Class 10 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Oct 6th – Exam 1
Go to Canvas on Oct 6th in order to take Exam 1.
There are 55 questions.
Good luck to everyone!
Questions from Students:
Question: Dear Dr. Dixon, I have a question about #42 in Diabetes Progression Practice Question. It said the reason for Type 2 diabetes is unable of secreting enough insulin. But according to your ppt, that is for Type 1. If a person does not respond to insulin, it would be Type 2. Did I misunderstand something? Best, (Note; the students attached some screen shots)
Answer: Thank you for your very insightful question. The answer for question # 42 seems contradictory, but you need to understand this time in the patient’s progression. As the Type 2 diabetic patient is becoming severely Type 2 diabetic (right panel), the pancreas beta cells become “burnt out,” or they stop functioning because they are dead or severely injured. In that situation, the Type 2 Diabetic patient become very similar to a Type 1 diabetic patient. They need insulin injections just like a Type 1 diabetic patient. But remember, they have suffered years of insulin insensitivity and high glucoses, so the whole course of the Type 2 disease is very different than the course of the Type 1 disease. I hope this answers your excellent question! Joe Dixon
Question: Can you do Practice question 28? “pina colada drink question”
Answer: Set it up like –
Alcohol is 20 gram x 7 = 140 Kcal
Carbohydrate is 18 x 4 = 72 Kcal
Fat is 9 x 2 = 18 Kcal
Protein is 1 x 4 = 4 Kcal
Total Kcal = 234 Kcal (answer c)
By the way, all the questions on the real test are much simpler than this question – but it is good to check your answer twice!
Questions from Students over the past few days – Sept 29, 2020
Important Question: Good afternoon, My name is ____________and I have completed the dietary assignment however I have a few questions. I followed the powerpoint as a guideline and did all the calculations for the assignment. On your powerpoint, you calculated the total fat in Kcal as well as the carbs and protein in Kcal. You then added up the amounts you got for each and showed that your calculated sum was less than the sum that was shown to you through the website we used. When I calculated mine, mine was higher than the value given to me by the website. Is this an error? How did this occur? Did I do my calculations wrong? If you could help me with this that would be so wonderful! I’m attaching my results below. Thank you for your time, _________
Answer: Thank you so much for your email and for doing the assignment right away and thus you could ask such a great question. I am not sure why there is a difference between your calculations and the total Kcal you came up with, and the value the program came up with. In some the calculation will be less. I don’t understand why. Nick’s explanations may be correct.
Your calculation: 1996 total Kcal
Program: 1928 total Kcal
The difference is fairly small however. 1996 – 1928 equals 68 Kcal; And 68 / 1928 is about 3 – 4 %.
This is not worth worrying about. I showed the calculation the way I wanted it because I knew this would come up. Just do it as I showed in my powerpoint. Make sure you come up with the % contributions of Kcal from fat, protein, and Carbs
This was the perfect question as I will get many of the emails and I’m sure your question will help others. Joe Dixon
Question: Hi Professor Dixon, For question 2, is the answer really not all of the above? While I was taking the quiz, I was pretty sure that the energy for every single one of those examples originated from the sun. Specifically, I thought that the energy found in oil (due to deceased organic matter), plants (photosynthesis), meat (from eating animals that have eaten plants (photosynthesis)), and fat (from eating plants (photosynthesis) and/or eating animals that have eaten plants (photosynthesis)) has ALL ultimately originated from the sun.
Answer: Thank you for your great email! I gave everyone a point for the problems with QUIZ 2. Your explanation for the answer to question #2 was right on. I am just getting use to Canvas and I hope not to make mistakes in the future! Joe Dixon
Question: Hi Professor Dixon, When I did all the obesity quizzes, it did not show me the quiz grade. Can you check which quizzes I did not get a 100 in so I can redo them to get full credit for it? I really enjoyed reading your book and I really like learning about Nutrition as I am trying to lose weight too! Those protein waffles you recommended the first class were very good recommendations!
Answer: Hi, Thank you for your email. Sorry to get back to you so slow. I’m happy you liked the book. I was wondering why you read it all at once and did all the questions at one time? How long (hours) did it take you to read the book? Did you find the questions helpful in getting the message of the book across?
From some other letters, I thought it was evident how many questions were correct after someone took a quiz. I’ll check on this! Joe Dixon
Question: Evening Professor, my name is _______, I am a student in your Nutrition and Health course 11:709:255:01. I know you’re still getting plenty of questions regarding the Obesity Explosion quizzes, but I have some since I’m a little confused. I understand they’re not due until early November and I have access to both the quizzes and the book. One thing I noticed is that the book is split into parts but the quizzes are labeled as chapters so I’m confused how the information lines up. Also, on the website for the quizzes, I only have access to 14 total quizzes when you said there are a total of 17 but only 15 need to be completed. Let me know how I can go about resolving this, thank you!
ANSWER: Hi, Thank you for your email. Yes, the quizzes are listed by chapter. Chapters 1, 8 and 9 don’t have multiple-choice questions, so, in fact, there are only 14 quizzes in total. So I changed the grading such that you have to do 13 / 14 quizzes to get full points for the Obesity Explosion quizzes. I made a mistake in forgetting about chapters 1, 8, and 9 not having multiple choice quizzes. Sorry about that. Since it is self-study, and students don’t need to have their quizzes done until early November, I hope this OK with everyone. I will check the quizzes Nov 1 and remind anyone who hasn’t completed the multiple choice quizzes. Just as a note of information, chapters 1, 8, and 9 have essay questions attached to them, but I didn’t assign them to 255, so they don’t show up on the Website! Joe Dixon
Question: Professor Dixon,
Can we able to make up obesity quizzes? I kinda forgot to do them. Thank you, Student – Rutgers-New Brunswick
ANSWER: 11:45 AM (5 minutes ago) Hi, The Obesity Quizzes are self-study and are not due until early Nov. Look at the most recent schedule of classes I sent out on Monday. On Nov 1 I will check the quizzes and send out a warning to students who are behind in the Obesity Explosion quizzes. Joe Dixon
Class 8 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Sept 29th – Chapter 5 of McGuire Text – Protein
I will go over how to analyze your diet using:
Monday Morning Update for Nutrition and Health – Sept 28, 2020
Monday Morning Update (9-29-2020)
Dear All,
If you have any questions about below – go through older blogs or read letters from students to get information.
Exam 1 – Remember Exam 1 is Tuesday, Oct 6, 2020. It covers up to Chapter 5. I will put a review sheet for Exam 1 on Canvas on Wednesday, Sept 30th.
Lectures – I now only get a couple of emails about not being able to access the Recordings. It most cases, it is an email problem or class registration problem – if you have problems contact Rutgers OIT immediately by phone – they will help you!
Lecture Quizzes – Quiz 3 is now open and it needs to be completed by Wednesday, Sept 30th. I will have the grades for Quizzes 1 and 2 updated today – it is very complicated and I am still learning!
Obesity Explosion Quizzes – You all should have the book (Email or Printed) and have registered for the Chapter quizzes on the Website. This is self-study for now – try to keep up! I have only received one recent email about trouble getting onto the Obesity Explosion Website. Again, please read past Blogs if you still are havng problems.
Diet Assignment – I will spend a few minutes next lecture (Sept 30th) going over the Diet Assignment. It is important that you read through everything so you can ask me questions. It is on Canvas!
USDA graphing Assignment – Don’t worry about this – you have almost the whole semester to do it!
Later today, go to the Blog Site for Class 8’s Outline
Best, Joe Dixon
Class 7 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Sept 24th – Chapters 4 & 5 of McGuire Text – Type 2 Diabetes and Start Protein (Chapt 5)
Salad given out to class on Salad Fridays:
Class 6 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Sept 22nd – Chapter 4 of McGuire Text – Continue Carbohydrates
Updates
- Remember, the second Lecture quiz is due on Canvas at 5 pm on Sept 23rd. Don’t worry about question 10 – just answer it! It is really a Poll question, but Canvas quizzes require an answer to be designated. I will adjust the points in the grade book.
2. If you are still having problems getting access to the Website for the quizzes for “Obesity Explosion,” please read the previous posts about this. Most likely the email with the Website code went to your spam folder.
3. I am posting the Diet Assignment on Canvass today. Please read through it several times. I will go over it next class or the class after that.
Letters from Students – September 17, 2020
Tue 9/15/2020 1:19 PM
Letter: Good Afternoon Dr.Dixon,
I am writing to you concerning a few different matters:
1.) I absolutely LOVED your Obesity Explosion book, so much so that I finished the entire book and respective chapter quizzes in one day! One thing that I did notice, however, is that there is no Chapter 8 or 9 quiz for the reading.
2.) Do you have any other publications that are available for purchase? I would love to read more of your work!!
3.) Finally, when discussing protein sources in your book, you noted that peanut butter and hummus sandwiches on wheat bread are a personal favorite. Is this actually true? That combo seems rather interesting, but if it is actually tasty, I would be willing to try it as a pre-workout snack. Please confirm.
Enjoy the rest of your day! Best,
Letter: Sep 15, 2020, 3:50 PM (2 days ago) to me Hi Prof. Dixon,
I’m in section 1 of your Nutrition and Health class this semester, and even though it’s only been a couple of weeks, I’ve already learned so much useful life information from you.
One of the first lectures when you were talking about how all supplements are bad. Then you started talking about vitamins (especially B12) and you talked about that woman who was experiencing toxic effects from it like hair loss. You also continued to talk about daily value percentages and how they’re listed on every product. All of this got me a bit concerned, because I’ve been using a weight gain protein powder from GNC that seemed to be healthy and working well for a few months now. I’ve been using protein powder supplements for around 2 years now, so I double checked the nutrition facts of the ones I’ve used, and the current one I’m using.
To my surprise, I saw SO many vitamins that were WAY above their daily recommended value (Vitamin B12 was at 600% daily value I believe), and I’ve been taking this nearly every day. I felt instant regret that I didn’t know this sooner.
Everyone knows me for my long and thick hair which gives me a unique hairstyle (the ladies especially 😂), and within the past year I’ve been noticing it’s starting to lose its magic. I feel my hair not as thick as it used to be, and doesn’t feel the same when I run my hand through it. This use of protein powder is the only thing that could’ve affected my hair this much.
Immediately after I checked the facts, I threw out my protein powder. I used to use protein powder right after I work out, but as of last week, I’m opting for homemade grilled chicken which still has the great protein properties I’m looking for, along with assorted nuts.
I’m already noticing a positive difference in my hair and less bloating, and I can’t thank you enough. Who knows how long I would’ve kept using that nasty stuff from GNC. Forever grateful for your insights and I’m looking forward to what else you have to say!
Answer: Permission was obtained to post this letter! Comments: It seems a little soon to know definitively whether the supplement was causing a problem. But as I said in class, this has happened quite a few times in past years!
Sep 15, 2020, 11:24 AM (2 days ago)
Question: Hello Professor,
I have been taking the obesity crisis quizzes on the platform and was wondering when the grades will reflect over on canvas. Thanks,
Answer: I’m glad you got access. How many quizzes did you take? Did you need to do a retry? Let me know your experiences? I would love feedback! Were the quizzes hard? The grade will appear in the Canvas grade book when you finish 15 quizzes! Joe Dixon
Follow-up: to me
Hello, My grades were all hundreds and completed all 17. I had to retake them a couple times, but overall was great experience and fair quiz questions. Thanks,
Me: Ok great! I believe there were only 14 quizzes though! My mistake!!
How did you like the book? Why did you do all of them at once? Joe Dixon
Question:
Attachments Sep 15, 2020, 5:27 PM (2 days ago) to me
Good Evening Professor,
I have a question about the obesity explosion book quizzes. I am taking them right now and I am unsure of how you will know if we did them or not. Are they connected to our email because I did not use my school email to sign up.
Also, it says in the syllabus that the quizzes are not graded but we can take them till we get 100%. Do we need to get 100% on them for full credit or can we miss a question or two and still get credit for the quiz?
Just to confirm that I am taking the correct quizzes, I have attached a screenshot. Can you let me know if that is the correct place/quiz?
Thank you so much for your help!
Best,
Answer:
Hi, Thank you for your email!!
Yes, you are in the right place!! The upper Ribbon matches the Cover!!!!! Did you put your name in when you registered? If so – it will be ok! In fact, I can see your name in the panel above the quizzes for Chapter 4! Can you tell from the website whether you got all the questions for a particular quiz correct? If you don’t get all the questions correct, retry the quiz. You can retry as many times as you need. I will see your scores for every quiz in the gradebook. If for example you miss 1 question here or there – I’m not going to take points off – that’s silly. When you complete 15 quizzes out of 17 total, you will get full credit for the Obesity Explosion quizzes. You won’t see your grade in Canvas until early November. So please don’t worry about a few “Obesity Explosion” quiz points here and there. Everyone will receive full credit if they complete 15 quizzes. It is very much a self-study part of the course. Of course, students can ask me questions about readings in the book.
Are there any other problems you are having? Thanks for the great question! Joe Dixon
Class 5 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Sept 17th – Chapter 4 of McGuire Text – Start Carbohydrates
Update for 255 – 9-17-2020 I am sending this both by Sakai and Canvas (and putting on the blog) because I am having problems with Canvas emails. If you get this email by Sakai but not by Canvas, please let me know. Remember, I really don’t know what is going on at your end. All of this is new to me too! For example, I didn’t know that I did not publish the Module for yesterday’s lecture. Therefore, you couldn’t see the slides for yesterday’s lecture. I had put them on Canvas last week and will usually put Powerpoints on Canvas by the night before a lecture. So if don’t have access to slides by the night before, please email me! Thanks!
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