Part II: Diet Analysis (170 pts)

Step 1: Creating a Profile

1.

 

Go to the following website: 
https://cronometer.com/
 IMPORTANT: Instructions below apply to the web-based Cronometer application. Do NOT use the mobile device App. 

2.  Click on Sign Up for Free in the middle of the screen.

·

· Create your profile by entering your school email and password (8 characters).

· Next, enter your sex, birth date, height, and weight.  For females, leave as normal unless you are pregnant or lactating, which can be selected from the drop down menu.

· Click the check box to agree to Terms of Service and click Create Account at the bottom of the screen.

·

3.  Once you have entered the Cronometer site, click on SETTINGS at the top of the screen. Once you open SETTINGS, you will see a drop down for PROFILE. It is here you will see your ACTIVITY LEVEL. Also, the email settings are in the SETTINGS then ACCOUNT tab.

Under email, be sure to uncheck any checked boxes.  Leaving these boxes checked results in promotional emails from Cronometer.  Cronometer is not endorsed by UMUC, and we do not support any fad diet information that may be sent to you. 

4.  Staying in Profile, using the drop down menu, adjust your Activity Level to the appropriate selection based on your habits and lifestyle. Clicking on Activity Level can provide guidance on which activity level is appropriate for your lifestyle.

Note: for this project, do not link your Cronometer account with any fitness tracking devices as it may alter the accuracy of your results for this project.

Step 2: Using the Food Database

1.  To begin entering your foods for Day 1, ensure you are under the Diary tab at the top of the screen. 

2.  Select the appropriate calendar date.  It is highly recommended that you enter all three food diaries at once, using consecutive days on the Cronometer calendar (even if your log days were not consecutive), and use dates closest to today’s actual date.  Because we are using the free version of the site, reports can only be done for the last 7 days so you will be unable to get a report for the days you enter if they are more than 7 days away.  It’s not a problem to edit the dates in this way–it will not impact your results.

3.  Click on Add Food at the top of the screen. Type the first food from your food log into the search bar and click Search.  Select the food item that best matches the food you ate in the Search Results. 

4. Choose the amount that you consumed at the bottom of the search box.  Use the drop menu to select the most appropriate serving measurement and enter the number of servings.  If less than 1 serving, use a decimal to indicate the percentage of one serving consumed.  Click on Add Serving.

Note: Do not include any supplements into your food diary as you are doing an assessment of your dietary intake only.

5. If you need to delete a food item from your diary, simply right click on the food item and select Delete Selected Items.

6. Continue Steps 1-3 for all food items for your Day 1 Food Diary.

7.  After you have entered all food and drink items for the first day, click on the gear found at the top right of the screen.  Select “Mark Day Complete”.
 
8.  Repeat for Days 2 and 3 by changing the date in the calendar. Again, ensure dates are consecutive in the Cronometer calendar; are within a 7-day window; and are as close to today’s date as possible.

Step 3: Obtaining Your Nutrition Report

1. Once you have entered all of your foods into the Diary for all three days and marked all three days as complete, you need to create your nutrition report to analyze your average intake of nutrients over the three days.  Click on the Trends tab at the top of the screen. Select Nutrition Report.
2.  At the top, select the parameters for your search [see screenshot below]. Ensure your 3 days are included in the last 7 days as the free version of this site only allows for averages from the last 7 days.
· Select include today only if one of your three days was entered on today’s date in the Cronometer calendar.
· From the drop down menu, select “Completed Days” instead of the default “All Days”.  This will ensure your report is accurate and includes values for only days in which food was entered.
· Do not include supplements in this report.
3.  After your report is generated, take a screen shot of your Nutrition Report to show all nutrient values from Nutrition Report dates at the top down to Zinc You will likely need to take two screen shots in order to include the required data. [See sample screenshot below].   This step must be done as it is a requirement that you turn this in with the analysis.

4. 
Open this file
 to complete the rest of the assignment.  Using the Nutrition Report above, fill in the Average Eaten columns of 
Tables 1 and 2
 of the file you just opened.  To fill in Table 1, Energy and Macronutrients (percent of calories), use the top of the report as shown below.  You will need to hover over each macronutrient name to see percent of calories from each.  Do NOT use information from the sections that are crossed out on the image below.

For remaining macronutrient components and the micronutrients, use the Nutrition Report tables to obtain the information to fill remaining average intakes for 
Tables 1 and 2
. 

Using the screenshot below as an example (vitamins in this case), you will use the 1st column values rather than the red/yellow/green bar values in the 2nd column.

5.  Finish Tables 1 and 2 in the document you downloaded by using the following resources for Target or RDA/AI Nutrient values.

Macronutrients: Use the AMDRs that you learned about in your text for Target values.  These can be found in their respective chapters in the text (Chapters 4, 5, and 6).

Micronutrients: Use the link below for RDA/AI values for all vitamins and minerals except Vitamins A and D. For Vitamins A and D, the units from Cronometer do not match the RDA/AI units found in the link below.  While this is the most recent publication for RDA/AIs, presently IUs are the preferable measurement for vitamins A and D. As a result, Cronometer provides their results in IUs for these two vitamins. Use the following reference:

            Vitamin A –     RDA 3000 IU for males

                                    RDA 2,333 IU for females

            Vitamin D –     RDA 600 IU for males and females

Here is a detailed reference for Dietary Reference Intakes for all vitamins and macronutrients (see pp. 1-5), which will benefit the analysis portion of your paper:  
DRI Values

Step 4: Analysis Questions

1.  Answer Questions 1-9 in the file you downloaded above based on your results in 
Tables 1 and 2
.  Use complete sentences and ensure proper grammar and spelling.

2. In order to calculate the EER equation (question #2 on the Word document you have downloaded in order to complete this assignment), you will need your PA value (physical activity).  Use the following PA levels for your equation based on your gender and activity level:

· Men

· 1.0 for sedentary

· 1.11 for low active

· 1. 25 for active

· 1.48 for very active

· Women

· 1.0 for sedentary

· 1.12 for low active

· 1. 27 for active

· 1.45 for very active

Step 5: Submission

The following should be submitted as attachments when you have completed this part of your project:

1. Nutrition Report screen shots (as or file)

2. Completed Analysis to include 
tables 
and answers to diet analysis questions (found 
here
)

Start Date

Jan 5, 2020 4:29 PM

Due Date

Feb 23, 2020 11:59 PM

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Rubric Name: Dietary Analysis_Part II

This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.Criteria

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Part 2: Screenshots, Tables and Data Entry (50 pts)

5

0 points

50 pts

 

–All screenshots were included showing all required Nutrient Report data (15 pts)

–Tables 1 and 2 include all necessary data and are accurately completed (25 pts)

30 points

30 pts

–All screenshots were included showing all required Nutrient Report data (15 pts)

–Tables 1 and 2 include all necessary data but there are few inaccuracies (3-6 errors) (15 pts)

13 points

13 pts

 –All screenshots were included but were missing some of the required Nutrient Report data (8 pts)

–Tables 1 and 2 include all necessary data but there are few inaccuracies (7+ errors) (5 pts)

0 points

0 pts

Student did not complete this portion of the project.

/ 50

Part 2: Analysis Questions: Energy Balance (30 pts)

30 points

30 pts 

QUES #1 (10 pts):

–Student has interpreted Mifflin-St Jeor data accurately (2 pts)

–Provides a soundly reasoned comparison of energy needs and calories consumed (4 pts)

–Includes numeric values as part of answers (4 pts)

 

QUES #2 (15 pts):

–EER is calculated correctly (4 pts)

–Unit conversions are accurate (3 pts)

–All calculations are shown (3 pts)

–Accurately compares energy needs and calories consumed (5 pts)

 

QUES #3 (5 pts):

–Detailed comparison of energy balance results for Mifflin-St Jeor and EER (3 pts)

–Provides a reasonable rationale for choice of best estimate (2 pts)

 

WRITING:

–Answers are written in student’s own words

–Written in complete sentences

— Demonstrates critical thinking

–No spelling or grammatical errors

–Supported with external research where relevant, cited in APA format

18 points

18 pts

 QUES #1 (5 pts):

–Student has made a few errors in interpretation of Mifflin-St Jeor data (1 pts)

–A few errors in comparison of energy needs and calories consumed (2 pts)

–Omitted some numeric values as part of answers (2 pts)

 

QUES #2 (10 pts):

–EER is calculated partially correctly (3 pts)

–Unit conversions are accurate (2 pts)

–All calculations are shown (2 pts)

–A few errors in comparison of energy needs and calories consumed (3 pts)

 

QUES #3 (3 pts):

–A few errors in comparison of energy balance results for Mifflin-St Jeor and EER (2 pts)

–Provides a weakly reasoned rationale for choice of best estimate (1 pts)

 

WRITING (3-5 errors):

–Answers mostly written in student’s own words

–Inconsistently written in complete sentences

— Demonstrates critical thinking

–A few spelling or grammatical errors

–Supported with external research where relevant, cited in APA format

7 points

7pts

QUES #1 (3 pts):

–Student has made many errors in interpretation of Mifflin-St Jeor data (1 pts)

–A few errors in comparison of energy needs and calories consumed (2 pts)

–Omitted numeric values as part of answers (0 pts)

 

QUES #2 (3 pts):

–EER is not calculated correctly and/or calculation is not shown (1 pts)

–Unit conversions are in correct (1 pts)

–No calculations are shown (0 pts)

–Several errors in comparing energy needs and calories consumed (1 pts)

 

QUES #3 (1 pt):

–Several errors in comparison of energy balance results for Mifflin-St Jeor and EER (1 pts)

–Omitted rationale for choice of best estimate (0 pts)

 

WRITING (6+ errors):

–Answers partly written in student’s own words (less than half)

–Inconsistently written in complete sentences

— Does not demonstrate critical thinking

–Several spelling or grammatical errors

–Did not support with external research where relevant, cited in APA format

0 points
0 pts
Student did not complete this portion of the project.

/ 30

Part 2: Macronutrient Intake (25 pts)

2

5 points

25 pts

 QUES #4 (10 pts):

–Student has accurately compares own % calories for carbohydrates, fats, and protein with the AMDRs (7 pts)

–Includes numeric values as part of answers (3 pts)

 

QUES #5 (10 pts):

–RDA for protein is calculated correctly (5 pts)

–All calculations are shown (2 pts)

–Accurately compares protein intake and calculated protein needs (3 pts) 

 

QUES #6 (5 pts):

Accurately compares fiber intake with fiber needs recommendations (5 pts)

 
WRITING:
–Answers are written in student’s own words
–Written in complete sentences
— Demonstrates critical thinking
–No spelling or grammatical errors
–Supported with external research where relevant, cited in APA format

17 points

17 pts

 QUES #4 (7 pts):

–Student made a few errors (1-3 errors) when comparing own % calories for carbohydrates, fats, and protein with the AMDRs (4 pts)

–Includes numeric values as part of answers (3 pts)
 

QUES #5 (7 pts):

–An error in RDA calculation for protein (3 pts)

–All calculations are shown (2 pts)

–Slight inaccuracies in comparison of protein intake and calculated protein needs (2 pts) 

 

QUES #6 (3 pts):

Inaccuracies in comparison of fiber intake with fiber needs recommendations (3 pts)

 
WRITING (3-5 errors):
–Answers mostly written in student’s own words
–Inconsistently written in complete sentences
— Demonstrates critical thinking
–A few spelling or grammatical errors
–Supported with external research where relevant, cited in APA format
7 points

7 pts

 QUES #4 (3 pts):

–Student made several errors (4+ errors) when comparing own % calories for carbohydrates, fats, and protein with the AMDRs (2 pts)

–Excluded numeric values as part of answers (0 pts)

 

QUES #5 (2 pts):

–Multiple errors in RDA calculation for protein (1 pts)

–No calculations are shown (0 pts)

–Substantial inaccuracies in comparison of protein intake and calculated protein needs (1 pts) 

 

QUES #6 (2 pts):

Inaccuracies in comparison of fiber intake with fiber needs recommendations (3 pts)
 
WRITING (6+ errors):
–Answers partly written in student’s own words (less than half)
–Inconsistently written in complete sentences
— Does not demonstrate critical thinking
–Several spelling or grammatical errors
–Did not support with external research where relevant, cited in APA format
0 points
0 pts
Student did not complete this portion of the project.

/ 25

Part 2: Micronutrient Intake (15 pts)

15 points

15 pts

 QUES #7 (10 pts):

–Student has accurately compares intake of all vitamins and minerals with RDA/AIs (10 pts)

 

QUES #8 (5 pts):

Correctly identified all toxicity risks for nutrient intake above 200%.

 
WRITING:
–Answers are written in student’s own words
–Written in complete sentences
— Demonstrates critical thinking
–No spelling or grammatical errors
–Supported with external research where relevant, cited in APA format

11 points

11 pts

 QUES #7 (7 pts):

–Student has made a few errors (1-3 errors) in comparing intake of all vitamins and minerals with RDA/AIs (7 pts)

 

QUES #8 (4 pts):

Correctly identified most toxicity risks for nutrient intake above 200%. (4 pts)

 
WRITING (3-5 errors):
–Answers mostly written in student’s own words
–Inconsistently written in complete sentences
— Demonstrates critical thinking
–A few spelling or grammatical errors
–Supported with external research where relevant, cited in APA format
5 points

5 pts

 QUES #7 (3 pts):

–Student has made a several errors (4+ errors) in comparing intake of all vitamins and minerals with RDA/AIs (3 pts)

 

QUES #8 (2 pts):

Correctly identified less than half of the toxicity risks for nutrient intake above 200%. (2 pts)

 
WRITING (6+ errors):
–Answers partly written in student’s own words (less than half)
–Inconsistently written in complete sentences
— Does not demonstrate critical thinking
–Several spelling or grammatical errors
–Did not support with external research where relevant, cited in APA format
0 points
0 pts

 Student did not complete this portion of the project.

/ 15

Part 2: Discussions (50 pts)

50 points

50 pts

Describes diet changes (increase or decrease) to meet recommendations for

–Energy  (15 pts)

–Macronutrients (15 pts)

–Micronutrients (15 pts)

 

–Includes relevant numeric values as part of answers (5 pts)

 
 
WRITING:
–Answers are written in student’s own words
–Written in complete sentences
— Demonstrates critical thinking
–No spelling or grammatical errors
–Supported with external research where relevant, cited in APA format

35 points

35 pts

Describes most diet changes (increase or decrease)—but omits 1-3 changes–to meet recommendations for

–Energy  (10 pts)

–Macronutrients (10 pts)

–Micronutrients (10 pts)

 
–Includes relevant numeric values as part of answers (5 pts)
 
WRITING (3-5 errors):
–Answers mostly written in student’s own words
–Inconsistently written in complete sentences
— Demonstrates critical thinking
–A few spelling or grammatical errors
–Supported with external research where relevant, cited in APA format

20 points

20 pts

Describes some of the needed diet changes (increase or decrease)—but omits 4+ needed changes–to meet recommendations for

–Energy  (5 pts)

–Macronutrients (5 pts)

–Micronutrients (5 pts)

 

–Omits several relevant numeric values as part of answers (5 pts)

 
WRITING (6+ errors):
–Answers partly written in student’s own words (less than half)
–Inconsistently written in complete sentences
— Does not demonstrate critical thinking
–Several spelling or grammatical errors
–Did not support with external research where relevant, cited in APA format
0 points
0 pts
Student did not complete this portion of the project.
/ 50

Rubric Total ScoreTotal

/ 170

Overall Score

Overall Score

Level 5153 points minimum

Level 4136 points minimum

Level 3119 points minimum

Level 2100 points minimum

Level 10 points minimum

Diet Analysis Project: Tables and Analysis Questions

Table 1. Energy and Macronutrients (10 pts)

Average Eaten

Target

Energy

2672.1

kcal

xxxx

Carbohydrates (% of calories)

257.8 %

     

%

Total Fat (% of calories)

137.5 %

      %

Protein (% of calories)

104 %

      %

Dietary Fiber

35.2 g

      g

Protein (grams)

132,1 g

xxxx

Table 2. Micronutrients (40 pts)

Average Eaten

Average Eaten

RDA/AI

2.2 mg

1.1 mg

12 mg

Vitamin		RDA/AI	Mineral
Thiamine		2.2 mg	1.0 mg	Calcium	948.9 mg	800 mg
Riboflavin		1.1 mg	Copper	3.3 mg	700 mg
Niacin	36.1 mg		12 mg	Iron	23.3 mg	6 mg
Pantothenic Acid	8.7 mg	5 mg	Magnesium	763.1 mg	350 mg
Vitamin B6	2.8 mg	Manganese	8.1 mg	2.3 mg
Vitamin B12	4.6 µg	2.0 µg	Phosphorus	1817.6 mg	580 mg
Folate	1074.3 µg	320 µg	Potassium	4526.6 mg	3400 mg
Vitamin A	25299.6 IU	3000 IU	Selenium	176.7 µg	1500 µg
Vitamin C	54.6 mg	75 mg	Sodium	2493 mg	1500 mg
Vitamin D	236.1 IU	600 IU	Zinc	13.9 mg	11 mg
Vitamin E	26.1 mg
Vitamin K	1172.6 µg	120 µg

Analysis:

Energy Balance

1. (10 pts) Cronometer uses the Mifflin-St Jeor equation for estimating energy expenditure (“Calories Burned”). How do the provided energy needs from Cronometer compare with the calories you consumed, on average, in Table 1? Are you in energy balance, positive energy balance, or negative energy balance based on the Mifflin-St Jeor estimate? Include the numeric values in your answer.

     

2. (15 pts) Calculate your energy needs using the Estimated Energy Requirements (EER) equation that you learned about in Chapter 11 of the text. You will need to convert your height and weight to the appropriate units. Be sure to include your work. How do your calculated energy needs compare with the calories you consumed, on average, in Table 1? Are you in energy balance, positive energy balance, or negative energy balance based on the EER estimate?

     

3. (5 pts) Compare the results of the Mifflin-St Jeor estimate and the EER equation from the text. Which do you feel more accurately represents your daily energy expenditure and why?

     

Macronutrient Intake

4. (10 pts) Looking at Table 1, compare your average percentage (%) of calories for carbohydrates, total fat, and protein with the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges (AMDRs) that you listed in the Target column? Include both your intake and the recommendations as part of your answer.

     

5. (10 pts) Calculate your RDA for protein in grams per day using the recommendations in Chapter 6 of the text. If you believe the RDA is not appropriate for you because you are an active individual, are pregnant, or are breastfeeding, use those recommendations instead (found in the Today’s Dietitian article of the Recommended Readings in Week 3 Learning Resources). Be sure to show your work. How does your average intake from protein in grams in Table 1 compare with your protein needs that you calculated?

     

6. (5 pts) Compare your fiber intake from Table 1 with the recommendation. Include both your intake and the recommendation as part of your answer.

     

Micronutrient Intake

7. (10 pts) Looking at Table 2, compare your average intake of the listed vitamins and minerals with the RDA/AIs for those nutrients. What vitamins and minerals are you lacking and what vitamins and minerals are you get plenty of?

     

8. (5 pts) Referencing your Nutrient Report screenshots, is average nutrient intake for any of the vitamins and minerals putting you at risk for toxicity? To determine this, review

Tolerable Upper Limits

(found here: Tolerable Upper Limits) for any nutrients over 200% on your Nutrient Report.

     

Discussion

9. (50 pts) Describe what changes you would need to make to your diet to better meet your recommendations for energy, macronutrients, and micronutrients. Be very specific! If you are lacking in a nutrient, what can you do to increase your intake of that nutrient and if you are getting too much of a nutrient and too much can be bad for you, what can you do to reduce your intake of that nutrient.

     

References