NUTR 100 UMUC Nutrition Web Based Cronometer Worksheet – Description
1. Go to the following website: https://www.cronometer.com
IMPORTANT: Instructions below apply to the web-based Cronometer application. Do NOT use the mobile device App.
2. Click on Sign Up for Free in the middle of the screen.
Under “Create Your Free Account,” create your profile by entering your school email and password.
Next, enter “Your Body Type” information: Sex, birth date, height, and weight. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, please click the drop-down in Sex to select either “Female – Pregnant” or “Female – Breastfeeding” as these can alter your nutrient needs.
Review the Terms of Service and then click the check box to agree to the terms.
Leave the two additional boxes unchecked to prevent receiving promotional emails from Cronometer. Cronometer is not endorsed by UMGC, and UMGC does not support any fad diet information that may be sent to you.
Click “Sign Up” at the bottom of the screen.
3. Once you have entered the Cronometer site, click on SETTINGS in the menu in the left frame. Once you open SETTINGS, go to ACCOUNT –> “Profiles + Targets” to set your ACTIVITY LEVEL. Use the drop-down menu to adjust your Activity Level to the appropriate selection based on your habits and lifestyle. Clicking on Activity Level can provide guidance on which activity level is appropriate for your lifestyle.
Note: for this project, do not link your Cronometer account with any fitness tracking devices as it may alter the accuracy of your results for this project.
Step 2: Using the Food Database
To begin entering your foods for Day 1, select Diary from the menu in the left frame.
Select the appropriate calendar date. It is highly recommended that you enter all three food diaries at once, using consecutive days on the Cronometer calendar (even if your Dietary Analysis Part I log days were not consecutive), and use dates closest to your data entry date–actual dates don’t matter. The free version of Cronometer only provides a report for a 7-day timeframe. In the free Cronometer account, Cronometer only recognizes dates no more than 7 days prior to the date you are entering items into Cronometer. Your FOOD DIARY covers two weekdays (workdays) and one weekend (non-work) day. For example, if you are entering food items into Cronometer on November 21, the dates of the 3 diary days need to fall within 11/14 to 11/20, such as Nov 17, 18, and 19. On the calendar, pick the first diary date that is within the past 7 days, such as Nov 17, enter the foods for your first day, then return to a date within that 7-day window for your second and third diary days.
3. Click on Diary > Date > Add Food. Type the first food from your food log into the search bar and click Search. Select the food item that best matches the food you ate in the Search Results.
4. Choose the amount that you consumed at the bottom of the search box. Use the drop menu to select the most appropriate serving measurement and enter the number of servings. If less than 1 serving, use a decimal to indicate the percentage of one serving consumed. Click on “ADD TO DIARY” (red arrow shown below).
Note: Do not include any supplements in your food diary as you are doing an assessment of your dietary intake only.
The food item (banana) then appears in the box as well as the cumulative macronutrient and micronutrient data for ALL the items entered.
5. If you need to delete a food item from your diary, select the three dots (ellipsis) in the upper right. Click on the food item and select “Delete Selected Items.” See image below.
6. Continue Steps 1-4 for all food items for your Day 1 Food Diary.
7. After you have entered all food and drink items for the first day, click on the three dots (ellipsis) found at the top right of the screen to end this diary day and start a new diary day. To end a day, select “Mark Day Complete.” See image below.
8. Repeat for Days 2 and 3 by choosing another date in the calendar that is within the 7-day time window of Day 1. Again, ensure dates are consecutive in the Cronometer calendar; are within a 7-day window; and are as close to your entry date as possible.
Step 3: Obtaining Your Nutrition Report
1. Once you have entered all of your foods into the Diary for all three days and marked all three days as complete, you need to create your nutrition report to analyze your average intake of nutrients over the three days. Click on the Trends tab on the menu in the left frame. Select Nutrition Report.
2. At the top, select the parameters for your search [see screenshot above]. Ensure your 3 days are included in the last 7 days as the free version of this site only allows for averages from the “Last 7 days.”
Select “Last 7 days” for the “Daily Averages for”
Check “Include Today” if one of your three days was entered on today’s date in the Cronometer calendar.
From the “Filter Days” drop-down menu, select “Completed Days” instead of the default “All Days”. This will ensure your report is accurate and includes values for only days in which food was entered.
Do not include supplements in this report.
3. After your report is generated, take a screenshot of your Nutrition Report to show all nutrient values from Nutrition Report, including dates at the top of the report and down to the last mineral Zinc. You will likely need to take two screenshots in order to include the required data. [See sample screenshot below]. This step must be done as it is a requirement that you turn in your full Nutrition Report for the three days with the analysis.
4. Open this Tables and Questions file (linked MS Word document) to complete the rest of the assignment. Using the Nutrition Report above, fill in the Average Eaten columns of Tables and Questions file of the file you just opened. To fill in Table 1, Energy and Macronutrients (percent of calories), use the top of the report as shown below. You will need to hover over each macronutrient name to see percent of calories from each. Do NOT use information from the sections that are crossed out on the image below.
For remaining macronutrient components and the micronutrients, use the Nutrition Report tables to obtain the information to fill remaining average intakes for Tables and Questions file.
Using the screenshot below as an example, you will use the 1st column values rather than the gray/green/red bar values in the 2nd column.
5. Finish Tables 1 and 2 in the Tables and Questions document you downloaded by using the following resources for Target or RDA/AI Nutrient values.
Macronutrients: Use the values for the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR) that you learned about in your textbook for Target values. These can be found in their respective chapters/units in the textbook (Unit 1: Defining Nutrient Requirements: Dietary Reference Intakes).
Micronutrients: Use the link below for RDA/AI values for all vitamins and minerals except Vitamin D. For Vitamin D, the units from Cronometer do not match the RDA/AI units found in the link below. While this is the most recent publication for RDA/AIs, presently IUs are the preferable measurement for vitamin D. As a result, Cronometer provides the results in IUs for this vitamin. Use the following reference:
Vitamin D – RDA 600 IU for males and females
Here is the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) link to a detailed reference for DRIs for all vitamins and macronutrients. You’ll need to scroll down to find the list of links and select the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) options for Elements (these are the minerals) and Vitamins for each category to complete Table 2 in your Tables and Questions Document. You’ll also need to use this DRI/Tolerable Upper limit link to find the Tolerable Upper Limits links (scroll down to below the RDA links) to complete Question 8 in the Tables and Questions Document.
Dietary Reference Intakes are provided by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Sciences and the National Institutes of Health)
Step 4: Analysis Questions
1. Answer Questions 1-9 in the Tables and Questions file based on your results in your Cronometer report, your textbook, and any other class resources. Use complete sentences and ensure proper grammar and spelling.
2. Use this DRI/Tolerable Upper limit link to find the Tolerable Upper Limits links (scroll down to below the RDA links) to complete Question 8 in the Tables and Questions Document.
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