1. Do you know of anything in your family’s medical history that might predispose you to a higher
risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes Type 2, osteoporosis, or any of the
other chronic health conditions with which certain foods or diet has been associated?
2. What are the barriers you see in your daily life that impact your ability to follow a “healthy
eating pattern”on a regular basis?Once these barriers are identified,you may be able to figure
out ways around them!
3. Reviewing the Macronutrient Distribution Report, does your average intake over this three
day period reflect “proportionality” as discussed in the Guidelines? (Remember that
proportionality refers to the amount of calories consumed from each macronutrient within the
total daily caloric intake.)
4. When considering the Intake Compared to DRI Report, are there specific nutrients that are
significantly under or over the DRIs? Consider micronutrients as well as macronutrients when
you are answering this question.
5. How does the My Plate report help you to evaluate your current diet?
6. Finally, set one realistic, achievable goal for bringing your current diet more into line with the
recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines. This goal should be short term – something you
can realistically achieve in the six weeks we have together. Make it small and doable within
the context of the barriers you outlined in #2.