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1. Describe the dietary or nutritional claim made in your article [1 mark].
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2. Identify and discuss 6 examples of characteristics of valid nutritional information and/or characteristics of nutrition quackery (or lack of these characteristics) found in your article [6 marks – 1 mark per characteristic]. Consult your course readings for Chapter 1 for the characteristics of valid nutritional information and nutrition quackery, specifically the Controversy section of chapter 1 in the textbook.
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| Example: The claim is “too good to be true” (Sizer, Whitney & Piche, 2021). |
Article promises weight loss without dieting or exercise (Weight loss discovery, 2022). |
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3. Clearly state your conclusion (i.e. is the article an example of valid nutritional information or is it an example of nutrition quackery?) [1 mark].
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Remember to include a copy of your Excel file with your assignment.
a) State whether your plate met the proportions recommended on the Eat Well Plate for Vegetables and Fruits, Whole Grain Foods and Protein Foods. Use 5% as the acceptable variance from the recommendation (so if your Vegetable & Fruit intake is 45%, Whole Grain Foods is 28% and Protein Foods intake is 27%, for example, then the recommendations are met since no group is off by more than 5%).
For each food group, list two specific changes that you could make so that the proportions would better match those on the Eat Well Plate. If you already met the proportions for food group, list two food choices that you ate from that food group that allowed you to meet the proportions recommended on the Eat Well Plate. [4.5 marks]
| Food Group | Proportions met? | Recommended Changes |
| Vegetables and Fruits | | 1. 2. |
| Whole Grain Foods | | 1. 2. |
| Protein Foods | | 1. 2. |
For each of the food groups, choose 1 specific recommendation that Canada’s Food Guide (CFG) makes regarding that food group and then discuss one change that you could make to your diet to meet this recommendation in the future. [4.5 marks]
| Food Group | One CFG Recommendation | Recommended Change |
| Vegetables and Fruits | | |
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a) Choose one of the Mindful Eating practices from your 2-day food record (when you ate, where you ate, what you ate/drank, how you ate, or why you ate) and discuss how you feel it impacted your food intake for the 2 days that you recorded. [2 marks]
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b) There can be benefits, but also limitations to using a Food Record. Discuss whether recording what you ate over these two days influenced your food choices. [2 marks]
| Did recording intake influence food choices? | Discussion of why |
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Nutrition for Health and Changing Lifestyles HNSC 1210 Assignment 1 V1 6
