Record and analyze your food intake for three 24 hour periods (Computer analysis is preferable, program comes with MindTap.) Analyze the cumulative print-out for three days. Compare your results with the DRIs. Write yourself a diet prescription explaining how you could improve your dietary intakes of nutrients by eating different foods, different eating patterns, etc. Be sure to relate your findings to your current level of health, sports and exercise.
Heres all you really need to formulate in your report:
a. Your THEORETICAL DRI calculated by the program from your gender, weight, age etc.
b. Your ACTUAL DRI calculated from the food intake you entered
c. A comparison ACTUAL/THEORETICAL giving you insight too high? too low? just right?
d. A proposed, 3-meal diet to improve your intake-covering one day. Offer general comments on different nutrients. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack
3.) Thats all there is to it! A 3 day average DRI is best but not all programs offer that. Dont worry. Use one day.
I am a 20 year old female, 5 foot 3 inches, weighs 143lbs, BMI 25.7, body fat percentage is unknown, highly active, weightlifting for 90-120 minutes 5 days a week, 6-8 of moving and standing for work as a waitress. in the files i have attatched two sample papers and i have attatched my 3 days of food intake as well as the average 3 day DRI intake.
