Analysing the Effect of Different Recommended Meal Plans on Protein Intake Among Individuals with Chronic Diseases

The effect of different meal plans on the protein intake of individuals with chronic conditions will be discussed in this paper. It made comparisons between the high-protein and the balanced diets according to dietary, demographic, and physiological data which were analysed by use of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA), Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA), and regression. The results show that the high-protein diets significantly increase the protein intake particularly in individuals with chronic diseases, yet the rest of the meal plans have conflicting results. Protein consumption is a sound indicator of the meal plan type despite the variation upon removal of the other variables like age, Body Mass Index (BMI) and exercise frequency. The difference between high protein and balanced diet groups is very high and can be disclosed by Post-hoc Tukey Honestly Significant Difference (HSD). The results demonstrate the importance of the individual diets in comparison with the more generalized standards of nutrition, and the importance of customized nutrition as the indicator of the correct one self-management of chronic diseases and future success in health.