Nutrition

MyPlate:Guidelines and Recommendations Assignment

Due Date: Tuesday, 10/1/2013

General Description:

You will be creating a document that provides guidelines for eating according to the MyPlate recommendations with an accompanying meal plan. The purpose of this assignment is to summarize the MyPlate guidelines into a shortened reference, to help you become more familiar with these guidelines, and to help you learn how to apply them. The guide and meal plan should be thorough, but concise enough to use for educating a patient.

Instructions:

1. Use Tables 2-6 & 2-7 in your textbook, and www.choosemyplate.gov as references for MyPlate guidelines.

2. Create a document that meets the requirements below.

Requirements:

1. Include discussion of the following:

1. General format of the MyPlate model.

2. Recommended amount of servings from each food group.

3. Defined serving sizes for each group.

4. Examples of serving sizes using common foods from each group.

5. Health benefits of eating according to these guidelines.

6. Provide a one-day sample menu that meets the MyPlate serving recommendations for a Age/Calorie range of your choice. (e.g. child, adult female, adult male, athlete with 3200 kcal needs, 1800 kcal needs, etc.). The menu must include:

1. Intended population

2. The food/ beverage

3. Serving size

4. MyPlate equivalent

5. MyPlate food group category

6. Formatting requirements

1. 2 – 4 pages in length (at least one page for the guidelines, one page for the menu)

2. Font should be no smaller than 10 point

3. May be designed in any document style

i. Brochure, tri-fold, images, etc.

1. Assignment must be completed in color

2. Submit to drop box on class Moodle page

1. Drop box closes Tuesday, 10/1/2013 at 11:00 am

MyPlate Assignment Grading Rubric

Requirement	Points Possible	Points Earned
Formatting – Appropriate length, font, color, concise, readability	5
MyPlate layout, amounts, serving sizes, examples, health benefits	10
Menu – complete, accurate for intended population, MyPlate information	10
Bonus – Exceeds expectations in design or content
Total	25
Points deducted for late submission of any portion of assignment Class days late x 5 points per day late
Total