Nutrition Analysis

Nutritional Analysis Project

1. Record your food intake for 24 hours using an App of your choice (myPlate). Include macronutrients, micronutrients, vitamins and minerals. Submit the information as a second attachment to the analysis paper or put the information within the analysis paper. The app information might show, as a table or graph displaying details about the food. 

2. Analysis Essay - APA format

- 3 page written paper about the foods you ate.

- 12 point font, double spaced, 1 inch margins.

- Using the concepts you have learned already

- Compare your food intake with RDA values, 

- Discuss the food from the macro and micronutrients. - Include references at the end of the paper.

- Is your diet adequate? Why Yes or No?

- Is your diet moderate? Why Yes or No?

- Is your diet balanced? Why Yes or No?

- Is your diet nutrient dense? Why Yes or No?

- Is your diet varied? Why Yes or No?

-What influences your appetite and food choices?

-Are there cultural influences over your food choices?

-Are you a good role model to others in your family for a

nutritional eating?

-What recommendations for change would you give to

yourself, if you were your own patient?

- Begin your paper with an introduction paragraph.

- Day of food log: What were you doing? Where were you?

- End your paper with a conclusion paragraph.

- What did you learn about yourself with this nutritional analysis?

- What plans do you have to improve your nutritional status?

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