Title: Managing Calories to Sculpt Your Body

M.E. Burke and I decided to work together for the informal learning project. Our topic revolves around health, nutrition, and fitness. Below is our project proposal.

Background / Needs Assessment:

According to the 2004 IHRSA/ASD Obesity/Weight Control Report derived from a larger study conducted by American Sports Data, 31% of the American population is obese. Some 3.8 million Americans weigh over 300 pounds. Obesity leads to a whole host of illnesses with many serious physical, emotional, and economic consequences. It is important for more people to learn how to take charge of their lives and learn to lead healthier lives that incorporate proper nutrition and exercise.

Setting:

Exhibit Hall at a Health, Nutrition, and Fitness convention

Audience:

People interested in healthy living, incorporating proper diet and exercise. Interested persons may be seeking to gain weight, maintain weight, or lose excess weight and body fat.

Design Description:

An exhibit on how people can manage and monitor their calorie intake (proper nutrition and diet) and burn rates (exercise) to sculpt their bodies. The exhibit will have the following components:

• Introductory video of people successfully having morphed their bodies through calorie management
• Skinny to fat
• Obese to trim
• Handouts of sample meal plans for healthy diets based on body sculpting goals
• Handouts of sample burn rates of exercises and physical activities
• Demonstration on laptop computer using real data of how calorie management works
• Capstone activity at the exhibit where learner inputs some hypothetical data based on personal physical goals, and sees calorie management in action

 

Learner Outcomes:

After viewing the exhibit, the learner will be able to:

• Accurately state their own personal data including:
• Gender
• Age
• Height
• Body type
• Current weight
• Target weight goal

 

For the day the learner visits the exhibit, the learner will also be able to:

• Locate calorie values, using a foods and exercise database, for:
• A recent meal (breakfast or lunch)
• Planned exercise or activity levels

 

NOTE: Actual calorie burn rates for exercise and activity can be obtained with a heart rate monitor.

• Correctly forecast the number of pounds lost or gained in one week and in one month based on the day’s calorie intake and calorie burn rates
• Forecast the target date to reach personal weight goal if every day were like that day