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Dietary Intake Assessment

[WLOs: 1, 2, 6] [CLOs: 3, 4]

Dietary intake is a lifestyle factor that has a large effect on health and wellness. After reviewing the required materials for this week, assess your dietary intake by tracking your diet and using appropriate tools to review it. It is suggested you use the MyFitnessPal website or application (app) to assess your diet, but you may select a tool of your own as long as it provides you with an analysis of your diet.

To begin, keep a record of your food intake for at least one day. You may add your food directly into the MyFitnessPal website or app, or you may use the sample in the Food Diary – How to Keep Track of What You Eatweb page. You may also create something similar on your own. Assessing your food intake can help you determine which nutrients you are consuming in excess and which nutrients you need more of. Be sure to include serving sizes and all beverages consumed. Review the MyFitnessPal Tutorial and Introduction to MyFitnessPalYouTube videos for assistance on logging your food and analyzing your diet.

Once you have logged your food intake on the MyFitnessPal website or app, scroll down and click on the nutrition tab. At the top of the Nutrition page, “Calories,” “Nutrients,” and “Macros” are displayed. Select each category to review your daily totals. Pay attention to the total amount consumed and your goal for each component. Finally, analyze your diet by answering the questions below in your journal. Your journal should contain the two parts described below.

Part 1: Assess your diet by addressing the following items:

Analyze your daily fat, saturated fat, sugar, carbohydrates, and caloric intake. Explain how your numbers compared with the goal levels.
Identify what vitamins and minerals fell below the goal level.
Elaborate on how your protein intake compared with the goal level. Discuss specific grams.
Explain the role and importance of consuming each of the following:
- Minerals
- Vitamins
- Carbohydrates
- Water
- Protein
- Fiber
- Fat

Part 2: Examine the effects of your diet on your health and wellness by addressing the following items in your journal entry:

Identify the effect your diet has on your health and wellness. Does your dietary intake protect you or increase your health risks?
Explain two chronic diseases directly related to an unhealthy diet.
Explain two ways you could improve your diet. Be specific and provide examples.

For the journal assignment, write out each question and then answer it. Your journal should be a minimum of one page in length (not including the title page or reference page). As a minimum, include the course textbook and the dietary website you used as references in your response to this journal activity. Include an APA formatted title page and reference page. See the Introduction to APA web page in the Ashford Writing Center for guidance. Submit to Waypoint by Day 7.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Reflective Journal: Grammarly and RefWorks

Part 1: If you have not already done so, submit one of the written assignments you have drafted for this course (or any document that was written according to academic standards) to Grammarly to be reviewed for writing and style issues.

If you have not used Grammarly in the past, study The Grammarly Guide: How to Set Up & Use Grammarly (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. tutorial; then set up a Grammarly account, and use Grammarly to review a draft of your academic document.

Begin your journal entry by identifying three issues Grammarly uncovered in your work (e.g., wordiness, passive voice, subject-verb agreement) and excerpt some of the feedback Grammarly provided as explanations.

Then, integrate and cite the examples you provided to address the following questions:

Was a piece of software able to identify errors and suggest revisions that might improve your writing?
Did Grammarly suggest changes or modifications that were less than optimal and which you rejected?
What do your responses to these first two questions imply about how to constructively process feedback from Grammarly?
Was the experience of using Grammarly generally beneficial?
Will you use Grammarly for future class assignments? Why or why not?

Part 2: Reflect on RefWorks, the online bibliographic management program available to you at University of the Rockies. If you have not yet accessed RefWorks, do so now and try out some of its features before you address the following questions:

Have you used RefWorks prior to this assignment? Based on that experience, if applicable, or on your current assessment of the tool, describe your thoughts concerning the usefulness of RefWorks. Does it help to keep resources organized? Which features of the tool do you find most helpful?
Looking forward, how do you plan to use RefWorks for this class and for the duration of your doctoral journey?

Point Value: 2 Points

Week 3 journal

Dietary Intake Assessment

[WLOs: 1, 2, 6] [CLOs: 3, 4]