Date: ________________________ Name: ________________________

eaTracker Assignment
eaTracker is an online program which allows you to track your day's food and activity choices and compares them to the
guidelines provided by Health Canada. It assesses your food choices and provides feedback on your total intake of energy
(calories) and essential nutrients and compares this to what is recommended for your age, gender, and activity level.

Task:
1) Complete the worksheet below, for one day of food intake.
2) When completed the worksheet check your servings & activity level against CFG
recommendations. If needed go back to your food list and add foods to create the perfect day.
Questions My Food
For the following questions you will use the My Eating Feedback tab

Food Groups
Select the Food Groups tab from the side menu and answer the following questions:

1. a) How many Vegetables and Fruits did you intake? _______

b) How many are recommended? _______
c) Did you meet the recommended servings? _______
d) Click on the highlighted link for Vegetables and Fruit. It will take you to Health Canadas
website.

e) List one tip Health Canada gives to eating well:

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f) a) how many Grain Products did you intake? _______

b) How many are recommended? _______
c) Did you meet the recommended servings? _______
d) Click on the highlighted link for Grain Products. It will take you to Health Canadas website. List
one tip Health Canada gives to eating well:

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g) a) How many Milk and Alternatives did you intake? _______

b) How many are recommended? _______
c) Did you meet the recommended servings? _______
d) Click on the highlighted link for Milk and Alternatives. It will take you to Health Canadas
website. List one tip Health Canada gives to eating well:

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 2. a) how many meat and alternatives did you intake? _______
b) how many are recommended? _______
c) did you meet the recommended servings? _______
d) click on the highlighted link for meat and alternatives. it will take you to health canadas
website. list one tip health canada gives to eating well:

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Nutrients
The green bars show how much of each nutrient you are consuming. If any bars are red, this means you
are consuming TOO MUCH of that nutrient.

The Recommended Daily Intake is the Blue Line that runs vertically through the middle of the graph. Your
green bars should be at least to this blue line to be getting your recommended daily intake.

1) What nutrients are you NOT getting the Recommended Daily Intake for?
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2) What nutrients are you getting TOO MUCH of?

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Calories
Under the Calories tab, use the chart that breaks down the calories from protein, fats and
carbohydrates to answer the following questions. It looks like this:
1) a) What was your My Intake % for protein? _________
b) What is the Recommended Intake as a Percent of Total Calories for protein?________
c) Did you meet the required amount? ________

2) a) What was your My Intake % for fat? _______

b) What is the Recommended Intake as a Percent of Total Calories for fat?_________
c) Did you meet the required amount? ________

3) a) What was your My Intake % for Carbohydrate? _______

b) What is the Recommended Intake as a Percent of Total Calories for Carbohydrate?_______
c) Did you meet the required amount? ________

Questions My Activity
1) How many minutes of low effort activity did you have? _______
2) How many minutes of moderate effort activity did you have? _______
3) How many minutes of vigorous effort activity did you have? _______
4) How many minutes of muscle and bone strengthening activity did you have? _______
5) What was your total time in moderate- to vigorous-intensity activities? _______