The Assignment
The aim of this assignment is to provide students with an introduction to using Canada’s Food
Guide to analyze a diet.
Upon completion of this project students will have:
• Experience in applying nutrition principles learned in class to your daily lives
• Increased knowledge of everyday food choices
• Increased knowledge on how to use the Canada’s Food Guide
The Procedure:
1. This assignment is done individually.
2. Review Canada’s Food Guide.
3. Record visually through either photos or drawings, everything you eat and drink for 3 days
consecutive days. These days should be “typical days” meaning they reflect your usual eating
habits.
4. Create a diary (in either word or PowerPoint) with your visuals and ensure they are labelled
with as much details as possible. Label the foods. It is suggested to create sections (ie Day 1
Breakfast, Day 1 Lunch, Day 1 Supper, Day 1 Snacks, etc).
5. Provide a summary for each meal/snack that discusses how it fits within the Canada’s Food
Guidelines. Use the Snapshot of the Canada’s Food Guide and the Healthy Eating
Recommendations to analyze each meal/snack. You should discuss the make-up of your plate
Canada’s Food Guidelines as well as the social statements of eating provided. See the links
below:
https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/food-guide-snapshot/
https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/healthy-eating-recommendations/
6. Provide a brief analysis of your overall diet compared to the Canada’s Food Guidelines.
Provide a discussion on the strengthens of your diet (according to the Canada’s Food Guidelines)
and recommendations that you would make (according to the Canada’s Food Guidelines).
7. Provide a critical reflection on your learning. Critical reflection is a reasoning process to make
meaning of an experience. It is descriptive, analytical, and critical. The process adds depth and
breadth to an
experience and builds connections between course content and the experience. The goal of
reflective thinking is to try to learn more about ourselves and our work by considering our
thoughts, feelings, and
experiences. Critical reflection is about considering our own thoughts, feelings, and experiences
and determining how they fit in with the ideas, concepts, and theories that have been presented
by others (ie course content). Complete the critical reflection by answering the following
questions:
• What factors influence my food choices.
• What did this assignment tell me about my values, attitudes and beliefs about foods and
eating?
• What are some strengths and/or limitations of using visuals as a food record?
• Did you enjoy the visual diary process? Why or why not?
Important Notes:
1. Be creative and have fun.
2. You are not marked nor judged on your food choices.
3. Please try to use small file sizes for your images to prevent submission problems.
