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Customising a Diet Log Report

11th Jan 2018

You can add quick enhancements and provide additional information on diet log reports using the fly-out button at the end of the nutrient row.


Line Graph:

Draws a simple line graph to illustrate intake over time:



If activities are logged then these are also plotted on the graph:



Contributors:

Adds a ranked breakdown of the contributing foods to a particular nutrient:


Sample Sources:

Adds a list of the top 10-12 food sources for a particular nutrient, with serving size gram weight and ‘friendly’ measure.



Nutrient Report:

Adds background information about the nutrient. Text reports are sensitive to nutrient intake in relation to recommended intake. The text report also gives details of the implications of inadequate/excess intake and provides a list of foods which are rich sources of that particular nutrient. Text reports may be switched off upon request (eg. University student licences):


Text Report References 

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  2. IOM, 2006. Dietary Reference Intakes, The Essential Guide to Nutrient Requirements. Accessed online via: https://www.nal.usda.gov/sites/default/files/fnic_uploads/DRIEssentialGuideNutReq.pdf
  3. EFSA, 2006. Tolerable upper intake levels for vitamins and minerals. Accessed online via: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/efsa_rep/blobserver_assets/ndatolerableuil.pdf
  4. FSAI, 2011. Scientific Recommendations for Healthy Eating Guidelines in Ireland. Accessed online via: FSAI_Healthy_Eating_Guidelines_Report_2011.pdf
  5. National Institute of Health (NIH), 2019. Vitamin A Fact Sheet for Health Professionals. Accessed online via: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminA-HealthProfessional/
  6. SACN, 2018. Draft report: Saturated fats and health. Accessed online via: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/704522/Draft_report_-_SACN_Saturated_Fats_and_Health.pdf
  7. SACN 2015. Carbohydrates and Health. Accessed online via: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445503/SACN_Carbohydrates_and_Health.pdf 
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  11. FSAI, 2016.Update Report on Folic Acid and the Prevention of Birth Defects in Ireland.  
  12. WHO, 2004. Vitamin and mineral requirements in human nutrition. Second Edition. ISBN 92 4 154612 3. 
  13. Nutrition Advisory Group, 1995. Recommendations for a food and nutrition policy for Ireland. Lenus report. Accessed online via: https://www.lenus.ie/bitstream/handle/10147/45661/8545.pdf?sequence=1
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  16. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999603/
  17. EFSA DRV for nutrient summary report 2017 Accessed online via: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2017_09_DRVs_summary_report.pdf
  18. EFSA Scientific Opinion on Dietary Reference Values for fats, including saturated fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids, trans fatty acids, and cholesterol (2010). Accessed online via: https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1461 
  19. COMA (1991) Dietary Reference Values for Food Energy and Nutrients for the United Kingdom. London: HMSO. Accessed online via: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743790/Dietary_Reference_Values_-_A_Guide__1991_.pdf
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  22. Guoyao Wu, Dietary protein intake and human health. Foof Funct. 2016 7(3): 1251-1265. 
  23. EU Science Hub, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Dietary Fibre, 2019. Accessed online via: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/health-knowledge-gateway/promotion-prevention/nutrition/fibre
  24. HSE Training Programme for Public Health Nurses and Doctors in Child Health Screening, Surveillance and Health Promotion Unit 7 Food & Nutrition March 2006 Accessed online via: https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/children/unit-7-food-and-nutrition.pdf 
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