BIO150 – Nutrition

Unit 3 Assignment: NutritionCalc Plus Report

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Due Date: 11:59 pm EST Sunday of Unit 3 Points: 50 Overview: For this assignment, you will follow the NutritionCalc Plus Instructions document to input the information from your Food Journal assignment in Unit 2. You will analyze your report using the information from NutritionCalc. Instructions:

• Using the Word document attached to this assignment, create your NutritionCalc profile.

o Enter your data from the Food Journal assignment into NutritionCalc. • View and save your All Daily Reports in a PDF document. This document should

include: o Recommendations. o Bar Graph Report. o Spreadsheet Report. o Macronutrient Distribution. o Calorie Assessment. o Nutrition Facts. o My Plate. o Food List Report.

• Include the following information in a separate document: o Refer to your All Daily Report from NutritionCalc. On the MyPlate Report, you will

see Intake vs. Recommendation. § Take a look at either the fruit or vegetable category. § Explain why underconsumption of this food group can be a concern for

well-being. § Discuss how this food group functions in relation to health. § Identify and discuss two specific nutrients found in this food group. What

health issues or symptoms can arise if these nutrients are missing from the diet?

§ Compare and contrast your intake vs. the recommendation. • How do you plan to increase your consumption if necessary?

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Requirements:

• Submit a Word document in APA format for the questions. • Submit a PDF document containing all of the areas listed for the NutritionCalc

Report.

Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.

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Evaluation Rubric for Unit 3 Assignment

CRITERIA Deficient Needs Improvement

Proficient Exemplary

(0-25 points) (26-49 points) (50-69 points) (70-80 points) NutritionCalc Report

The NutritionCalc Report is not attached or is missing most of the key components.

The NutritionCalc Report is missing some of the key components.

The NutritionCalc Report is missing one or two key components.

The NutritionCalc Report includes all of the key components.

(0-8 points) (9-14 points) (15-18 points) (19-20 points) NutritionCalc Analysis Questions

The follow-up questions about the NutritionCalc report are not answered.

Some of the follow-up questions about the NutritionCalc report are answered.

Most of the follow-up questions about the NutritionCalc report are answered.

All of the follow-up questions about the NutritionCalc report are answered.