Rate Your Own Food Record
CONCEPT: Keeping a Food Record
BRIEF SUMMARY
Participants complete an activity to assess the completeness of their food records.
OBJECTIVES
After completing this activity, participants will be able to:
- list the components of a complete food record (food, amount, method of preparation, brand name)
- assess the completeness of a food record
METHODS
Prior to this activity, participants need to complete a three day food record.
Review the purpose of a food record.
- Why are food records important?
- Better understanding of how dietary phe affects blood phe levels, self-monitoring of phe intake
- Communication within the family
- Communication between the family and the PKU Clinic
- What should a complete food record include?
- Type of food
- Amount eaten
- Method of preparation
- Brand name
How to Record Your Food Intake--Accurately
Distribute the "How to Record Your Food Intake--Accurately" handout. Review it together.
Rate Your Own Food Record
Distribute the "Rate Your Own Food Record" worksheet. Using the three day food records that participants prepared prior to this activity, they assess the completeness of their food records. When finished with the worksheet, review their results. How did they do? What are common areas that everyone did well? What are common areas to work on?
MATERIALS
Worksheet: Rate Your Own Food Record
- Pencils
Handout: How to Record Your Food Intake--Accurately
HOME ACTIVITIES
Encourage your young adult to use the "Rate Your Own Food Record" worksheet at home periodically to assess the completeness of their food records.