It is possible that although your Part 2: Diet Analysis Cronometer Nutrition report showed your diet was
adequate in nutrients, met calorie goals, and balanced in terms of nutrients, your diet is lacking variety and not
showing moderation in terms of the food groups (one is too high or too low, resulting in too much or too little of
another food group). This portion of the diet analysis project will focus on your critical analysis of your intake for
one day as compared to recommendations from MyPlate for variety and moderation from the food groups.
Your critical analysis will be presented as a written paper. The paper should include an introduction paragraph,
one paragraph for each of the 5 food groups, one paragraph on the “limits” (sodium and saturated fat), and a
conclusion.
Introduction: This should tell the reader what they will expect to read about in your paper. The main focus here
is that you are introducing a review of your diet in terms of how well it matches up to recommendations about
food groups.
Body of the paper: Aim for 1 complete paragraph (3-5 sentences is a good goal to aim for) addressing each
food group and the limits. This means you will have 6 paragraphs in total for the body of the paper.
For each food group support the determination you made (Y or N) in column 3 of your worksheet- Did you
reach your target? Clearly state if you believe you did/did NOT meet the recommendation and how you came
to this conclusion. Which foods did you classify in this food group and how did you come up with the total
number of servings? Do this for each of the 5 food groups.
Once you have this for all food groups, do the same for the limits. If you exceeded sodium and/or saturated fat,
identify which foods in your diet for the day resulted in being over the limit(s). If you were under for one or both,
comment on how you made choices to keep those to a minimum. In the event no decisions were made
specifically with awareness of sodium and saturated fat content, that is fine, however you will want to comment
on this still and not skip over a critical analysis of your intake impacting those values.
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