iProfile: Assessing your Diet and Energy Balance CD-ROM 1.0

by Lori A. Smolin (Univ. of Connecticut); Mary B. Grosvenor ( ; )

• ISBN13: 9780470114315
• ISBN10: 0470114312
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Available both online and on a multi-platform CD-ROM. This newly-developed, dynamic assessment software includes nutrient values for over 26,000 foods, including many of the most popular food choices today, as well as ethnic and cultural choices.A To allow students to accurately track their individual diets and keep up with the ever changing food market, foods not included can be added to the database. Since exercise is such an important part of calculating energy balance, this new software includes an improved component for analyzing physical activity.A In addition to the ability to track and analyze diets and exercise, some distinctive features include serving size animations, a self-discovery survey tool, single nutrient reports, menu planning, and an easy-to-use design.

Table of Contents

My DRI:a This report shows your Dietary Reference Intakes, as set by the USDA

Where nutrients are listed, you will be offered a Basic and a Complete view

The Basic view lists common nutrients, and the Complete view provides a more extensive list of nutri-ents, including all 12 amino acids

Food Journal Summary:Use the Food Journal Summary to review your intakes for a day or a period of time that you determine

You can view your intakes by the meal or by the day of the week

Learn more about the foods that you eat by scanning for sources of nutrients that you wish to limit or those you wish to enhance

Intake Compared to DRI:Use the Intake Compared to DRI to compare your average nutrient intake to your personalized goals

Recommendations are generated based on your own individual characteristics, such as weight and height, and Dietary Reference Intakes

Nutrients that you consume in excess are highlighted along with those that are below recommendations

This report shows a list of nu-trients, the DRI recommendation, and your intake for the period indicated in the calendars

In addition, a graphic representa-tion of the percent of goal of your intake for each nutrient is shown

Macronutrient Distribution:The Macronutrient Distribution is a bar graph that shows your intakes compared to your goals for kilocalories, total fat, car-bohydrate, and protein

Your goal is determined by how your profile relates to the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges (AMDR)

Intake Spreadsheet:Use the Intake Spreadsheet to scroll through a detailed spreadsheet of the food and drink that you've consumed coupled with the nutrients contained in each item and an average nutrient intake for a range of days that you select

My Pyramid:a Use the My Pyramid report to evaluate your diet based upon food groups rather than nutrients

Compare the proportion of calories for each group to that recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans

This report gives a graphic analysis of the food groups in My Pyramid

Intake is plotted on a bar graph for Grains, Vegetables, Fruits, Milk, Meat & Beans, Oils and Discretionary

There's also a link to the mypyramid.gov web site

Single Nutrient:Use the single nutrient report to focus on a specific nutrient and discover its origins in your diet

Each food that you consume on a particular day or range of days is listed in the report, and a bar graph shows the amount of the single nutrient in each food

Food Exchanges:Use Food Exchanges to review your eating pattern using meal planning exchanges

Learn how your food choices are grouped as carbohydrate (starch, fruit, milk, vegetable, and other), meat & meat substitute (very lean, lean, medium-fat, and high fat), or fat (monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, and saturated)

Developed by the American Diabetic Association, meal planning ex-changes help people manage carbohydrate, protein, and fat in their diets

Exchange values are available for each category

Activity Journal Summary:Use the Activity Journal Summary to critique your energy expenditure for a day or as an average over a period of time

Learn how much energy you use for specific activities, such as walking or reading, expressed in calories or as Metabolic Equivalents (METs)

Your activities will be listed with rate, duration and calories expended

Energy Balance:Use Energy Balance to see kilocalories consumed, kilocalories burned, net kilocalories

A Caloric Summary is shown, indicat-ing Intake vs

Average Intake, Average Expenditure, and Average Net Gain/Loss

Each of the reports can be exported to a CSV file (comma separated values, readable in Excel) or printed

Data EntryProfile:You can create multiple profiles, change profile information, or delete profiles

The Profile screen asks you to enter a name, date of birth, sex, height, weight, and activity level

If you select Female, boxes for Pregnant or Lactating will appear

The Profile also asks if you are a Smoker or Vegetarian

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