STUDENT DIRECTIONS FOR

DIET ANALYSIS/INTERNET ASSIGNMENT

The purpose of this assignment is to keep a food journal for the specified period of time, identify what nutrient you are most deficient in and research that nutrient on the internet.

• Keeping a journal makes you aware of what and how much you are actually eating.
• Logging this information for a few days helps to present an average of your eating habits.
• Using the diet analysis software enables you to identify what nutrient(s) you are lacking.
• Researching a nutrient makes you aware of your body’s need for that nutrient.

1. Begin by recording everything you eat for three days. Be sure to note how much and when you eat. It would be best to include at least one weekend day.
2. Enter this information in a diet analysis software program. The instructions for using “YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT” are located here.
3. Identify the nutrient you are either deficient in or eating excessively.
4. Research this nutrient on the Internet and fill out the assignment sheet.
5. Create a one page advertisement about your nutrient.
6. Using the rubric, self-evaluate yourself.
7. Evaluate your student peer’s flyers.
8. Staple all this together for grading.