Nutrition

Diet Analysis Project

PART I

Due Tuesday, September 17th

Activity 1: Keeping a Two-Day Diet Intake Record

*YOU WILL NEED A 3 PRONG FOLDER TO TURN IN THIS PROJECT.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

You will be listing everything you eat and drink for 2 days (one weekend day and one weekday). Choose days that are representative of your typical food intake. Your original, handwritten food intake record forms, with your name on them, must be completed prior to the computer portion of this project and must accompany each part of this project.

Please try to eat what you usually eat. Knowing you have to record the food eaten will undoubtedly make some differences in your choices, but try to keep this effect to a minimum. You will not be graded on what or how much you eat. The analysis you will receive from the computer printouts will only be as accurate as the information you provide, so BE HONEST and specific. Record all food and beverages (including water) as soon as possible after consuming them to ensure the greatest accuracy. Don’t trust your memory!

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Record the time and place (e.g. dorm room, restaurant, friend’s house, etc.) that the food or beverage is consumed.

2. Record every item consumed. Please be as specific as possible to aid you with computer entry and food substitutions if necessary. This means including all snacks, beverages, and any condiments added to food before, during, or after preparation such as mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise, butter, margarine, salt, oils added in cooking, dressings on salads, jam, jelly, cream, and sugar. Do not include spices.

· Record all beverages consumed, including water. Be sure to note if beverages such as coffee, tea and soda pop are caffeinated or not.

· Record all amounts/types of alcoholic beverages if consumed as well. Also, record the amount of juice/mixers used along with the alcoholic portion (e.g. one screwdriver may consist of 6 fluid ounces of orange juice and 1.5 fluid ounces of vodka).

· Record vitamin and/or mineral supplements taken, noting the nutrient content. However, do not enter these supplements into the computer. You will analyze your diet based on the nutrient contribution of food only. All calculations in the project should be based on your vitamin and mineral intake from food only. But you should enter protein shakes, energy bars and any other product that contributes calories.

3. Record the amount of each item consumed. It is important to record the amounts as accurately as possible, in household measurements. In order to be consistent, please only use teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, ounces (only for grains and meats/beans), fluid ounces for liquids or number of items. Do not use servings; indicate actual amounts. You may find the information on food labels helpful for converting amounts consumed to estimated measurement (i.e. a slice of bread is approximately one ounce). Do not simply record the amount listed as one serving on your food record; instead, record the actual amount you consumed.

Use these sites or similar tools to estimate portion sizes:

http://www.myfooddiary.com/Resources/estimating_serving_sizes.asp

http://education.wichita.edu/caduceus/examples/servings/visual_estimates.htm

4. For complex mixture foods (e.g. casserole, salad), record each ingredient separately.

5. Record additional information, such as the method of food preparation: e.g. if you had eggs, write down whether they were fried, hard boiled, or poached. This is to aid you in selecting items in ChooseMyPlate. Also, include brand names, type, variety and anything else specific to the item.

The information contained in the original records will be considered your actual food intake, which the rest of the project should be based on. Do not change any of this information at a later time. You may only add detail. Use the Diet Record Forms provided on the following pages. If you cannot fit your foods for each day on one form, photocopy the form or get an additional copy from the web site and continue your list.

Diet Record Example - DAY 1

Name Mary Smith_____ ___________________

_____Sunday________________9/07/13____

Day Date

Include meals, snacks, and all food and beverages eaten from the time you get up in the morning to the time you go to bed at night. Additional

Time Place Food Consumed Amount Information

SAMPLE:

7 am Home bread, whole wheat 2 slices toasted margarine 2 tsp soybean oil

honey 1 Tbsp

Corn Flakes 1 cup (1 oz)

milk, 2% 8 fl oz (1 c)

orange juice, diluted from concentrate 6 fl oz (3/4 c) 100% juice

11 am Mtg pepperoni pizza (medium) 2 slices Domino's

green peppers 1 Tbsp

Pepsi 1 can (12 fl oz) reg, caffeine

1 pm Car gum 1 piece sugar-free

2 pm Home candy, hard 3 pieces

3 pm Out coffee, drip 1 small mug (6 fl oz), regular

with milk (whole) 1 Tbsp

sugar 2 packets (1 tsp/packet)

5 pm Home chicken, wing (with spiced flour coating) 4 wings baked, ate skin

baked potato (with skin) 1 large (5" long, 4" diameter)

salad:

lettuce 1 cup, Romaine, shredded

carrot 1/2 small, in coins

tomato 1/2 medium

dressing, diet Italian, Kraft 2 Tbsp

ice cream, premium (Hagen Daas), vanilla 1 cup

milk, 2% 8 fl oz

8 pm Movies popcorn 5 cups, air-popped, butter/salt

candy bar, chocolate 1 bar, Milky Way

water 2 12-fl oz glasses, (= 24 fl oz)

This is an example of a diet record. Note the type of information that is recorded. This example is type for ease of reading, but your diet records (the ones you carry around with you so you could record what you ate) will be handwritten. Do not retype your original diet records. Use the forms provided.

Activities 2 and 3: Analysis of Your Diet Records

You will be using ChooseMyPlate to analyze your diet. The ChooseMyPlate website is located at www.choosemyplate.gov .

DIET ENTRY PROCEDURES USING CHOOSEMYPLATE

You will create a profile, track your diet and create/print some reports. You do not need to track your activities for the purpose of this project.

Here are the steps to follow when you go to the ChooseMyPlate website.

1. When you go to the home page of ChooseMyPlate, click on “SuperTracker” in the left hand column.

2. Next click on “Create Profile” in the upper right corner. Here you will set up an account with a User ID and Password. Make sure in the profile you select “maintain current weight”. Once you enter the data needed as a reference (i.e. age, gender, ht., wt., etc.), click on “Submit”. Now you will be directed to the SuperTracker home page again where you need to select “Food Tracker”.

3. Once you click on “Food Tracker”, you will type in each food item, select the serving size and identify which meal you are entering (breakfast, lunch, etc.).

4. When all foods for day one have been entered, click on “Reports” and select “Meal Summary”. This will provide you with a printout of the foods you entered. Double check your food items against your Diet Intake Records to make sure you have entered all foods listed and that the serving size and amounts eaten are correct.

5. To begin entering the second day, change the date before you begin entering foods. Enter foods for day two.

6. Print reports according to the following directions:

PRINTING REPORTS:

You will need to print one copy of the following reports after you have entered each day’s foods and double checked them against the “Meal Summary” report. Make sure you select the correct date of entry when you print each of these reports for both days.

1) “Meal Summary” One report for day 1

2) “Meal Summary” One report for day 2

3) “Nutrients Report” One report for day 1 and day 2

4) “Food Groups and Calories Report” One report for day 1 and day 2

You will have a total of 4 printouts.

CHECKLIST FOR THE PROJECT: Part I

Before submitting your project for Part I, use this checklist to make sure that you have met all of the project’s criteria for organization. If pages are missing from your project at the time of submission, they cannot be added at a later time. What you turn in is what will be graded.

Proofread your printouts for data entry errors.

5 points will be subtracted from your score each class day this project is late. It is important to have Part I graded even if it is late! Calculations for Parts II rely on accurate information from Part I. It is essential to do well on Part I in order to accurately complete Part II.

Arrange the various sections of your project in the following order:

· Typed cover sheet:

· Name, date of project submission, course number, course title.

· Activity 1:

· Original, handwritten diet records, Day 1 followed by Day 2

· Activity 2:

· “Meal Summary Report” for Day 1

· “Meal Summary Report” for Day 2

· “ Nutrients Report” for Day 1 and Day 2

· “ Food Groups and Calories Report” for Day 1 and Day 2

· Grade sheet for Part I

*The project must be punched with a three-hole punch and bound into a folder and turned in at the beginning of class Tuesday, September 17th, 2013.

DIET ANALYSIS PROJECT

PART I

GRADE SUMMARY

Activity Number	Activity Title	Possible Points	Your Points
Activity 1	Weekday and Weekend Diet Records	2.0
Activity 2	Reports: “Meal Summary” for day 1 “Meal Summary” for day 2 “ Nutrients” for Day 1 and 2 “Food Groups and Calories” for Day 1 and 2	6.0
	Format (Typed cover sheet, grade sheet attached, legible work, and stapled/clipped securely)	2.0
Part I Sub-Total		10.0
Deductions for being late (-5 points/day)
Net Score For Part I

YOUR PART I SCORE ___________

THESE PROBLEMS WILL RESULT IN DEDUCTIONS:

• Missing sheets (i.e. food records, computer printouts)

· No typed cover sheet

• No grade sheet

• Illegible work

*YOU CANNOT TURN THIS ASSIGNMENT IN UNLESS IT IS BOUND IN A THREE-PRONG FOLDER*

Activity 1 -- Diet Intake Record – DAY 1

NAME__________________________________________

_______________________________________________

Day Date

Include meals, snacks, and all food and beverages eaten from the time you get up in the morning to the time you go to bed at night.

TIME	PLACE	FOOD CONSUMED	AMOUNT	TYPE & BRAND	HOW PREPARED	ADDITIONAL INFO

Activity 1 -- Diet Intake Record – DAY 2

NAME__________________________________________

_______________________________________________

Day Date

Include meals, snacks, and all food and beverages eaten from the time you get up in the morning to the time you go to bed at night.

TIME	PLACE	FOOD CONSUMED	AMOUNT	TYPE & BRAND	HOW PREPARED	ADDITIONAL INFO

Note: You should have a total of 4 reports to turn in.