Nutrition Log Assignment 8 th Grade Health

Essential Question  How do my diet and exercise affect me?

Enduring Understanding  Students will understand that what they eat, how much they eat, and the amount of exercise and type of exercise affects their health in many ways.

Do Now  Sit by someone from the opposite team  Log In  Open Mr. Houchins’ Website  Right Click & open myplate link & powerpoint link

Choose My Plate  Next, select “Assess Your Food Intake”

Register  Click the second word “here” to register

Register  ONLY fill in User ID, Password, and Confirm Password  Your username should be the first initial of your first name and your last name  If this is not available, try adding the number 1 at the end (jhouchins111)  DO NOT fill in any additional fields  Write down your User ID and Password in your health notebook!!

Personal Information  Enter your age, gender, height, and weight  IMPORTANT: Change the entry date to the first day of your Food Log – Ex. 10/10/11  Save Today’s Changes (same screen will reappear) then Proceed to Food Intake

Assess Your Food Intake  Enter the name of the first food from your Nutrition Log (Breakfast or Lunch)  Find the best match and select “Add”

Assess Your Food Intake  Food will appear on the left under food you’ve eaten  Click “Select Quantity”  First, select serving size, then number of servings (if you’re not sure, give your best guess)  Click “Enter Foods” to search for your next item

Assess Your Food Intake  Once you have entered all food/drinks from your first day Ex. 10/10/11, select “Save & Analyze”  Select MyPyramid Recommendation and you will receive a breakdown of your food intake per food group  Select the drop down arrow next to the printer icon at the top of the screen, click on “print preview,” wait for the screen to pop up. When the screen comes up select print & choose SWM-8 as the printer, hit print.  ***PRINT FOR EACH DAY***

Assess Your Physical Activity  After you’ve printed your nutrition analysis from your first day, select the “Physical Activity Entry” bubble

Assess Your Physical Activity  Use the drop down menu to select an activity type and click “Select” to give you a variety of options for a given activity

Assess Your Physical Activity  You can also enter a search term, such as “soccer” to find a specific activity  Click “Select Duration” to enter total minutes for each activity

Assess Your Physical Activity  Once you have entered all physical activity and the duration, select “Save & Analyze”

Assess Your Physical Activity  Select “Calculate your Physical Activity Score”

Assess Your Physical Activity  PRINT YOUR RESULTS PAGE FOR EACH DAY

How to Print  Click on dropdown arrow near the printer at the top right of your screen  Select “Print Preview”  When the print preview comes up, hit print  When it asks you to select a printer, choose “swm-8”  Hit print

Assess Your Food Intake & Physical Activity  Select the “Update Profile” bubble at the top of the screen  This will take you back to the screen with your personal information, where you will change the date to the next day Ex. 10/11/11 and begin adding food/drink and physical activity from that day  Repeat until you’ve added all food/drink and physical activity from your log