Name: _______________
Food Diary Assignment
Period: ____
Objective: Compare personal food intake to recommended dietary guidelines
1. Type into your browser https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/
2. Click the blue box that says create your profile
3. Fill out ALL the information (truthfully) for your personal profile and registration information
(email is optional) Write down your username and password.
4. Click submit at the bottom of the page
5. Begin entering in the foods and beverages you consumed for one whole day by individually
typing the foods in FOOD TRACKER box then click GO. Choose from the list of foods under the
SEARCH RESULTS. Try to be as specific as possible.
6. Select the food you ate, the quantity, and size then ADD it to breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack.
7. Repeat steps 5-6 for everything you ate and drank for one day.
8. Click HOME close to the top of the page
9. Enter your physical activity into the PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TRACKER.
10-12. Fill out the information in the charts at the top of the page into the charts provided.
10. Physical Activity Target
Target
Actual
11. Daily Calorie Limit
Allowance
Eaten
Remaining
12. Daily Food Group Targets
Grains
Vegetables
Fruits
Dairy
Target
Eaten
Status
13. Did you consume more or less calories than recommended?
14. Did the amount of calories you consumed surprise you at all? How so?
15. How many cups of vegetables are recommended daily for you?
16. What food groups did you eat enough of?
17. What food groups did you not eat enough of?
18. Did you eat over the amount recommended for any of the food groups?
19. Name some foods that would help you meet your Daily Food Group Targets.
20. How much sodium did you consume?
Proteins
Name: _______________
Food Diary Assignment
Period: ____
Write a paragraph (5 sentences) on how doing this assignment will affect your food choices in the
future. You may write it in the space below.
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