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The purpose of this exercise is to help you to evaluate correlations among your nutrition, physical activity, and body weight. If you haven't already, go to Track Diet and track your food in Diet & Wellness Plus (D&W+) for 3 days.
Consult with your instructor about how to submit reports for this assignment. You may also want to save the reports for your reference.
1. Your own calorie intake represents the "energy in" part of your energy balance. From the Home page of D&W+, select the Reports tab, and then select the Energy Balance report. Choose one of your recording days, enter the same day in the Start Date and End Date boxes, and select all meals.
How do your calories (kcal) consumed compare with your recommended calories? What was your kcal burned (BMR) amount?
2. Energy balance is affected not just by food eaten but also by energy expended. Compare the effects of two levels of activity on your energy balance. Select the Track Activity tab, and enter the same date from Question 1 in the Select a Date box. Enter an activity, such as walking, dancing, cleaning, in the Search box. Select an activity, enter 30 minutes in the Minutes box, and select Add Activity. Lastly, select the Reports tab, and then select the Energy Balance report. Enter the same day you recorded the activity in the Start Date and End Date boxes, and select all meals.
What changes do you see among the kcal burned (activities), kcal burned (BMR), and net kcal?
3. If you want to lose body fat, you must expend more energy than you take in. Look over your food diaries. From the Reports tab, select the Energy Balance report. Enter the first day you recorded your intake in the Start Date box and the last day you recorded your intake in the End Date box, and select all meals.
Compare the kcal consumed to the recommended kcal for each of the three days. Did you exceed your calorie recommendation (positive energy balance) for any of these days?
How many calories over your recommendation were you? To determine this amount, subtract the calories you consumed from the recommended calories.
4. From the Reports tab, select the Daily Food Log report. Enter one of the days you experienced a positive energy balance in the Select a Date box.
What modifications could you make to the foods and/or portion sizes consumed on this date that would help reduce the calories consumed while still maintaining a wholesome and satisfying diet?
5. All three energy-yielding nutrients can contribute excess calories, but fat provides some satiety and has the highest calories per gram, and it is most easily consumed without awareness. From the Reports tab, select the Intake Spreadsheet report. Enter the first day you recorded food in the Select a Date box and then scroll down and review the Fat (g) column. Repeat this process for the second and third day that you recorded food.
Which day contained the highest amount of fat? Which foods contributed the most fat on this day? What would you say led to higher intake of fat on this day, as compared to another? Were you aware of the food that you were eating, or were you doing something else while eating, such as watching TV? How can this activity affect your food consumption?
6. Calculate your estimated energy requirements, using the instructions in "How To 8-1." How did your calculated estimated energy requirement compare with the daily energy requirement stated in the Energy Balance report?
7. Was your kcalorie intake for this day greater than or less than the recommended intake?
Would you expect to gain, lose, or maintain weight if this were an average day? What health risks may arise over time if one continues to gain weight? What health issues may occur if one continues to be underweight?
Calculate your estimated energy requirements, using the instructions in "How To 8-1." How did your calculated estimated energy requirement compare with the daily energy requirement stated in the Energy Balance report?
Was your kcalorie intake for this day greater than or less than the recommended intake?
Would you expect to gain, lose, or maintain weight if this were an average day? What health risks may arise over time if one continues to gain weight? What health issues may occur if one continues to be underweight?