Ward
Mickey and Jim are brothers. Their parents, along with most other members of their family, are overweight and have hypertension. Mickey is the youngest of the family and at age 24 is overweight. He is 5’10” tall and weighs 188 lbs. Mickey is active, although not as active as he should be. He works at an advertising agency and is on the company softball team. They have been practicing every Saturday for the last three months. From 11am – 2pm Mickey is running bases, hitting balls, and playing the outfield. Afterwards, he and his friends go to the local pub for a few beers and a bite to eat. This “bite” is usually a burger and fries.
Mickey’s brother, Jim is not active at all. He is 6’0” tall and weighs 338 pounds. Jim is a middle school history teacher. Most of his time is spent behind a desk or sitting at the table grading papers. When he needs a break, he usually goes to the fridge for a snack. Having grown up in the same household, Mickey and Jim have similar food preferences. Both love “old-fashioned” eating: bacon and eggs, ham and cheese, steak and potatoes. As kids, neither brother wanted to eat his vegetables, although they do eat some vegetables now. One habit they fully enjoy, and never grew out of is snacking on milk and cookies. To this day, they both have milk and cookies before bed. They were pudgy children, although they did not seem to eat much differently from the other kids in the neighborhood, they just gained more weight.
, Mickey loves food just as much as his brother, but he knows his weight is not healthy and that his brother’s is even worse. He asks Jim to go on a diet with him. At first, Jim seemed reluctant, but now he has turned Mickey’s weight loss challenge into a brotherly competition. Both are determined to lose at least 45 pounds in the next 10
CASE STUDY: STRATEGIES FOR OVERWEIGHT INDIVIDUALS
Group 4- Ti-ishia Charleston, Jeanna Herrod, Joseph A Olusola, Cleora T Stanley, Natasha Vemulkonda, Nettie J Ward
Mickey and Jim are brothers. Their parents, along with most other members of their family, are overweight and have hypertension. Mickey is the youngest of the family and at age 24 is overweight. He is 5’10” tall and weighs 188 lbs. Mickey is active, although not as active as he should be. He works at an advertising agency and is on the company softball team. They have been practicing every Saturday for the last three months. From 11am – 2pm Mickey is running bases, hitting balls, and playing the outfield. Afterwards, he and his friends go to the local pub for a few beers and a bite to eat. This “bite” is usually a burger and fries.
Mickey’s brother, Jim is not active at all. He is 6’0” tall and weighs 338 pounds. Jim is a middle school history teacher. Most of his time is spent behind a desk or sitting at the table grading papers. When he needs a break, he usually goes to the fridge for a snack. Having grown up in the same household, Mickey and Jim have similar food preferences. Both love “old-fashioned” eating: bacon and eggs, ham and cheese, steak and potatoes. As kids, neither brother wanted to eat his vegetables, although they do eat some vegetables now. One habit they fully enjoy, and never grew out of is snacking on milk and cookies. To this day, they both have milk and cookies before bed. They were pudgy children, although they did not seem to eat much differently from the other kids in the neighborhood, they just gained more weight.
, Mickey loves food just as much as his brother, but he knows his weight is not healthy and that his brother’s is even worse. He asks Jim to go on a diet with him. At first, Jim seemed reluctant, but now he has turned Mickey’s weight loss challenge into a brotherly competition. Both are determined to lose at least 45 pounds in the next 10