Please watch this video walk through for how to complete this assignment:‏ Dietary Analysis Part III Overview
Your textbook, An Introduction to Nutrition, covers “Achieving a Healthy Diet” in chapter 2.  MyPlate (found at https://www.choosemyplate.gov ) is a tool that provides guidance in helping us achieve a healthy diet. As you may recall from chapter 2, the 5 key factors of a healthy diet include adequacy, balance, calorie control, moderation, and variety. In the  Diet Analysis Part 2 (using Cronometer), we were able to assess our diets in terms of adequacy, balance, calorie control, and moderation. However, without looking at how well each food group is represented, we are unable to assess the variety in our diets. This portion of the diet analysis project will allow you to explore one of your documented days on your food diary and assess for variety. In addition to variety, this assignment will also provide more insight into moderation (are you getting too much or too little from a food group?).
Step 1: Finding Your MyPlate Daily Checklist
Locate your estimated calorie needs in Cronometer (and as discussed in the Energy Balance section of the Part 2 analysis questions). For purposes of this Part 3 Analysis, round this measurement to the nearest multiple of “200.”  For example, if you needed 2289 kcal/d, you would round down to 2200 instead of rounding up to 2400. On the other hand, if you needed 2340 kcal/d, you would round to up to 2400 instead of down to 2200.
Once you have located your calorie needs from the Part 2 Analysis and rounded them to the nearest multiple of “200,” use this link to open the Calorie Level document (PDF format). Save the Calorie Level document to your computer. The calorie levels in the document are for “Ages 14 .”
You will only need 2 pages from this 26-page, Calorie Level document:
Page 1 — The first page of the Checklist pages explains the information contained in the Checklist.
Page 2 — Scroll through the Calorie Level document to locate the MyPlate Daily Checklist pages that have the calorie level closest to your estimated Dietary Analysis Part 2 calorie needs value from Cronometer.
This second page is the checklist worksheet that you will complete as partial fulfillment of Dietary Analysis Part 3.
Note: there are 12 different Food Group target option pages ranging from 1000 calories to 3200 calories — be certain to choose the calorie level page closest to your estimated Dietary Analysis Part 2.
The range is from 1000 calorie level..