Name __________________________________ Class ___________ Due Date _________

Nutrition Analysis Project

You will complete this nutrition unit summative project by sharing and analyzing the data you have
been collecting on your “My Fitness Pal” app.

You may choose to create your project with Keynote, PowerPoint, iMovie, or Prezi. In addition to
being colorful and creative, your presentation must include pictures, graphics, and other media to
make it engaging!

Please refer to the outline below for project requirements. Use this outline as a rough
draft by writing the information for each slide in the box provided. This outline must be
completed and submitted as a portion of the final project grade!
Parts: What it should include:

1. Title slide Nutrition Analysis Project

Name

2. What is Give the definition of nutrition

Nutrition?

3. How a. Nutrients: Name the 6 classes of nutrients and theirs jobs in your
Does the Body Use body
Food? 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

b. Calories: Discuss the definition of calories, metabolism, and basal

metabolic rate (BMR). Why are these important?
Calories -

Metabolism -

BMR - (also list what your BMR is..use the link from class)

4. My Fitness Pal App Discuss the app and how you used it. What are some benefits to using
the app?
5. My Nutrition Goals a. Weight Goal: Discuss your weight goal: Did you chose “gain”, “lose”,
slide(s) or “maintain”?

a. 2 pts
b. 2 pts
c. 2 pts
b. Calorie Goal: Based on your chosen weight goal, what was the daily
calorie intake goal the app suggested?

c. Nutrient Goals: What is the recommended percent (%) for your

daily intake of carbs/fats/proteins?

6. Results slides a. Calorie Goal: Did you meet your daily calorie intake goal? Why or
why not? What can you do to be sure you meet your suggested calorie
Create a table or goal? (“Most days, I only ate about 1300 calories which is below my
chart to show data calorie goal.”)
for each

Use specific numbers

to show evidence of
data
b. Nutrient Goals: Which nutrients were you lacking? Which were you
eating too much of? How can you address this? (Ex. By eating more
vegetables, or taking supplements.) (“I typically eat more fats than
recommended, as 3 of the 7 days 40% of my calories came from fat.”)

c. How did your diet change over the weekend?: How do

Saturday and Sunday’s data differ from school days? Why was it the
same/different?
7. EXERCISE Discuss your level of physical activity and how many calories your
chosen exercises can burn (what types of physical activity / exercise do
you participate in?). How does this affect your goal calorie intake?
Where in the community do you exercise? What are some of the benefits
of exercising?

We discussed body composition in class last week. What is body

composition? Can body composition be impacted by diet and exercise? If
yes, how can they impact or improve body composition?

8. Conclusion slides a. List 3 nutrition goals you can make for yourself based on this analysis
1.

2.

3.

b. What did you find to be the most shocking/interesting/useful part of

collecting data using “My Fitness Pal”?

CONTENT = 50 pts.
total

Nutrition Analysis Project

Grading Rubric

* You will submit your project on Schoology. Follow these instructions:

1. Log into Schoology
2. Go to Health and Wellness
3. Open “Nutrition Unit” folder (Under assignments)
5. Click “Nutrition project” assignment
6. Press “Submissions’ at the top
7. In the top right-hand corner, click the “+”, and “create new submission”.

CRITERIA NOTES SCORE

CONTENT All content included and accurate:

1. Title slide (1 pt)
2. What is Nutrition? (1 pt)
3. How Does the Body Use
Food? (18 pts)
4. 4. My Fitness Pal App (5 pts)
5. My Nutrition Goals (5 pts)
6. Results slides (15 pts)
7. How Does Exercise
Affect My Nutrition? (10 pts)
8. Conclusion slides (5 pts) ____ /60

CREATIVITY Color, font, placement and use of

pictures/graphics/media enhance the
presentation and are engaging ____ /10

WRITING Correct grammar, spelling,

punctuation,
____ /10

OUTLINE Outline above is completed and

submitted on time
____ /20

Formative grade: completed log TOTAL SCORE: /100