Project Summary: For this assignment, you will answer questions about a client named Ms. Ritchie. You will analyze the dietary needs and risks for patients who have Type 2 diabetes. Using your textbook and the internet you will identify the best recommendations, risks, and needs of a patient in Ms. Ritchie’s condition, based on the questions asked. You are required to include citations of your references. This assignment is intended to explore differences between macronutrient and micronutrient concepts and describe their physiological functioning. Additionally, you will apply human nutritional theories and relevant research to formulate nutritional assessments and describe nutritional requirements corresponding to stages in the life span. You will also examine how effective nutritional counseling is contingent upon collaboration, organization, and concurrence among the members of the health care team.