Name:________________________
Date:___________Period:_______
Nutrition Analysis Assignment
Log in to the Internet and go to: http://www.mypyramid.gov/
1.
Fill in your age, sex and physical activity level on the right
side of the home page.
2.
According the mypyramid.gov you should be eating the
following quantity in each food group:
a.
GRAINS:______________
b.
VEGETABLES:______________
c.
FRUITS:____________
d.
MILK:_______________
e.
MEAT & BEANS:_____________
3.
Your results are based on a _________________calorie
pattern.
4.
Select “My Pyramid Tracker” on the right side of this
website.
5.
Under “Assessment” choose “Assess Your Food
Intake”
6.
You will need to register as a new user. Click the link to
register.
7.
My USER ID:___________________ My
password:_______________________
8.
Log in and update your personal information.
9.
Select the link “Proceed to Food Intake”
10.
Here you will enter everything you have eaten for the two
separate days you documented on your daily intake record sheet.
11.
You are going to first input what you ate on a weekend
day. When you are finished entering the information, click “Save and
Analyze”
12.
Click on “Calculate DG Comparison” Take a look out
how you compare to your dietary guidelines (DG). This page uses emoticons 
to describe whether you are meeting the dietary
guidelines , need
improvement , or whether you are LOW in a
category .
13.
List the Dietary
Guidelines that you are LOW in:
14.
Go to “NUTRIENT INTAKE” link on the bottom of the
page. Take a look at how your diet compares to the Recommendation of Acceptable
Range. Does anything stand out to you as being extremely LOW or HIGH?
a.
Which nutrients are you LOW in according to the
recommendation?
b.
Which nutrients are you HIGH in according to the
recommendation?
15.
Go back to “Food Intake Entry”. You will find a link
on the top of the main web page. Remove all old entries and enter what you ate
on a weekday. When you are finished entering your daily intake, click “Save
and Analyze”
16.
Click on “Calculate DG Comparison” Take a look out
how you compare to your dietary guidelines (DG). This page uses emoticons to describe whether you are meeting the dietary
guidelines , need
improvement , or whether you are LOW in a
category .
17.
List the Dietary
Guidelines that you are LOW in:
18.
Go to “NUTRIENT INTAKE” link on the bottom of the
page. Take a look at how your diet compares to the Recommendation of Acceptable
Range. Does anything stand out to you as being extremely LOW or HIGH?
a.
Which nutrients are you LOW in according to the
recommendation?
b.
Which nutrients are you HIGH in according to the
recommendation?
19.
Based on the information you learned from this assignment, create
3 long-term nutrition goals for yourself, that can be completed in the next 12
months.
1.
Long term goal:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.
Long term goal:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.
Long term goal:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Understand
and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
1.
Go
to Mr. Nolan’s “HEALTH” web page and click “How to read a food label” under the
Nutrition section.
2.
Read
through the page and answer the following questions based on the food label for
Macaroni & Cheese.
3.
What
is the Serving Size ________________
4.
How
many Servings Per Container_______________
5.
How
many calories per serving ___________
6.
How
many grams of Saturated Fat are in 1 serving_____________
7.
How
many calories are from Fat in 1 serving_______________
8.
How
many grams of Protein are in 1 serving_______________
9.
What
percent of Daily Value is considered low______________
10.
What
percent of Daily Value is considered High_________________
11.
For
Macaroni & Cheese, the % Daily Value is based on a ______________
calorie diet.