General Instructions:

Some common diseases result from interactions between multiple genetic traits and environmental factors such as nutrient intake. Examples of diseases and disorders linked by diet include: heart disease, hypertension and stroke, cancer, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease.

assess your risk for developing one of the chronic diseases listed above and then determine how you can mitigate this risk. It is important to note that this is not an assignment for how to eat if you have the chronic disease, but rather on how to eat to avoid or delay getting the chronic disease.

Specific Instructions:

choose only one.

oCancer Care Ontario - What's My Risk (if you choose to look at Melanoma, you will have to research the diet connection)

oDiabetes Canada - Take the Test

oHeart and Stroke Canada - Assess Your Risk

oOsteoporosis Canada - Know Your Risk

oAlzheimer's Society of Canada

Instruction

1)Which chronic disease did you choose to assess?

2) Which of your risk factors cannot be modified?

3) Which of your risk factors can be modified?

4) One modifiable risk factor is diet. According to the website you visited for the risk assessment, what can you do, using good nutrition, to lessen the chance that you will develop the disease? This can include improving nutrients as well as calories and energy balance.

5) Discuss recent research (in the past year or two) that you found regarding diet and prevention of the disease. Include the links.

6) How do all these diet recommendations mesh with the 5 strategies you set for yourself in Portfolio 1? What further changes are required, if any?