Food Log

Nutrition Assignment

s

:

(1) Food Log

(2

) Food Labels and Nutritional Information

I am listing the directions for these two assig

nments together because

the

y are closely rela

ted, but

w

hen you submit

your work t

o Canvas, please submit the assignments separately

Keeping a Food Log:

·

(4 points)

Keep a log of th

e foods that you consume in a 48

-

hour period. You should list

everything that you eat or drink, and you should estimate the amounts for each item. When you

estimate, you can use whatever measurement is convenient. For exa

mple, for fruit, you could

just say “one medium apple”

or

“one small banana.” For canned foods, you might say “two cups

of tomato soup, prepared by the label directions

”

. For drinks, you could say “one eight

-

ounce

glass of whole milk.” Be as accurate as yo

u can in keeping track of what, and how much, you ate.

o

You could organize this by time. For example, “Tuesday, 7:30 am, breakfast:” and list

what you had.

o

Alternatively, you could group foods by types. For instance, you could group all of your

drinks toget

her in one section; fruits in

another; vegetables in another, and so on.

Food Labels and Nutrition Information:

·

(4 points)

At the same time that you are keep

ing your

foo

d

log

,

keep track of the nutritional

information for each thing that you ate or drank.

o

For anything that came o

ut of a box or can or wrapper, take a picture of the

section on

the package labelled “Nutrition Facts.” You’ll need this because in later parts of this

assignment, we’ll try to estimate calories, proteins, carbs, fats, added sugars,

cholesterol, sodium and

other components.

o

For anything that you purchased from a fast

-

food restaurant, you may be able to get

nutrition information from the Fast Food Nutrition website:

https://fastfoodnutrition.org/

o

For raw fruits

and vegetables, and for seafood, you may be able to get nutrition

information from the FDA website

https://www.fda.gov/food/food

-

labelin

g

-

nutrition/nutrition

-

information

-

raw

-

fruits

-

vegetables

-

and

-

fish

o

For meats (chicken and turkey; pork and lamb; beef and veal) you may find the

information from the USDA website

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/regulatory

-

compliance/labeling/labeling

-

policies/nutrition

-

labeling

-

policies/nutrition

-

labeling

If there are items for whic

h you can’t find nutritional information, that’s OK.

We may be able to

estimate the information from similar products; or, we may have to ignore that

particular food item.

Nutrition Assignments: (1) Food Log

(2) Food Labels and Nutritional Information

I am listing the directions for these two assignments together because they are closely related, but

when you submit your work to Canvas, please submit the assignments separately

Keeping a Food Log:

 (4 points) Keep a log of the foods that you consume in a 48-hour period. You should list

everything that you eat or drink, and you should estimate the amounts for each item. When you

estimate, you can use whatever measurement is convenient. For example, for fruit, you could

just say “one medium apple” or “one small banana.” For canned foods, you might say “two cups

of tomato soup, prepared by the label directions”. For drinks, you could say “one eight-ounce

glass of whole milk.” Be as accurate as you can in keeping track of what, and how much, you ate.

o You could organize this by time. For example, “Tuesday, 7:30 am, breakfast:” and list

what you had.

o Alternatively, you could group foods by types. For instance, you could group all of your

drinks together in one section; fruits in another; vegetables in another, and so on.

Food Labels and Nutrition Information:

 (4 points) At the same time that you are keeping your food log, keep track of the nutritional

information for each thing that you ate or drank.

o For anything that came out of a box or can or wrapper, take a picture of the section on

the package labelled “Nutrition Facts.” You’ll need this because in later parts of this

assignment, we’ll try to estimate calories, proteins, carbs, fats, added sugars,

cholesterol, sodium and other components.

o For anything that you purchased from a fast-food restaurant, you may be able to get

nutrition information from the Fast Food Nutrition website:

https://fastfoodnutrition.org/

o For raw fruits and vegetables, and for seafood, you may be able to get nutrition

information from the FDA website https://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-

nutrition/nutrition-information-raw-fruits-vegetables-and-fish

o For meats (chicken and turkey; pork and lamb; beef and veal) you may find the

information from the USDA website

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/regulatory-

compliance/labeling/labeling-policies/nutrition-labeling-policies/nutrition-labeling

If there are items for which you can’t find nutritional information, that’s OK. We may be able to

estimate the information from similar products; or, we may have to ignore that

particular food item.