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Nutrition Self Study-Assignment 2

Using your 3-day foodlist from Assignment 1, you will be analyzing all three days of your your

diet AND activity to the new choosemyplate.gov interactive guide. SuperTracker is an online

dietary and physical activity assessment tool that provides information on your diet quality,

physical activity status, related nutrition messages, and links to nutrient and physical activity

information. The Food Calories/Energy Balance feature automatically calculates your energy

balance by subtracting the energy you expend from physical activity from your food

calories/energy intake. Use of this tool helps you better understand your energy balance status

and enhances the link between good nutrition and regular physical activity. Super Tracker

translates the principles of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and other nutrition

standards developed by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services.

Directions

Go to https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/

Go to SuperTracker

To Begin:

Click on Create Profile and fill out the New

Registration Profile

Fill out the information for your profile and

save it.

Then Click on Food Tracker and proceed to

Food Intake

Using all three days from Assignment 1,

put each food item, one at a time into the search box.

Choose the BEST food option for your selection. If you have questions regarding which item to

choose-please message us in Blackboard. Select the serving size and number of servings. Then

click on 'Enter Foods" for the next entry. When you are done inputting all the foods for the first

day, click on 'Save and Analyze.'

The go to the top of the page where you will see the 'Physical Activity Entry.' Using the pull-

down menu, select all of your activities for that day. The click on 'Duration.' You will be

entering these activities in minutes.

Continue to add 'Continue Activities'

until you have accounted for all activities

except sleeping for those 24 hours. Do

not forget to include walking, working,

or standing time. When you are done,

click on 'Save and Analyze.'

Open a new Microsoft Word Document.

Please type your first and last name and

the date that you recorded the foods.

Click on the “My Reports” link.

You will need following reports on your

dietary intake:

1. Food Groups & Calories 2. Nutrients 3. Meal Summary 4. Physical Activity

Click on the link for each of these

reports. Choose the date on which you

entered your food items. Since for this

assignment you are required to input diet

for three days use the date range for

“view report from:____ thru____”. Then

click on Create Report.

Save all four reports as a pdf file. You are required up upload all these 4 pdf reports on

blackboard along with a 1100 word review of the process for this assignment by due date/time

listed on blackboard.

Please include:

 Problems with adding the foods into the foodlist

 Problems with the website

 Macro (protein, carb – complex, simple/sugar, fiber, and fats – saturated, unsaturated,

trans fat) and micronutrient (vitamins and mineral) excesses or deficiencies that you

discovered about your diet that. In complete sentences, for each of these nutrients

summarize how much did you consume? How much was recommended? I want to see

you can interpret output and apply DRI recommendations.

 What you enjoyed about the website

 What you learned from the website.

When you are finished, you should have the following FIVE files:

1. 1100 word reflection paper – pdf file (10 pts)

2. Food groups & calories – pdf file (10 pts)

3. Nutrients analysis – pdf file (10 pts)

4. Meal summary for the day – pdf file (10 pts)

5. Physical Activity – pdf file (10 pts)

Step 1: Log onto http://www.choosemyplate.gov/supertracker-tools.html

You will be lead to a page that looks like this:

Step 2: click on Super Tracker

You will be lead to a page that looks like this:

Step 3: Click on

Add Profile and

create a profile

and register

After you have created profile and registered click SUBMIT. You will be lead to a page that looks like this:

Step 4: Click on Food Tracker

You will be lead to a page that looks like this:

Step 5: Pick the date by clicking on the little calendar icon.

Step 6: Start entering each item you ate and click go. For

exam let’s say we had an apple for breakfast. Type apple

and click go

As you proceed inputting

foods you have eaten during

the day, this will track your

calorie allowance, amount of

calories you’ve already

eaten, and calories

remaining As you

proceed

inputting

foods you

have eaten

during the

day, this will

track your

food groups

You

can

change

date of

your

food

input

Here you will input each of the foods

you have eaten one food item at a

time

As you can see the program has 110 food items with word “apple” in it. Choose the item that is closest

to what you ate.

NOTE: This list of food items is not exhaustive. Many ethnic foods are not available. Also if you cooked at

home, it is better you input individual item you used in your meal instead of the name of the meal.

For example if you made a sandwich at home, input 2 pieces of bread, lettuce, tomato etc. instead of

choosing “sandwich”.

Step 7: After picking food item you ate choose amount and whether you ate

it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack

Step 8: Continue inputting everything you ate. Don’t forget to add water.

Once you have entered all the food items you ate. It is time to create/save

reports:

Step 9: Click on REPORTS tab.

You will need to create and save these pdf

reports and upload on Bb by due date:

Food groups & calories

Nutrients

Meal Summary

Physical Activity

Step 10: Click on each of these links. Choose dates for which you just added food items. Click Create

Report. Click Save as pdf.