Mrs. Stockford
HFA4UI2014
Unit 2: PERSONAL DIET ANALYSIS
Name: ____________________________________
The purpose of this assignment is to analyze your diet in order to understand your nutritional
status. To do this, you will be using a program called EATracker which lets you track your
food intake and compares it to the guidelines laid out by Health Canada.
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PART A: DIET ANALYSIS FOOD INTAKE RECORD (15)
Using the provided diet analysis food intake record sheet, you will record
everything you eat and drink for 3 days.
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Due: ______________________ (1) BONUS
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PART B: FOOD and DRINK DATA INPUT
Step 1: Go to the website www.eatracker.ca.
Click on the “Sign Up” button in the top right corner. You must complete all the information and accept the
terms and conditions in order to use the site. Your login_________________ Password ______________.
Step 2: Complete “My Profile” by adding your personal information and clicking on “submit.”
Step 3: Once registered and your profile is completed, you will start adding in your food data.
Firstly, select the date you recorded your food intake. This is at the top left corner of the
screen. Once the date is selected, select the “MY FOOD” tab at the top and you can
begin to track the foods you have eaten that day. Search for each food item you ate by
typing in a key word. Enter the quantity and click add to… to place it in the correct meal.
Continue to add to your menu until you have completed the entire day, don’t forget about
drinks. You should see the menu building at the top of the screen.
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Make sure you include everything you ate or drank. Don’t forget about the butter on your toast or the sugar on
your oatmeal.
If you can’t find something you ate or drank in the program, choose something that would be similar or build
your item (i.e. each ingredient in your sandwich). Be sure to make a note of this substitution under your chart
after you pasted your chart in your word document.
Complete a Print Screen function and paste your data into a Word document. Title this section of
your written document as PART B: Food and Drink Data Input. Subtitle each chart in your word
document as “My Food Intake Day 1: and the date” (i.e. My Food Intake Day 1: October 24, 2014).
Step 4: Complete Step 3 again, but now for your 2nd and 3rd days of food record intake.
Remember to subtitle these charts in your word document and don’t forget to change the dates.
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Due: ______________________ (1) BONUS
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PART C: FOOD GROUP ANALYSIS
Select the “MY FOOD” tab, click on “Eating History” from the left menu and complete the following chart.
Food Group
Recommended
# of Servings
Your # of
Servings
Day 1
Vegetables
and Fruit
Grain
Products
Milk and
Alternatives
Meat and
Alternatives
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Due: ______________________ (1) BONUS
Your # of
Servings
Day 2
Your # of
Servings
Day 3
Average #
of Servings
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PART D: CALORIE ANALYSIS
From the top menu, select My Food, then, from the left menu, select Calories.”
1) Compare your energy intake to your estimated energy requirement (EER).
My EER is ______________ calories.
Energy Intake: Day 1
(Calories)
Energy Intake: Day 2
(Calories)
Energy Intake: Day 3
(Calories)
Average Energy Intake
(Calories)
EER stands for: ____________________________________________________________
EER is based on: __________________________________________________________
2) Check your Body Mass Index (BMI). My BMI is _______________. I fall within the
___________________ category for BMI. (Google – BMI levels, Wikipedia)
3) Log onto the following website http://nat.uiuc.edu, and on the left-hand side, click on the
Energy Calculator, then Daily Calculator. Fill out all required areas.
On average I consume _______________ calories and I burn ______________ calories.
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PART E: ENERGY INTAKE ANALYSIS
It is important to balance the energy (calories) you get from protein, fat, and carbohydrates.
Go back to My Food, Calories, and scroll down until you see calories from protein, fat,
carbohydrates, and alcohol. Complete the table below using your results for each day.
Day 1: Total Calories = _____________
Nutrient
My Intake (g)
My Intake %
Which food item provided the highest source
of each nutrient? What was the value?
Protein
Fat
Carbohydrate
Day 2: Total Calories = _____________
Nutrient
My Intake (g)
My Intake %
Which food item provided the highest source
of each nutrient? What was the value?
Protein
Fat
Carbohydrate
Day 3: Total Calories = _____________
Nutrient
My Intake (g)
My Intake %
Which food item provided the highest source
of each nutrient? What was the value?
Protein
Fat
Carbohydrate
My Average % of Energy Intake from Each Nutrient
Nutrient
Protein
Fat
Carbohydrate
My Average Intake
(g)
My Average Intake
(%)
(D1+D2+D3)/3
(do your calculations)
Recommend % per day
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PART F: NUTRIENT ANALYSIS
From the left menu, select “Nutrients.” Click on View All Nutrients.
Look at the table which shows you the amount of fibre, vitamins, and
minerals in your food choices for each day selected. It also lists the
recommended daily amounts for your age and gender. Complete the
chart below.
Nutrient
My Intake
from food
Day 1
My Intake
from food
Day 2
My Intake
from food
Day 3
My
Average
Intake
My
Recommended
Daily Intake
Sodium (mg)
Potassium (mg)
Fibre (g)
Vitamin A (RAE)
Vitamin C (mg)
Calcium (mg)
Iron (mg)
Vitamin D (mcg)
Vitamin E (mg)
Thiamin (mg)
Riboflavin (mg)
Niacin (NE)
Folate (DFE)
Vitamin B6 (mg)
Vitamin B12
(mcg)
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PART G: RECIPE APPLICATION
1. Find one recipe that addresses a deficiency in any two of the nutrients for which you are not
meeting the recommended intake as outlined in PART F. Enter your recipe ingredients and
amounts into EATracker My Recipes, by clicking on Analyse Recipe. Print Screen your
Recipe and your Nutrients per serving values and food group per servings analysis. Copy
the above data into your word document. If you are meeting the recommendations for all
nutrients, address the nutrients you are the lowest in.
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PART H: WRITTEN ANALYSIS
Write a well-developed diet analysis essay-style report based on the data you gathered. Compare
your data results to each of the categories listed below by analyzing your results to the nutrition
recommendations. Be very specific in your writing by using the specific data gathered and specific
examples to support your statements. Also, explain how you could improve your diet and activity
level to benefit your overall lifestyle.
Organization of your written analysis must include the following parts:
 Introduction (provide background information on the importance of nutrition on your
health and your purpose statement)
 Canada’s Food Group Analysis (apply the recommendations and your results to all 4 of
CFG groups)
 Calorie Analysis (compare consumed vs burned, and energy intake of carbohydrates,
fats, and proteins)
 Nutrient Analysis (choose a minimum of 4 nutrients and compare the recommendations
to your values, improvements, changes, how)
 Recipe Application (why did you choose this recipe, what nutrients is it addressing, and
how will you add this to your diet, how does it relate to CFG and nutrient values)
 Conclusion (discuss some potential health risks you may face if you do not change your
current diet and activity level)
Your Final Assignment should be organized as follows:
 Title Page (properly formatted in APA format with assignment title, student’s name, school’s
name, running head, and page #)
 Written Analysis (organized into paragraphs with clear subtitles ie. Part G Recipe
Application, header, page #s)
 Appendix A: Part A: Diet Analysis Food and Drink Intake Record
 Appendix B: Part B: Food and Drink Data Input (for all 3 days)
 Appendix C: Part G: Recipe Application
 Appendix D: Unit 2: Personal Diet Analysis Sheet
 References (properly formatted in APA format (all websites used)
 Assessment Rubric
Tip: Make sure all pages have subtitles, page numbers, are in order as listed above, stapled
together and check for spelling, grammar, and sentence structure