Using the Net to Analyze Food Intake

1. Using the Net to Analyze Food Intake

2. The Interactive Healthy Eating Index (IHEI) is an online dietary assessment tool that includes nutrition messages. After providing a day's worth of dietary information, you will receive a "score" on the overall quality of your diet for that day. This "score" looks at the types and amounts of food you ate as compared to those recommended by the Food Guide Pyramid. It also tells you how much total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium you have in your diet. Each HEI score gives you an idea of the quality of your diet from what you ate: for one day or for up to 20 days. An HEI score over several days gives a better picture of your eating habits over time. The IHEI program is based on the Healthy Eating Index developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. The Healthy Eating Index measures how well the American diet complies with the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and The Food Guide Pyramid. Login: New UserLogin: RegisteredDisclaimer

3. Storing Your Personal InformationIn order to protect your privacy, your personal information and food selection information are stored only locally on your computer. The Internet browser you use determines where this information is stored on your computer. Different Internet browsers - such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer - store information known as "cookies" in different places. If you access this site while using one type of browser, then other browsers will not be able to "recall" your information when you return here. So remember to use the same Internet browser when you return. Additionally, if you use different computers to access this site, such as one at home and one at work, then information stored locally on one computer will not be available for processing when you access this site from another computer. FAQTo view Frequently Asked Questions and Answers, click here. Session Time-outAnother property of this site that is common to most Internet sites is that your session will "time out" after a certain period of inactivity. We have set this site to allow up to around 45 minutes of inactivity, which should be plenty of time for you to make your selections and review your results. If your session times out, simply click on the screen where indicated and you can resume where you left off. Bear in mind that your food selections are saved on your computer as soon as you make them and that the quantities you enter must be processed at least once in order to be saved. Contact UsUSDA is very excited about the Interactive Healthy Eating Index. We hope that you?ll visit this site often, become more aware of your diet quality, and follow the advice provided in the nutritional messages. We welcome your comments and suggestions; you can send email to IHEIsupport@cnpp.usda.gov.

4. New Users Welcome! To use the IHEI system, enter a User Name of your choice along with you’re age and gender, and then click "Save". Selections that you make while using the site will be saved locally on your computer. These selections will be automatically recalled by the system the next time you visit and supply the same User Name. Age and gender information are needed because dietary requirements vary among different age and gender groups and your level of physical activity. The HEI and nutrient intakes are based on a person who is moderately active. Click personal information to see how your personal information is stored. User Name Age Gender Food Intake Date m/d/y Choose a gender 2 28 2003

5. Welcome, Kathy crane! Below is the information that has been stored for your user name. If you wish, you can change it by altering the values in the form. Please verify the information by clicking the "Save Today's Changes" button. Afterwards, click the "Proceed to Food Intake" button to continue. You will need to return to this page to make another day's food entry. Login Successful Kathy Crane User Name Age Gender Food Intake Date (m/d/y) 53 female 2 28 2003 Save today’s changes Proceed to Food Intake

6. Here are the foods kathy crane has eaten on 2/26/2003Continue adding foods until the list contains all foods you have consumed in the past 24 hours. Click an item to remove it from your list. Press Select Quantity when you are done. Enter Food ItemEnter a choice of food in the text box, then click "Search". To choose a food, click on it from the list. Repeat until you have included all foods and beverages eaten in the last 24 hours. How does it work? How does the Frequently Used Foods List work? Frequently Used Foods BAGEL Select Quantity Remove All

7. Here are the foods kathy crane has eaten on 2/26/2003Continue adding foods until the list contains all foods you have consumed in the past 24 hours. Click an item to remove it from your list. Press Select Quantity when you are done. Enter Food ItemEnter a choice of food in the text box, then click "Search". To choose a food, click on it from the list. Repeat until you have included all foods and beverages eaten in the last 24 hours. How does it work? How does the Frequently Used Foods List work? BAGEL, W/ RAISINS BAGEL Search Results on bagel --------------------------------------------------27 exact matches for bagel   BAGEL (Add to Freq Foods)  BAGEL CHIP (Add to Freq Foods)   BAGEL W/ FRUIT OTHER THAN RAISINS (Add to Freq Foods)BAGEL W/ RAISINS, TOASTED(Add to Freq Foods)   BAGEL, MULTIGRAIN (Add to Freq Foods) Select Quantity Remove All

8. Foods Consumed Select Serving Size Number of Servings (Enter a number(e.g. 1.5)) Here is the food displayed for kathy crane on 2/26/2003 Select your serving sizes and specify how many servings you consumed for each. When you are done, click on Save & Analyze to save your food entry information and to analyze your food intake. If you want to make more than one day's food entry, click on Return to Login to save a day's food entry information and make another day's food entry. For a record of today's food entry, click Print Food Record prior to saving food entry. To return to initial values, click on the Reset Values. To add or remove food items, click on Enter Foods. BAGEL, W/ RAISINS 1 Print Food Record

9. Here are the foods kathy crane has eaten on 2/26/2003Continue adding foods until the list contains all foods you have consumed in the past 24 hours. Click an item to remove it from your list. Press Select Quantity when you are done. Enter Food ItemEnter a choice of food in the text box, then click "Search". To choose a food, click on it from the list. Repeat until you have included all foods and beverages eaten in the last 24 hours. How does it work? How does the Frequently Used Foods List work? BAGEL, W/ RAISINS Orange Juice Orange Juice Select Quantity Remove All 26 exact matches for Orange JuiceORANGE JUICE (Add to Freq Foods)        ORANGE JUICE DRINK (Add to Freq Foods)        ORANGE JUICE, BABY FOOD (Add to Freq Foods)        ORANGE JUICE, CANNED/BOTTLED/CARTON, UNSWEETENED (Add to Freq Foods)        ORANGE JUICE, CANNED/BOTTLED/CARTON, W/ SUGAR (Add to Freq Foods)        ORANGE JUICE, FRESHLY SQUEEZED (Add to Freq Foods)        ORANGE JUICE, FROZEN, UNSWEETENED, RECONSTITUTED (Add to Freq Foods)

10. Foods Consumed Select Serving Size Number of Servings (Enter a number(e.g. 1.5)) Here is the food displayed for kathy crane on 2/26/2003 Select your serving sizes and specify how many servings you consumed for each. When you are done, click on Save & Analyze to save your food entry information and to analyze your food intake. If you want to make more than one day's food entry, click on Return to Login to save a day's food entry information and make another day's food entry. For a record of today's food entry, click Print Food Record prior to saving food entry. To return to initial values, click on the Reset Values. To add or remove food items, click on Enter Foods. BAGEL, W/ RAISINS 1 ORANGE JUICE 1 Cup 1 Print Food Record

11. Select the following to analyze your dietary intake • HEI score? You will see • A total HEI score from 0 – 100 • A component score from o-10 for each HEI component • Nutrition messages about the quality of your diet • Calculate HEI score • Nutrient Intakes ? You will see • Your nutrient intake scores • Recommended intake information • Calculate Nutrient Intakes

12. Food Guide Pyramid? You will see • The recommended Food Guide Pyramid • Your food Guide Pyramid sized according to your dietary intake • Calculate Food Guide Pyramid • Healthy Eating History? You will see: • Graphs of HEI and component scores over time • Graphs and nutrient intakes over time • Text with average HEI scores, nutrient intakes and nutrient recommendations met for days entered • Calculate Healthy Eating History

13. HEI Component Emotion  Score (Out of 10) Number of Pyramid Servings Eaten Number of Pyramid Servings Recommended Grain 7.0 5.2 7.4 Vegetable 7.1 2.5 3.5 Fruit 0.0 0.0 2.5 Milk 0.0 0.0 2 Meat 10.0 2.3 2.2 Total Fat 0.8 43% of total calories No more than 30% Saturated Fat 10.9 8.1% of total calories Less than 10% Cholesterol 0.0 512 mg Less than 300 mg Total HEI Score: 71.4 out of a possible 100 Sodium 9.6 2507 mg Less than 2400mg Variety 8.0 7 8 HEI Score for Kathy Crane on 1/3/2003 Click directly on the emoticon (face) for more detailed dietary information

14. The Recommended Pyramid Your Food Guide Pyramid Pyramid Measure Percent Recommendation Fat Fats, Oils and Sweets are not part of HEI Milk 40% Meat 132% Vegetables 80% Fruits 20% Grains 165% Food Pyramid Guide for kathy crane Fats, Oils & Sweets are not part of HEI Your Food Guide Pyramid Stats

15. Nutrient Recommendation Percent of Recommendation Your Intake Food Energy (kcals) 2140 1900 113% Protein (gm) 92 50 185% Carbohydrate (gm) 247 ** ** Dietary Fiber (gm) 18 25 73% Total fat (gm) 73 ** ** Saturated fat (gm) 22 ** ** Monounsaturated fat (gm) 28 ** ** Polyunsaturated fat (gm) 16 ** ** Cholesterol (mg)  372 <=300mg ♠ Vitamin A (RE) 350.4 700 50% Vitamin E (a-TE) 4.6 15 31% Vitamin C (mg) 61.2 75 82% Thiamin (mg) 1.5 1.1 139% Riboflavin (mg) 1.7 1.1 154% Niacin (mg) 19.4 14 139% Folate (mcg) 161.8 400 40% Vitamin B-6 (mg) 1.5 1.5 97% Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 3.8 2.4 157% Calcium (mg) 743.7 1200 62% Iron (mg) 15.3 8 191% Magnesium (mg) 269.9 320 84% Phosphorus (mg) 1288.2 700 184% Zinc (mg) 14.3 8 178% Potassium (mg) 2063 * * Sodium (mg) 3161 <=2400mg ♠ ♠ Not Calculated. * Nutrient has no established Recommendation. ** Recommendation based on food energy(kcal) intake.

16. Healthy Eating History FOOD ENERGY Intake History for kathy crane 3800 3040 2280 1520 760 (kcals) 2/27 2/26 1/25 1/3 % Recommendation 113% 20% 93% 60% Average kcals = 1,361 Average % Recommendation = 72% kcals Date % Recommendation 2/27 2/26 1/25 1/3 2140 384.8 1775.3 1144.3 112.63% 20.25% 93.44% 60.23%

17. References • Interactive Healthy Eating Index http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/