NAME: ______________________
SECTION: ______________________
Diet Analysis Project (DAP) using NutritionCalc Plus 3.2 (NC+)
FSHN 150 Section 2 Spring 2010 (12% of Final Grade)
DUE by 5:00 PM, on Fri, March 5. Bring to class or 216 Gifford.
Computer Use: Either your PC if you bought NC+ at the beginning of the semester and loaded it on your
computer, or PCs in the CAHS (College of Applied Human Sciences) computer labs, located at C112
Aylesworth or 317 Gifford. Hours and locations are described at
http://www.cahs.colostate.edu/Technology/Labs/.
Make sure you save your work to the M: drive if you use the CAHS labs.
Submit your project in two-pocket folder with your name printed on the front. DO NOT staple or put in 3ring binder.
Turn in project in this order:
(Points)
15
20
A.
B.
C.
D.
35
30
E.
F.
THIS PAGE
"PERSONAL PROFILE" sheet (pg. 7)
"DIETARY RECORD SHEETS" for your 3-day recall period (pgs. 8-10).
"DIETARY RECORD SHEET" for your 1-day revised diet (pg. 11). The nutritional
quality of your revised diet will affect your score.
"QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR DIET" with your hand-written answers (pgs. 3-6).
NC+ Bar Graph Report and Calories & Fat in the following order:
--3-DAY AVERAGE
--1-DAY REVISED DIET
Late projects will be marked down at least 10 pts, and will not be accepted after 5pm on the next to last
Friday before classes end.
Projects submitted out of order will be marked down five points.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR DIET PROJECT
Step A. Create two personal profiles, one for your 3-day diet information, and a second for your revised
diet. Give these two profiles different and recognizable names such as "Jane Smith 3-day" and "Jane
Smith revised."
NOTE: Select your activity level carefully, reading the description of each level of activity available
under Help. Most students over-estimate their activity level. If you choose "24 hr activity detail," edit
the length of each activity carefully.
Step B. Record your 3-day food/drink intake.
1.
Pick two week days and one weekend day for which you expect to follow your normal eating pattern.
2.
Record on the forms provided (labeled "DIETARY RECORD SHEET -- DAY X") everything you eat
(including condiments) and drink (including water) on each of the three days. Keep the food record
sheet with you at all times and write down what you eat as soon as possible; don't rely on memory.
Exclude dietary supplements that you may take. For each item, identify what it was, including brand
name if known, and how much was consumed (e.g., 1 teaspoon of Heinz Catsup).
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3.
Enter each day's intake items into NC+, under your first profile (the one you named something like
"Jane Smith 3-day"). Select your 3-day profiles.
Step C. Analyze your 3-day intake.
4.
Using the NC+, evaluate your average nutrient intake for this 3-day period.
For the 3-DAY AVERAGE: print the " Bar Graph Report” from the Bar Graph tab and the “Calories &
Fat” output from the Calories & Fat tab.
NOTE: For the individual days that go into your 3-day average, you do not need to turn in any output.
But you should be aware that the Spreadsheet page is particularly useful for identifying where
nutrients that you over-consume are coming from. The Single Nutrient page is similarly useful, giving a
list of the foods you've eaten in descending order based on the nutrient you select from a pull-down
box.
NOTE: If your average caloric intake exceeds 150% or if your individual nutrient intakes exceed 300%,
check your portion sizes and units - you may have entered them incorrectly. For example, a common
mistake is to enter 2 cups of butter instead of 2 oz.
NOTE: Remember, the quality of your 3-day diet will have no effect on your grade so please do not
change what you normally eat to make it look good. The primary objective of this project is to show
you how your normal diet compares to the dietary guidelines, food guide pyramid, and DRIs.
5.
Answer questions about your 3-day average diet on the sheets provided (pp. 3-5, Questions #1-6).
Step D. Plan and evaluate a revised diet.
6.
Plan a one-day hypothetical diet (i.e., your revised diet) to improve what you've over- and underconsumed in your 3-day diet. In other words, make up a 1-day revised diet to which you add/delete
foods to bring up what you've underconsumed and to bring down what you've overconsumed. Record
this diet on the sheet titled "DIETARY RECORD SHEET -- 1 DAY REVISED DIET." Enter these items
into NC+ as day 1 data under your second profile (the one you named something like "Jane Smith
revised"). Analyze your revised diet with the software.
For the 1-DAY REVISED DIET: print the "Bar Graph Report" and "Calories & Fat" pages, making sure
that you're printing the revised diet information that you entered under your second profile.
7.
Answer the questions about your revised diet on page 6 (Question #7).
You must use food -- not supplements -- to modify your diet. You are not expected to get all
nutrients and calories to 100% of requirements, but you will be expected to show significant
improvement for the shortfalls/excesses in your 3-day intake. You should strive to bring all nutrients in
your revised diet to 75% - 150% of the goals.
NOTE: Most students will have to run several iterations of their revised diet to correct problems in
their 3-day intake. To save trees, please print output from your revised diet for the final version only,
inspecting intermediate versions on-screen rather than as printed copies.
QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR DIET
Note: Use your 3-day average and the analysis of your revised diet to answer questions 1-7
1.
Were these records representative of the usual type and amounts of foods you eat?
____Yes
____No
If no, what was different?
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2.
Do you take any nutrient supplements?
___Yes
3.
What was the NutritionCalc Plus suggested kilocalorie goal?
(from the Bar Graph Report under DRI Goal)
__________
According to your 3-day average, what was your actual caloric intake?
(from the Bar Graph Report under Value).
4.
___No
__________
Consider the following information as found in the “Calories & Fat” output:
Nutrient
Current U.S. Diet
Recommended
Percentage
from your 3-Day
Average*
% of Calories
Fat
Saturated
Polyunsaturated
Monounsaturated
Protein
CHO
Alcohol
30-35%
10-20%
40-50%
--
20-35%
10%
10%
10%
10-15%
> 55%
moderate
* For fat, protein, CHO and alcohol in this column, you can read the values directly from the Calories & Fat
output, under “Sources of Calories (approx.)” in the Percent column. But for saturated, polyunsaturated and
monounsaturated fat, you need to calculate the values for the “Percentage from your 3-Day Average”
column (because the percent values for saturated, mono and poly fat under “Source of Fat (approx.)” are
percents of fat kcal rather than percents of total kcal). So calculate entries for the “Percentage from your 3Day Average” for saturated, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat as follows. For instance, for
saturated fat, the entry will be.. (g Saturated Fat/g Total fat) x 100,
where you read the values for “Saturated Fat” and “Total fat” from the “Fat (g)” column under “Sources of
Fat (approx.) in the “Calories & Fat” output.
Compare your nutrient intakes to the recommendations (see chart above). Check the appropriate box.
Lower than
Recommended
Recommended
Higher than
Recommended
Fat
Protein
Carbohydrate
For each category that differs from recommendations in a way that is unhealthy, name specific foods
or food groups that you might increase or decrease to meet the recommended levels of intake.
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5a.
Using the NutritionCalc Plus Bar Graph Report for your 3-day average, check those nutrients/items
for which your intake is below 75% or above 150% of the RDA/AI goal.
Nutrient / Item
Calories
Protein
Carbohydrates
Vitamin A
Thiamin
Riboflavin
Niacin
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Folate
Calcium
Iron
Magnesium
Phosphorus
Potassium
Sodium
Zinc
5b.
<75%
>150%
For each nutrient or item checked above that needs to be changed, what specific foods would you
increase, decrease, or substitute in your diet to bring your intake more in line with the goals?
Nutrient/item
Foods to increase
Foods to decrease
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5c. Some nutrients have no specific RDA/AI value but do have recommendations based on Dietary
Guidelines (DG).
Nutrient
DG Recommendation
Your “NutritionCalc
Should you increase,
Plus” Intake
decrease, or ignore?
Fiber
25 g
Cholesterol
300 mg
Sodium
2300 mg or 1500 mg if
black, middle
aged/older, or if have
hypertension
Alcohol
1 drink/day for women
2 drinks/day for men
For those that should be increased or decreased, list specific foods or behaviors that would bring intake in
line with recommendations.
Nutrient/item
6.
Foods to increase
Foods to decrease
Given your caloric intake, your percentage of calories from different macronutrients, and your
micronutrient intakes, what specific changes (for what specific disease concern) would you make in
the future? Consider your current diet, your evaluations (above) of that diet and any family history of
chronic disease (eg. cancer, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity).
Disease concern
Nutrient(s) of concern
Foods to change
eg. Anemia
Iron
Increase lean red meat
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7. REVISED DIET
Record your planned menu changes on the final form provided for recording food intakes and run it through
NutritionCalc Plus Online for Day 4. Remember: You are not expected to plan a "perfect" diet but to
improve on your current diet.
a.
b.
What was the NutritionCalc Plus suggested calorie goal?
__________
What was your "planned" caloric intake?
__________
What was your percent of total calories from the following?
Protein ______ %
Sat Fat ______ %
c.
Carbohydrate _____ %
Polyunsat Fat ______%
Fat ______ %
Mono Fat _________%
How did your planned intake compare to your 3-day average? Answer this by checking boxes in
the table below.
Nutrient / Item
% of goal
Check if still
problematic
Calories
Protein
Carbohydrate
Dietary fiber
Fat, total
Fat, saturated
Fat, monounsaturated
Fat, polyunsaturated
Cholesterol
Vitamin A
Thiamin
Riboflavin
Niacin
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Folic acid
Calcium
Iron
Magnesium
Phosphorus
Potassium
Sodium
Zinc
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PERSONAL PROFILE
Age ___________
Height _______feet
_________ inches
Weight____________
Gender and/or reproductive status:
M) Male
F) Female
P) Pregnant Female
L) Lactating Female
This program will calculate your energy needs based on your age and activity level and the average
recommended weight for an individual your height. Check your activity level for most of the day. For most
people this is sedentary or low active.
Sedentary
The sedentary activity level includes activities of daily living, without additional exercise. These activities
include housework, grocery shopping, walking the dog, walking to the bus, mowing the lawn, and
gardening. Unless you do at least 30 minutes per day of intentional exercise, this level is for you!
Low Active
The low active activity level includes activities of daily living plus exercise that is equal to walking for 30
minutes at 4 miles per hour every day. For an adult of average weight, this amount of exercise will burn
about 120 additional Calories. Exercises with less intensity (METS) will need to be performed longer to
burn the same amount of Calories. Likewise, exercises with more intensity can be performed for less time
to achieve the same goal.
Active
The active activity level includes activities of daily living plus exercise that is equal to walking for 1hour 45
minutes at 4 miles per hour every day. For an adult of average weight, this amount of exercise will burn
about 410 additional Calories.
Very Active
The very active activity level includes activities of daily living plus exercise that is equal to walking for 4
hours 15 minutes at 4 miles per hour every day. For an adult of average weight, this amount of exercise will
burn about 1000 additional Calories.
Personalized
DO NOT use for this project, but NutritionCalc Plus does allow you to enter specific activities to personally
track and tailor your energy expenditure.
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DIETARY RECORD SHEET -- DAY 1
Directions:
1)
2)
List all foods consumed during the time period to be analyzed in the "Food Item" column. Include all
beverages, (including water), snacks, butter, margarine, salt, sugar and milk in coffee or tea, alcohol,
condiments, dressings, etc.
List "Amounts Consumed" in common measures (cups, pieces, ounces, etc.).
FOOD ITEM
AMOUNT
CONSUMED
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DIETARY RECORD SHEET -- DAY 2
Directions:
1)
2)
List all foods consumed during the time period to be analyzed in the "Food Item" column. Include all
beverages, (including water), snacks, butter, margarine, salt, sugar and milk in coffee or tea, alcohol,
condiments, dressings, etc.
List "Amounts Consumed" in common measures (cups, pieces, ounces, etc.).
FOOD ITEM
AMOUNT
CONSUMED
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DIETARY RECORD SHEET -- DAY 3
Directions:
1)
2)
List all foods consumed during the time period to be analyzed in the "Food Item" column. Include all
beverages, (including water), snacks, butter, margarine, salt, sugar and milk in coffee or tea, alcohol,
condiments, dressings, etc.
List "Amounts Consumed" in common measures (cups, pieces, ounces, etc.).
FOOD ITEM
AMOUNT
CONSUMED
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DIETARY RECORD SHEET -- 1 DAY REVISED DIET
Directions:
1)
2)
List all foods consumed during the time period to be analyzed in the "Food Item" column. Include all
beverages, (including water), snacks, butter, margarine, salt, sugar and milk in coffee or tea, alcohol,
condiments, dressings, etc.
List "Amounts Consumed" in common measures (cups, pieces, ounces, etc.).
FOOD ITEM
AMOUNT
CONSUMED
revised 9/23/09
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