FNES 163

Dietary Analysis Assignment

Name: Karen Yin

Purpose:
To evaluate the adequacy of 2 days of dietary intake in meeting the recommended food and
nutrient requirements for your specific age, gender, physical activity, height, weight and weight
goal.

Instructions:

1. Go to the EATracker website to create your profile:

a. Eatracker.ca Scroll over “Analyze Your Food” and click sign up here to create a
profile.
b. Enter your age, gender, physical activity, height, and weight.
2. For 2 days enter the foods, beverages and amounts eaten:
a. Go to menu heading “My Food”.
b. Enter all foods and beverages consumed for breakfast lunch, dinner, and snacks as
well as any vitamins and supplements taken.
3. Once all your foods are entered for 2 days, go to section “My Eating Feedback”:
a. Click Calories– print report
b. Click Nutrients– print report
4. Submit in class (10 points):
a. 2 days of your completed food logs (take screen capture)
b. 2 days of your Calorie and Nutrient Reports
c. Typed answer to the questions below

QUESTIONS

1. What food groups did you meet your recommended intake levels? (10 points)
I did not meet any recommended intake levels for any food group on either day.

2. What food groups did you not meet your recommended intake levels? (10 points)
I did not meet my recommended intake levels for grain products food group and milk
and alternatives food group on the 1st day. On the 2nd day I did not meet my
recommended intake levels for any group except the meat food group.

3. What food groups exceeded your recommended intake levels? (10 points)
I exceeded my recommended intake levels for vegetables and fruit food group and
meat and alternatives food group on the 1 st day. On the 2nd day I over exceeded my
recommended intake levels for the meat food group,

4. How well did you meet your recommended fiber intake? (5 points)
 I did not meet my recommended fiber intake for the 1st day but I did over exceed my
recommended fiber intake for the 2nd day. On the 1st day I only had 9.2g of fiber and
on the 2nd day I had 38.3g of fiber compared to the recommended 25g.

5. If you did not meet your recommended fiber intake how can you increase your
intake by 5 grams? (10 points)
Too increase my fiber intake I would remember that I should eat more vegetables on
certain days where I have not eaten much foods.

6. List the vitamins and minerals where you did not meet your recommended intake
levels and the foods (from your textbook) that would help you meet these
requirements? (15 points)
I did not meet any of the recommended intake levels for vitamins and minerals. To
help me meet these requirements I would have to eat more fruits that provide the
nutrients I’m not getting. I’m lacking in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, calcium and iron
nutrients. For Vitamin A, I should eat more vegetables or fruits. For Vitamin C, I
could drink orange juice or each other citrus fruits. For calcium I should drink more
milk or eat more cheese and for my iron levels I should eat more poultry and other
meats.

7. What surprised you (good or bad) about your eating habits? (10 points)
I was surprised that I eat over my recommended daily calories because I don’t feel
like I eat a lot since I normally eat 2 meals a day and snack throughout the day.

8. What are two improvements you could actually see yourself making? (10 points)
I should be eating less starchy foods because my carbohydrate intake levels are on the
higher side of the scale and I should also be eating more foods from the milk food
group.

9. What are the benefits and limitations of using MyPlate and SuperTracker
(opinion)? (10 points)
The benefits of using MyPlate and SuperTracker is that you can see your progress of
what you’ve eaten throughout the day and see what more you should take more of or
eat less of as you continue to track your diet. There are many limitations of using this
site as not all the foods I’ve eaten are listed. Finding alternatives for the foods I’ve
eaten don’t really give an accurate number of my eating habits. I wasn’t able to find
most of the foods I’ve eaten therefore I had to substitute most of them.

Dietary Analysis Assignment

Name: Karen Yin

FOOD LOG
Meal Time Foods/Beverages Amount Food groups
Example: 11am 1% Milk 4 oz. Dairy
Breakfast
Corn Flakes 1 cup Grain
Banana 1 Fruit
Lunch (4/24) 1:30pm Drumstick 1 Protein
Chicken wing 1 Protein
Kimchi Beef Stew with kimchi, beef, tofu, 1 quart Protein,
zucchini, fish cake and bean sprouts Vegetables
Rice 2 cups Grain
Dinner (4/24) 7:30pm Steak 30g Protein
Broccoli 2 cups Vegetables
Watercress 2 cups Vegetables
Rice 1 cup Grain
Snack (4/24) 3:30pm Oolong tea with honey lemon 16oz
6:30pm Caramel Iced Latte 24ml
Lunch (4/25) 4:30pm Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowl with black 3 cups Protein,
beans, cheese, fajita vegetables, fresh Vegetables,
tomato salsa, roasted chili corn salsa, Dairy
romaine lettuce and sour cream
Rice 2 cups Grain
Dinner (4/25) 8:00pm Chicken 1.5oz Protein
Rice 1 cup Grain
Okra 1.5 cups Vegetables
Avocado 1 Fruit
Snacks (4/25) Caramel Macchiato 24oz
Smoothie 160ml
Macaroon 3