DIETARY ANALYSIS PROJECT

This project is due on Thursday, July 5, by the end of class. No exceptions!!!

This is an opportunity for you to learn more about how you eat. The accuracy of your report will depend upon the accuracy of your data collection. The project is worth 20 points, which will be distributed as follows:

Original Data (1 point)

1. Dietary Intake: This will be the records, handwritten, that you have kept for 3 days.

2. Activity Records: This will be the handwritten list of the time you spent exercising; what you did and for how long.

Print outs (5 points total)

1.	Intake food list	1 pt.
2.	Spreadsheet	1 pt.
3.	Calorie source(s) (see below)	0.5 pt.
4.	Fat source(s)	0.5 pt.
5.	RDA graph	0.5 pt.
6.	Food Guide Pyramid analysis	0.5 pt.
7.	Detailed Energy Expenditure list	1 pt.

Report (14 points total)

Compare your % of calories from each major nutrient (Pro, CHO, and fat) plus alcohol with the percentages in the Recommended Dietary Guidelines discussed in lecture.

2 pts What nutrients are within, above and below recommended values? Make a table.

Nutrient	RDA	Subject (you)	Status
Vit. A	1000 RE	80%	within

(1 pt) What are the 2 main sources of fat and calories in your diet?

(1 pt) Assuming your recommended calorie requirements are accurate according to your print-out, should you be gaining, losing or maintaining your body weight?

(2 pts) Compare your dietary intake to the recommendations on the Food Pyramid for your caloric level. Again, a table is useful to display this information.

(1 pt) Using a hi-lighter, mark through the potential problem nutrients identified in class: fiber. fat. cholesterol, folacin, Ca, Fe, and Na.

(1pt) Discuss which of these may be potential problems for YOU according to this analysis.

(1 pt) Looking at your intake of all nutrient, which of those that you are above 100% or below 75%,could adversely affect our health over an extended period of time?

(2 pts) Select one of the nutrients for which you are above or below the recommended value. What change could you make in your food intake to help increase/decrease this nutrient? Is this change realistic for you?

(1 pt) Do you think this 3-day dietary record can be used to make accurate assumptions about your overall, long-term nutritional and health status? Why or why not?

Please remember that the RDA is the average + 2 standard deviations so if you are receiving 75% of a recommended amount, you do not have a problem.

Please remember that anything over 100% is probably too much.

Be sure to label all pages with your name and staple your pages together. It is a good idea to make a copy of everything you hand in.

And, PLEASE do not use any fancy binders. They weigh too much.

How to use FOODWORKS

Dietary Analysis

1. Open the Application

2. Choose and Click on FoodWorks College Edition

3. Choose the FoodWorks (diet & exercise analysis) by clicking on a chili.

4. Click on Personal Data to enter or change personal information.

5. Click on Food List to choose foods that will be included in teh analysis

a. Enter up to 5 key words in the search text box. Then click on Search the data base. When the list of items appears, you can refine it by entering another part of the name. Then click on Search this list.

b. Choose a food by clicking on it to highlight it.

c. Click on “Add to list” button.

d. (Under food item selection) Enter how much you ate and when it was eaten.

Exercise Analysis

1. In Personal Data, Click on Specified Activities.

2. Click on Choose Activities.

3. Choose a specific activity in the list on left. Click on it.

4. Click on Add to List button.

5. For Time spent in activity, enter the time in hours and 1/10s of hours.

6. Click on OK.

To See Your Results: Click on the Show Results button.