You have just conducted a research study where participants recorded their diet intake for 24 hours. Now you would like to know if they are eating enough fruits and vegetables. An expecting mother completed a food log, and you as the nutrition professional you are interested to see if she is getting the recommended amount of iron to meet her body’s needs. Once dietary data has been provided by research participants or clinic patients, the next step is to perform data entry and comparison against evidenced-based recommendations. In this module you will learn about dietary reference intakes and dietary guidelines, and software used to enter dietary data and gain practical experience in entering dietary intake data.
By the end of this module, you will be able to...
- Identify the purpose of dietary reference intake data for evaluating child dietary data
- Identify appropriate tools and software available for evaluating dietary intake data
- Demonstrate the ability to input and analyze dietary intake data using appropriate software and reference intake