eaTracker Assignment
eaTracker is an online program which allows you to track your day's food and activity choices and
compares them to the guidelines provided by Health Canada. It assesses your food choices and provides
feedback on your total intake of energy (calories) and essential nutrients and compares this to what is
recommended for your age, gender, and activity level.
1) Open internet explorer and enter www.eatracker.ca
2) In the top right corner, click Sign Up
3) Fill in your login information to create your profile and agree to the terms of use.
4) My DetailsHere is where you will fill in your personal information like weight, age and
height. Try and be as accurate as possible. When complete click Submit.
My Food
1) This tab is where you will begin to record your food intake for the day.
2) The “Search for Food” bar is what you will use to locate food
3) Begin with your breakfast. Search for foods one item at a time. Record everything!
Example: If you had a bowl of cereal and a piece of toast with butter for breakfast, you
must record your cereal, milk, bread and butter.
When you search for a food you will get a “Search Results” page. This is where you will
select the “Quantity” and “Size” for each food that you ate and what meal (breakfast,
lunch, snack…) you would like to add the food to. To choose the proper meal, click the
down arrow beside the “Add to…” tab
4) Record ALL the food you ate in an entire day: Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Dinner.
Remember to add everything!
Example: If you had a ham sandwich, you must include the bread, meat, cheese,
mustard, lettuce and tomato.
***Do not forget to add the liquids you consumed***
Once you have recorded all your meals, you will notice that your Daily Menu now has all the
food you searched for and added. For example:
My Activities
1) This tab is where you will begin to record your activity for the day.
2) Similar to the process of adding food, you now have to add your activity for the day.
Make sure that you record your food and activity from the same day.
3) The “Search for an activity” bar is what you will use to locate your activities.
4) Once you have recorded all your activity, you will notice that your Activity Log now has
all the activities you searched for and added. It also places the activity within a certain
“Effort” zone.
***You should now have all your food and activity recorded for one
day. You will now use eaTracker to analyze your diet and activity***
Questions – My Food
For the following questions you will use the “My Eating Feedback” tab
Food Groups
Select the “Food Groups” tab from the side menu and answer the following questions:
1)
a)
b)
c)
d)
How many Vegetables and Fruits did you intake? _______
How many are recommended? _______
Did you meet the recommended servings? _______
Click on the highlighted link for Vegetables and Fruit. It will take you to Health
Canada’s website.
List one tip Health Canada gives to eating well:
________________________________________________________________________
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2)
a)
b)
c)
d)
How many Grain Products did you intake? _______
How many are recommended? _______
Did you meet the recommended servings? _______
Click on the highlighted link for Grain Products. It will take you to Health Canada’s
website. List one tip Health Canada gives to eating well:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
3)
a) How many Milk and Alternatives did you intake? _______
b) How many are recommended? _______
c) Did you meet the recommended servings? _______
d) Click on the highlighted link for Milk and Alternatives. It will take you to Health
Canada’s website. List one tip Health Canada gives to eating well:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
4)
a)
b)
c)
d)
How many Meat and Alternatives did you intake? _______
How many are recommended? _______
Did you meet the recommended servings? _______
Click on the highlighted link for Meat and Alternatives. It will take you to Health
Canada’s website. List one tip Health Canada gives to eating well:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Nutrients
Select the “Nutrients” tab from the side menu and answer the following questions:
Using the bar graph, compare your nutrient feedback to the Recommended Daily Intake.
Look at the example below:
The green bars show how much of each nutrient you are consuming. If any bars are red,
this means you are consuming TOO MUCH of that nutrient.
The Recommended Daily Intake is the Blue Line that runs vertically through the middle
of the graph. Your green bars should be at least to this blue line to be getting your
recommended daily intake.
1) What nutrients are you NOT getting the Recommended Daily Intake for?
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2) What nutrients are you getting TOO MUCH of?
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Calories
Under the “Calories” tab, use the chart that breaks down the calories from protein, fats
and carbohydrates to answer the following questions. It looks like this:
1)
a) What was your “My Intake %” for protein? _______
b) What is the “Recommended Intake as a Percent of Total Calories” for
protein?_________
c) Did you meet the required amount? ________
2)
a) What was your “My Intake %” for fat? _______
b) What is the “Recommended Intake as a Percent of Total Calories” for
fat?_________
c) Did you meet the required amount? ________
3)
a) What was your “My Intake %” for Carbohydrate? _______
b) What is the “Recommended Intake as a Percent of Total Calories” for
Carbohydrate?_________
c) Did you meet the required amount? ________
Questions – My Activity
Select the “My Activities” tab
Select the “My Activity Feedback” tab from the side menu
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
How many minutes of low effort activity did you have? _______
How many minutes of moderate effort activity did you have? _______
How many minutes of vigorous effort activity did you have? _______
How many minutes of muscle and bone strengthening activity did you have? _______
What was your total time in moderate- to vigorous-intensity activities? _______